Suspected Al-Qaeda militants attacked Yemen’s presidential palace Friday, killing five guards and triggering a fierce gunfight as the jihadists hit back at an army offensive aimed at crushing them. President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi was not at the palace…
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The Dow closed at a fresh record high as US stocks rallied Friday, with investors shrugging off mixed earnings reports and uncertainty over the Russia-Ukraine crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 32.37 points (0.20 percent) to 16,583.34…
Irish international Jonathan Sexton kicked seven penalties from seven attempts to give Racing-Metro a 21-16 win over Toulouse in the French Top 14 quarter-final play-offs on Friday. Sexton’s perfect display handed Racing a first ever semi-final date…
Colombia’s Sebastian Saavedra edged English rookie Jack Hawksworth for pole position Friday in qualifying for the inaugural IndyCar Grand Prix of Indianapolis. The South American driver turned in a lap over the 2.439-mile (3.925km) Indianapolis Motor…
The 2013-14 Premier League season concludes on Sunday with a number of issues, including the destination of the title, still to be decided. Here, AFP Sports poses 10 questions that will be answered on the final day: 1. Can Manchester City hold their…
Nigeria’s military was warned of an attack on a school in which more than 200 girls were abducted by Boko Haram Islamists but failed to act for nearly five hours, Amnesty International said Friday. The allegation, which the military has denied, came…
Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny signed a new long-term contract with the Premier League club on Friday. France international Koscielny has been rewarded with the improved deal following an impressive campaign at the heart of the Gunners defence.…
US and British experts have arrived in Nigeria to help in the hunt for more than 200 schoolgirls whose abduction last month by Islamists prompted universal outrage. The US embassy in Abuja told AFP Friday that a team of American experts had arrived…
Tottenham Hotspur manager Tim Sherwood on Friday claimed the constant speculation over his future has left him feeling like a school supply teacher. Sherwood looks set to leave White Hart Lane at the end of the season after just six months in charge…
Twenty years ago, Islamists shot dead a Roman Catholic brother and nun as they helped young Algerians prepare for exams, the first of 19 Christians murdered during the country’s devastating civil war. But members of the small religious community insist…