Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun have been kidnapped by gunmen in northern Cameroon, Italy’s foreign ministry and media reports said on Saturday. The attack occurred overnight in the north of the west African country, which borders violence-wracked…
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Two vessels were searching underwater for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 on Saturday, as air and sea missions failed to find any sign of the plane and the clock ticked on the signal from its black box. Up to 10 military planes, three civilian…
Malaysia has joined other Islamic countries in banning the Hollywood biblical epic “Noah” starring Russell Crowe, decrying it as irreligious and saying it violates Islamic law against depicting prophets. A home ministry official Saturday confirmed that…
US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel on Saturday vowed America would stand by its security commitments to Tokyo, after Russia’s intervention in Ukraine raised concerns in a region plagued by its own territorial disputes. Hagel, on a two-day visit to Japan…
Manchester City defender Aleksandar Kolarov believes the attacking philosophy adopted by manager Manuel Pellegrini has also helped his side become tighter at the back ahead of their Premier League clash with Southampton on Saturday. City are the second…
After a damaging loss to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, Chelsea will seek to resurrect their creaking title challenge in the Premier League against Stoke City on Saturday. Jose Mourinho’s side went down 3-1 at the Parc des Princes in the…
Wayne Rooney is a major doubt for Manchester United’s Champions League showdown against Bayern Munich after being ruled out of Saturday’s clash at Newcastle with a toe injury. Rooney sustained the bruised toe during the second half of United’s 1-1 draw…
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti will rest his Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo for Saturday’s La Liga clash against Real Sociedad, the Italian confirmed on Friday. The double Ballon d’Or winner has been struggling with a knee injury and fatigue in…
NEWARK — Let the games begin. The Rodney Mason Mentoring Baseball camp is hosting its first meeting at Weequahic Park on Saturday. The camp, founded in 2011, teaches kids and young adults between the ages of 6 and 24 the fundamentals of baseball just…
Two-time European Cup champions Munster will give captain Peter O’Mahony till Thursday to prove his fitness for Saturday’s home quarter-final with France’s four-time winners Toulouse. The 24-year-old flanker — capped 23 times by Ireland and a member…
Manuel Pellegrini is convinced Manchester City have enjoyed a “good week” despite failing to take an opportunity to go top of the Premier League. Chelsea’s surprise 1-0 defeat at Crystal Palace on Saturday gave City the chance to move above them, and…
Frederic Michalak put on a masterclass Saturday as he scored 27 points in Toulon’s 32-28 French Top 14 win over Toulouse. The maverick fly-half scored the second of the European champions’ two tries and played a major role in the first. His trusty boot…
Crimea’s Tatars on Saturday voted to push for self-rule in their historic homeland following its annexation by Russia, but remained torn on how to engage with the new authorities. Ethnic Tatars from all over Crimea convened in the town of Bakhchysaray…
A 4.1 magnitude earthquake rattled Los Angeles on Saturday, a day after a similar seismic shock spooked the sprawling Californian metropolis. The building housing AFP’s office on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood swayed gently after the latest temblor,…
Serena Williams snapped out of her early doldrums to roar to a record seventh Miami WTA title on Saturday with a 7-5, 6-1 win over China’s Li Na. In a battle of the world’s top two players, the US world number one took her tally of WTA titles to 59 –…
One of the world’s longest railways — a “modern-day silk road” — covers some 11,000 kilometres (24,000 miles) en route from the Chinese megacity of Chongqing to Duisburg, a key commercial hub in western Germany. On Saturday, as part of his landmark…
The death toll from several weeks of protests that have paralyzed Venezuela rose to 39 on Saturday after two more people died in separate incidents, Interior Minister Miguel Rodriguez said. Rodriguez said on VTV public television that in San Cristobal…
Vatican police on Saturday apprehended an American and a Dutch man who were trying to deposit billions of euros and US dollars in fake bonds in the Vatican bank. The men were stopped by the police when they approached one of the guarded gates at the…
A construction worker at Sao Paulo’s troubled World Cup stadium was killed after falling from a stand on Saturday, bringing the number of deaths at the venue to three. The workman, named as Fabio Hamilton da Cruz, fell eight metres (26 feet) as he helped…
Manchester City squandered an opportunity to replace Chelsea at the Premier League summit after being held to a 1-1 draw by an improved Arsenal side on Saturday. Chelsea’s 1-0 loss at Crystal Palace meant that victory at the Emirates Stadium would have…