Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, has come under attack from insurgents believed to be members of the extremist Boko Haram sect. Residents said two thunderous explosions, suspected to be from detonated bombs, were heard in the city at about 6:15 p.m..

ANYONE who had any doubt about Michael Clarke not being tough should have watched the mauling he received from Morne Morkel. The Australia captain resumes at 92 not out on day two having been hammered. But then he played the finest innings of his ...

LANDIKOTAL: At least 13 people, including 12 security personnel, were killed and 11 others injured when two roadside bombs targeting a polio vaccination team in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency exploded on Saturday, according to security officials and ...

Clothes worn by Reeva Steenkamp on the night she was killed could help to convict Oscar Pistorius of her murder, South African police believe. She was dressed in a black top and white shorts when the Blade Runner shot her. Prosecutors will say the fact ...

The Oscar Pistorius murder trial promises to be a blockbuster any movie fan would want to see. It will star a handsome leading man, a beautiful model victim, dramatic testimony and a courtroom battle over detailed CSI evidence. There will be walk-on parts for ...

Arjen Robben has hailed Bayern Munich's first-half performance in the 5-1 mauling of Schalke as the best he has seen since he joined the Bundesliga giants. The Dutch attacker smashed three past Ralf Fahrmann as his side demolished Jens Keller's men to ...

Bayern Munich are 20 points clear at the top of the Bundesliga table as they compounded Schalke's woes at the end of a week to forget for the Royal Blues with a 5-1 result at the Allianz Arena. After conceding six in the Champions League at home to Real ...

Preparations for the ODM party elections received fairly significant media coverage. To its credit, the party had managed to call national attention to its internal affairs; overshadowing whatever other political activity was taking place elsewhere in the country.

MOSCOW — The Russian military took up residence in the Crimea more than 200 years ago, when Catherine the Great built a naval base at Sevastopol. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia and Ukraine tussled repeatedly over dividing up ...

Andre Schurrle's hat-trick sent Chelsea four points ahead of Arsenal at the top of the Premier League table as Alan Pardew was involved in an unsavoury incident in Newcastle United's win at Hull City. Everton, meanwhile, climbed up to sixth place in the table ...

Roger Federer won his sixth Dubai Open title with victory over Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic. Photo by: Saleh Salem/Reuters. Roger Federer won his sixth Dubai Open title on Saturday with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory over Tomas Berdych of the Czech ...

12 security team members of a health workers' convoy were killed on Saturday and dozens more injured when Pakistani militants detonated a roadside bomb and then opened fire. The convoy carried members of a polio vaccination team (Pakistan remains ...

Apple CEO Tim Cook has a message to climate change-denying stockholders who want his tech company to stop its environmentally conscious initiatives: take your money elsewhere. The National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative ...

SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine — Andrey Sitnikov stood at the airport road here where armed men in uniforms without insignias had set up barricades that the newly installed government in Kiev said amounted to a Russian invasion. When asked if he knew who they ...

The family of Oscar Pistorius said Saturday that they won't be commenting during the high-profile murder trial that is set to begin Monday against the double-amputee Olympian — and is expected to draw an international frenzy of attention. "The time for public ...

Apple CEO Tim Cook has a strong message for stockholders who don't like his company's stance on environmental issues and its concerns about global warming: "Get out of the stock." Representatives from the conservative National Center for Public Policy ...

Apple CEO Tim Cook is still trying to convince shareholders that the iPhone maker remains a step ahead in the race to innovate, even though recent performance of the company's stock lags behind other technology trendsetters. email · print. Pontiac Daily ...

Subrata Roy was brought to the forest department guest house last night after the Lucknow Chief Judicial Magistrate sent him to police custody for three days. Reuters. SummarySubrata Roy has been kept at its guest house following court orders.

Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge says he will make no apologies for the German champions' domestic dominance. Pep Guardiola's side are unbeaten in the Bundesliga this season having won 20 of their 22 league games, and sit 19 points clear ...

VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria published the names of 18 Ukrainians subject to an asset freeze requested by Ukraine's new government, including toppled president Viktor Yanukovich and former chief of staff Andriy Klyuev on the list, but not his brother Serhiy.