Defending champion Andy Murray breezed through his Wimbledon opener on Monday with a confident 6-1, 6-4, 7-5 win over baby-faced Belgian David Goffin. Britain's Andy Murray hits a return to Belgium's David Goffin during their men's singles first round ...

The president ignored the country and its increasingly dictatorial prime minister for years. Now we're seeing the results. Peter Beinart Jun 23 2014, 12:48 PM ET. Tweet. More. Email. Print. Reuters. Yes, the Iraq War was a disaster of historic proportions. Yes ...

Berlin: Two people were feared dead after their light aircraft collided with a Eurofighter jet during an exercise they were both taking part in over central Germany on Monday, officials said. The pilot and passenger aboard the military-chartered Learjet were ...

Journalists, human rights groups, and governments worldwide are condemning the seven-year jail sentence handed down to three Al Jazeera English journalists following a trial that's been criticized for failing to present any credible evidence of wrongdoing.

Frank Lampard has not decided whether Tuesday's FIFA World Cup clash with Costa Rica will be his last outing for England. The veteran midfielder will captain his country, and make his first appearance of the tournament, when England attempt to bow out ...

A bomb blast on Monday at a public health college in Nigeria's second city of Kano killed at least eight people and wounded 12, police said. PHOTOS. File photo shows a police station in Kano's Sheka neighbourhood. (AFP/Aminu Abubakar). Enlarge ...

The Top500 organization has just released its semi-annual list of the fastest supercomputers in the world. For the third list running, the Chinese Tianhe-2 supercomputer tops the list. This time around, the top ten fastest supercomputers was almost identical to ...

There is a possibility that the Big Four – Nadal, Djokovic, Murray and Federer – will face off in the Wimbledon semi-finals. Yet the chances of the quartet being split are probably just as high. Share · Tweet this. Email. Rafael Nadal practising at Wimbledon ...

Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah says everyone knows that Cristiano Ronaldo is the best player in the world, but urged his players not to be fixated with stopping the Portugal captain on Thursday. After earning a draw with Germany on Saturday, Ghana remain in ...

Australian officials will talk to Egypt's ambassador to Australia on Tuesday amid calls for sanctions against the country over the jailing of journalist Peter Greste. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said the federal government wanted to find out if it was possible to ...

Uruguay's Martin Caceres, left, vies for the ball with England's Ross Barkley in their FIFA World Cup Group D match in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Thursday last week. Photo: AFP. England return to Belo Horizonte today, the scene of the country's greatest sporting ...

It's a reminder that Saddam Hussein's feared Baathist brigade is still around. How will Baghdad stand up to the ISIS onslaught? June 23, 2014: As gruesome videos and pictures flood my inbox and whatsapp messenger showing merciless ISIS (Islamic ...

Sudan's national news agency and a lawyer representing Meriam Ibrahim, who was sentenced to death last month for allegedly converting from Islam to Christianity, say that Ibrahim has been released. From Reuters: Ibrahim's lawyer Mohaned Mostafa said ...

When the U.S. plays Germany at the World Cup on Thursday, it will be a bittersweet reunion for coaches Jurgen Klinsmann and Joachim Low. Low was Klinsmann's assistant when he led Germany's national team to a third place finish at the 2006 World Cup.

As Iraq's western border falls beyond the control of the country's government, a new report suggests the United States and Britain were warned of a burgeoning insurgency months before militants began gaining territory. According to a report by the UK-based ...

Fans watch Britain's Andy Murray at Wimbledon Fans watch Andy Murray during his match against Belgium's David Goffin on the big screen from Murray Mound. Photograph: Andrew Cowie/AFP/Getty Images. “Move along ladies and gentlemen,” said the ...

GENEVA, June 23 (Reuters) - United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay said on Monday that Egypt's death penalty convictions and mass trials are "obscene and a complete travesty of justice". In a statement, Pillay said that Egypt should release three ...

Action on Sugar has produced a seven-point plan to discourage children from consuming foods and soft drinks with high levels of added sugar. Related news: Should sugar sweetened drinks carry obesity and health warnings? Regional focus is needed to ...

Action on Sugar has produced a seven-point plan to discourage children from consuming foods and soft drinks with high levels of added sugar. Related news: Should sugar sweetened drinks carry obesity and health warnings? Regional focus is needed to ...

Kano: A bomb blast at a public health college in Nigeria's second city of Kano killed at least eight people on Monday, in the latest violence to hit an area repeatedly attacked by Boko Haram. Body parts, burnt-out vehicles and pools of blood were visible at the ...