Ukraine held a departure ceremony on Wednesday for Dutch nationals who died in the Malaysian Airlines MH17 plane crash in Ukraine. A train carrying an unspecified number of bodies arrived at Kharkiv airport in Ukraine on Tuesday ahead of the bodies' ...

Israel is being heavily criticized for its offensive in Gaza. But the images of dead Palestinian civilians are deceptive. They are not victims of Israel, but of Hamas and its ruthless strategy, says Michael Wolffsohn. Gaza Israel Krieg Bodenoffensive Beschuss ...

In the wake of a July 16 attack which left 15 soldiers dead in Mount Chaambi near the Algerian border, the authorities have laid down a 'red line' against criticism of the army and police. eNCA. Tunisia has hit back at a deadly jihadist attack on troops by closing ...

England captain Alastair Cook has found an unlikely supporter in former India skipper Sourav Ganguly, who believes the rest of the squad have failed to back their leader up when required. Cook's leadership has been widely criticised by those outside the ...

KHARKIV, UKRAINE - JULY 23: A coffin containing the body of a victim of the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 is loaded onto a plane for transport to the Netherlands during a departure ceremony on July 23, 2014 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Malaysia Airlines ...

KAFAR AZA, ISRAEL - JULY 23: Israeli soldiers take cover due to a siren warning of a potential missile attack near the Israeli-Gaza border on July 23, 2014 near Kafar Aza, Israel. As operation "Protective Edge " enters its 16th day, 29 Israeli soldiers have ...

London - Manchester United are prepared to break transfer records in order to give new manager Louis van Gaal the players he wants, according to executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward. The English giants have already spent over 50 million ($85 million, ...

London - Manchester United are prepared to break transfer records in order to give new manager Louis van Gaal the players he wants, according to executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward. The English giants have already spent over 50 million ($85 million, ...

Manchester City are still in the market for new signings to boost their title defence, claims manager Manuel Pellegrini. Pellegrini has already brought in Brazilian midfielder Fernando from Porto, France full-back Bacary Sagna from Arsenal and goalkeeper ...

TEL AVIV, Israel - Secretary of State John Kerry defied a Federal Aviation Administration ban and flew into Israel's main airport Wednesday in a sign of sheer will to achieve a cease-fire agreement in the warring Gaza Strip despite little evidence of progress in ...

image GLASGOW: Sporting household names such as Usain Bolt, Mo Farah and Bradley Wiggins will add some welcome sparkle to the 20th Commonwealth Games that get under way in Glasgow on Wednesday. The biggest ever multi-sport event to take ...

image GLASGOW: Sporting household names such as Usain Bolt, Mo Farah and Bradley Wiggins will add some welcome sparkle to the 20th Commonwealth Games that get under way in Glasgow on Wednesday. The biggest ever multi-sport event to take ...

THE wait is over. After taking two weeks to count 135m ballots from 480,000-odd polling stations across the vast archipelago, Indonesia's Election Commission (the KPU) has at last confirmed that Joko Widodo has been elected president. The commission ...

Joko Widodo, the former governor of Jakarta, has been formally announced as the victor of the Indonesia presidential campaign, having defeated his rival Prabowo Subianto by about 8 million votes of the 133 million cast. The result has seemed obvious for ...

Louis van Gaal last night revealed what a demanding Manchester United manager he will be, publicly berating players including Darren Fletcher and Luke Shaw in his first training session, after renewing his attack on the players' commercial duties which he ...

The first bodies of the victims of MH17 have left Kharkiv airport in the Ukraine bound for the Netherlands. The Dutch C130 Hercules is carrying 16 victims who were on board Malaysia Airlines flight 17, which was downed over rebel-controlled territory almost a ...

TEL AVIV, Israel -- Thousands of people were expected to turn out in Jerusalem on Wednesday morning to mourn an American who died fighting in the Gaza Strip after volunteering to join Israel's military. Originally from California's San Fernando Valley, Max ...

Indian cricketing star Sachin Tendulkar is rumoured to play a special part in tonight's opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. This report from DNA India quotes a Unicef official - of which Tendulkar is an ambassador - saying the former batsman will ...

Italy's once-luxurious Costa Concordia cruise ship embarked on its last voyage on Wednesday, as tug boats began towing it from island wreck site to scrapyard grave in one of the biggest salvage operations in maritime history. The wreck of the Costa ...

Ben Foster has committed his long term future to West Brom after signing a new four year deal with an option for another 12 months. The keeper has been a big hit with the Baggies winning player of the season several times. Foster initially joined West Brom ...