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 ...

The three jailed al-Jazeera journalists: Australian Peter Greste, Baher Mohamed, an Egyptian producer, and Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy. Photograph: Rex. Egypt's military-dominated government has delivered a humiliating, public slap in the face to ...

Jürgen Klinsmann says USA will be playing to win against Germany. Photograph: Dennis Grombkowski - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images. Jürgen Klinsmann has promised that his USA team will play to win against Germany in their final Group G match on ...

Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he was opposed to any US intervention in the crisis. Photograph: Khamenein offical website/EPA. Sunni militants in Iraq have captured two border crossings, one along the frontier with Jordan and the other with ...

We need Rihanna on a pundit sofa. The sometimes-clad songstress tweeted regularly during last night's big match and got to the meat of the matter with customary directness. Sample 1: Man they know better than to give Suarez that much room bruh!

Steven Gerrard will hope that Andrea Pirlo's Italy can do his team the biggest of favours and win their next two games. Photograph: Stuart Franklin - Fifa/FIFA via Getty Images. No team has ever progressed from a World Cup group after losing their first two ...

David Cameron's home in Dean, Oxfordshire, being turned into a 'fracking site' in protest at shale gas development. Photograph: Kristian Buus/Greenpeace/PA. The head of one of the world's leading groups of democratic nations has accused Russia of ...

Facebook was unavailable worldwide for more than 30 minutes on Thursday morning, the longest outage on the site for four years. Both the website and the company's smartphone and tablet apps were affected, as users decamped to other social networks to ...

Facebook was unavailable worldwide for more than 30 minutes on Thursday morning, the longest outage on the site for four years. Both the website and the company's smartphone and tablet apps were affected, as users decamped to other social networks to ...

A large plume of smoke rises from what is said to be Baiji oil refinery, in this still image taken from an amateur video posted online. Photograph: Reuters. Iraq has asked the US to stage air attacks on Sunni insurgents as the Islamist fighters edged closer to full ...

Luiz Felipe Scolari during Brazil's World Cup draw with Mexico, a result which disappointed many fans. Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Action Images. Luiz Felipe Scolari cannot have expected bouquets after the 0-0 draw against Mexico in Fortaleza on Tuesday ...

Israeli troops search for three missing teenagers on the outskirts of Hebron in the West Bank. Photograph: Israel Sun/Rex Features. The families of three Israeli teenagers missing in the West Bank met the Israeli prime minister and each other on Tuesday for ...

Pakistani troops training in the tribal region along the Afghan border. The army said it has launched a 'comprehensive operation' against foreign and local militants in North Waziristan. Photograph: Anjum Naveed/AP. A long-awaited military campaign to ...

Danny Welbeck has been more of a key player for England than he has for his club Manchester United. Photograph: David Davies/PA. Danny Welbeck missed training for England on Wednesday with his participation in Saturday's opening World Cup game ...

The aftermath of a shooting at Seattle Pacific University that left at least three people injured on Thursday. When a lone gunman armed with a shotgun at a small Seattle university stopped firing at students to reload, another student pepper-sprayed him and ...

David Cameron has indicated that the World Cup bid for 2022 could be thrown open, saying anything could be possible after the allegations of corruption about the Qatar bid. The prime minister, who spoke of unhappy memories when he took part in the final ...

David Cameron has indicated that the World Cup bid for 2022 could be thrown open, saying anything could be possible after the allegations of corruption about the Qatar bid. The prime minister, who spoke of unhappy memories when he took part in the final ...

King Juan Carlos explains his decision for abdicating on Spanish TV. Photograph: Splash News/Corbis. At Zarzuela Palace on the outskirts of Madrid, Spanish royal advisers were earlier this year trying to put a brave face on King Juan Carlos's constant ...

Coal pollution climate change The new rules represent the first time Obama has moved to regulate carbon pollution from power plants. Photograph: Matt Brown/AP. The Obama administration unveiled historic environment rules cutting carbon pollution from ...

European fears of spillover from the Syrian war were amplified on Sunday when it emerged that a Frenchman arrested in connection with a deadly attack at a Jewish museum in Brussels last week spent much of last year with jihadist fighters in Syria.