Oscar Pistorius sits in court in Pretoria, Tuesday, July 8, 2014, at his murder trial for the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on St. Valentine's Day, 2013. The defense team for Pistorius closed its case in the athlete's murder trial on Tuesday, ...

JERUSALEM -- The Israeli military launched what could be a long-term offensive against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Tuesday striking at least 50 sites in Gaza and mobilizing troops for a possible ground invasion aimed at stopping a barrage of rocket ...

Thiago Silva's suspension will not be a huge problem for Brazil against Germany because of the quality of his replacement Dante, according to both sets of semi-finalists. Thiago collected his second yellow of the World Cup in the quarter-final against ...

London: Sprint king Marcel Kittel said winning a Tour de France stage in front of Buckingham Palace was almost as good as winning one on the Champs Elysees. The 26-year-old German claimed his second stage win of this year's Grand Boucle as he ...

Palestinian women hold flags as they chant slogans during the funeral of 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdeir in Shuafat, an Arab suburb of Jerusalem. File picture: Ammar Awad. Cape Town -. The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) and the ...

Nearly 500,000 residents haven been evacuated from Japan's southern islands as weather forecasters predict a 14-metre storm surge, torrential rains, landslides and flooding. Super Typhoon Neoguri in the Pacific Ocean, approaching Japan on its northward ...

Israel escalated its bombardment of Gaza early on Tuesday, hitting 50 targets including several houses in response to a barrage of rocket fire that it blamed on the territory's Hamas rulers. A day after calling up 1,500 reservists to the Gaza front, Israeli military ...

Japan braced itself as Typhoon Neoguri made landfall on the southern island of Okinawa on Tuesday. The typhoon was downgraded from super typhoon status but is still predicted to be one of the most powerful storms to hit Japan in a decade. Forecasters ...

Jerusalem: As Israel has ratcheted up offensive against Gaza, barreling Hamas targets with more air strikes, Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas on Tuesday demanded Israel to immediately suspend the air strikes. "Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas ...

Per Mertesacker was irritated after the victory over Algeria. His post-match rant at a TV reporter has since gone viral. At one point, the Arsenal defender told his victim: 'I don't know what you want from me'. The comment summed up Germany's World Cup.

Ukraine has demanded the return of its combat dolphins, whIch have been in Russian captivity since February. Russian forces took the highly trained dolphins from a secret Ukrainian program in Sevastapol when it annexed Crimea. ''Combat dolphins are ...

Ukraine has demanded the return of its combat dolphins, whIch have been in Russian captivity since February. Russian forces took the highly trained dolphins from a secret Ukrainian program in Sevastapol when it annexed Crimea. ''Combat dolphins are ...

Taiwan feeling brunt, Japan braces for Typhoon Neogura. Residents battle strong winds while crossing a suspension bridge in New Taipei City as Typhoon Neoguri (Florita) neared eastern Taiwan on Tuesday, July 8. Japan is bracing for one of its worst ...

ABUJA--The Federal Government announced, yesterday, that it was getting nearer to finding the over 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists on April 14 from Chibok, Borno State. This is just as the military also said that troops have taken over ...

The 153 asylum seekers fighting a return to Sri Lanka have won an assurance they will not be returned home against their will without 72 hours' notice. But they will not be processed under the Migration Act because their boat never entered Australian ...

The 153 asylum seekers fighting a return to Sri Lanka have won an assurance they will not be returned home against their will without 72 hours' notice. But they will not be processed under the Migration Act because their boat never entered Australian ...

The 153 asylum seekers fighting a return to Sri Lanka have won an assurance they will not be returned home against their will without 72 hours' notice. But they will not be processed under the Migration Act because their boat never entered Australian ...

Real Madrid legend Alfredo Di Stefano, who is regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time, has passed away at the age of 88. Di Stefano suffered a heart attack on Saturday and had reportedly been in an induced coma in Madrid's Gregorio ...

Real Madrid legend Alfredo Di Stefano, who is regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time, has passed away at the age of 88. Di Stefano suffered a heart attack on Saturday and had reportedly been in an induced coma in Madrid's Gregorio ...

Crude oil futures prices today fell 0.18 per cent to Rs 6,204 per barrel as speculators trimmed positions amid a weak trend in the Asian trade. Trading sentiment turned weak at the futures trade following fall in crude oil prices in Asian trade as dealers await the ...