The Gaza ceasefire has been extended for a further 24 hours after talks in Cairo, Palestinian and Israeli officials have told the BBC. The current ceasefire came into effect last Wednesday, but was due to expire at midnight (21:00 GMT) on Monday. Officials say ...

Barcelona's Luis Suarez from Uruguay fights for the ball against Leon's Luis Antonio Delgado, left, and Jonny Magallon, during the Joan Gamper trophy friendly soccer match between Barcelona and Leon at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, ...

President Barack Obama said the U.S. will continue “limited” airstrikes against Islamic State militants which have stopped their advance on the city of Erbil and helped Iraqi and Kurdish forces recapture a key dam in Mosul. “We continue to see important ...

It is believed that after a mob attacked an Ebola treatment center in Monrovia, Liberia, up to 17 patients escaped the quarantine and are still at large. Luc Gnago/Reuters. Tweet. AA. Filed Under: World, Ebola, Ebola Frontline, Viruses. On Saturday evening, a ...

It is believed that after a mob attacked an Ebola treatment center in Monrovia, Liberia, up to 17 patients escaped the quarantine and are still at large. Luc Gnago/Reuters. Tweet. AA. Filed Under: World, Ebola, Ebola Frontline, Viruses. On Saturday evening, a ...

Inflation is expected to have notched up its seventh month below the Bank of England's 2% target when official figures for July are published tomorrow. Also in this Section. Vine sucks up Fringe joke accolade · Free school meals funding shortfall · PM begins ...

Attorney General Eric Holder will be heading to Ferguson, Missouri to meet with community politicians and leaders Wednesday. At a press conference addressing both the crisis in Missouri and in Iraq, President Obama said Monday the Department of Justice ...

Oil prices slid lower on Monday (Aug 18) on easing concerns about conflicts in Ukraine and Iraq and increased output by Libya. PHOTOS. An oil rig platform in the North Sea. (AFP PHOTO). Enlarge; Caption. NEW YORK: Oil prices slid lower on Monday (Aug ...

CHIEF Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that the threat by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leadership pertaining to suspension of power supply to Punjab from Tarbela is tantamount to enmity with the nation and had any minister of his cabinet issued such a ...

Computerworld - Although Microsoft has pulled a patch from Windows Update that crippled some computers, it is still pushing a truncated version of the security update that contained the flawed fix. The update, identified as MS14-045 and one of nine released ...

Check out the 5 Fast Facts on Bachelor In Paradise couple AshLee Frazier and Graham Bunn … Beware of some big spoilers! 1. AshLee Went on Bachelor In Paradise In Order to Meet Graham. From the second AshLee appears on BIP, she makes it clear to ...

Government conveyed its decision following Pakistan envoy's meeting with separatist Kashmiri leader Shabir Shah in the capital. In a tough move, India on Monday called off the August 25 foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan after the latter's envoy held ...

Courtois' return to Chelsea following his loan spell at Atletico Madrid put him in direct competition with long-time first-choice Petr Cech. Mourinho went with the Belgian, 22, for the Premier League opener at Burnley. "Obviously a goalkeeper is not a player you ...

Imran Khan, the Pakistani opposition leader and former cricketer, vowed to lead demonstrations into the heart of Islamabad's “Red Zone”, a heavily fortified are of the nation's capital the government has repeatedly said he will not be permitted to enter.

FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 18: Police arrest a demonstrator protesting the killing of teenager Michael Brown on August 18, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. After a protest yesterday ended with a barrage of tear gas and gunfire, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon ...

The Mosul dam breakthrough came after US warplanes and drones at the weekend carried out their heaviest-yet bombing against IS militants in the north. Kurdish peshmerga fighters backed by federal forces and US warplanes pressed a counter-offensive on ...

Indian Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh was due to meet her Pakistani counterpart Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry in Islamabad on August 25. India on Monday called off its foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan after the High Commissioner of that country held a ...

Burnley made a dream start on their return to the Premier League but Chelsea sent a warning message to the rest of the division with an impressive comeback at Turf Moor. Chelsea's defence was uncharacteristically asleep from a corner, allowing Scottish ...

Rights group condemns execution of two sets of brothers accused of importing "large quantities of cannabis". Last updated: 18 Aug 2014 19:29. Email Article. Print Article. Share article. Send Feedback. Saudi Arabia executes those found guilty of drug ...

Assisted by two days of US air strikes, Iraqi and Kurdish forces wrested back control of the country's largest dam from Islamic militants on Monday, a military spokesman in Baghdad said as fighting was reported to be under way for the rest of the complex.