MIAMI: Hurricane Arthur made landfall on the North Carolina shore, packing 100 mph (160 kph) winds and drenching rains in an onslaught dampening America's July 4 celebrations. The US National Hurricane Center said the first hurricane of the Atlantic ...

Neymar sobbed on the ground as relief poured over him and his team mates when Chile missed their last penalty. Júlio César, dubbed the 'villain of 2010' by the Brazilian media, gave an interview while sobbing with relief. Thiago Silva gave a similarly ...

Jerusalem: A Kurdish diplomat has played down the significance of Israeli advocacy of independence for her people, saying it was not coordinated with the autonomous Kurdish government in Iraq and may be intended to serve Israel's interests.

LUANDA/KINSHASA (Reuters) - African nations have agreed to suspend military operations for six months against Rwandan rebels in Congo to give them more time to lay down their arms, regional government officials said.

(Reuters) - Google Inc on Thursday reversed its decision to remove several links to stories in Britain's Guardian newspaper, underscoring the difficulty the search engine is having implementing Europe's "right to be forgotten" ruling. The Guardian protested the ...

Winner of the 2013 Tour de France, Chris Froome of Great Britain and SKY Procycling. Getty Images. Chris Froome is determined to buck the recent trend and defend his Tour de France title when the Grand Boucle begins in Leeds on Saturday. The official ...

CAIRO/LONDON (Reuters) - In the northwest corner of the Nile Delta, Ibrahim Sharaf Al-Dein fires up his diesel-powered pump next to a murky canal only to watch it spew out a yellowish froth.

Police stand next to a bus trapped underneath a bridge that collapsed while under construction in Belo Horizonte, Brazil yesterday .Photograph: Ivan Alvarado/Reuters. Rescue workers try to reach vehicles trapped underneath the bridge that collapsed while ...

ACCRA (Reuters) - West African countries and international health organizations adopted a fresh strategy on Thursday to fight the world's deadliest Ebola epidemic, which has killed hundreds of people in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Chinese papers praise Seoul for "maintaining peace on the Korean Peninsula" and not "playing into the hands" of the US. Beijing and Seoul reaffirmed their opposition to North Korea's nuclear tests during a meeting between visiting Chinese President Xi ...

Chinese papers praise Seoul for "maintaining peace on the Korean Peninsula" and not "playing into the hands" of the US. Beijing and Seoul reaffirmed their opposition to North Korea's nuclear tests during a meeting between visiting Chinese President Xi ...

Tokyo (CNN) -- Japan on Friday eased several of its sanctions on North Korea after the two countries made progress this week in talks about Japanese citizens kidnapped by the North Korean regime during the Cold War. The sanctions the Japanese ...

Hamas and Israel are expected to announce a ceasefire following exchanges of fire along the border with the Gaza Strip. The BBC reported that a militant Palestinian group said a truce had been brokered by Egyptian intelligence officials. Scores of rockets ...

Parts of coastal New England could see heavy rain and strong winds from Hurricane Arthur. Forecasters have issued tropical storm warnings for Nantucket Island and parts of Cape Cod on Friday. Arthur, which began Thursday in the Carolinas, is expected to ...

Wallabies winger Nick Cummins has been released from his contract to sign with Japan's West Red Sparks for next season, making him ineligible for the 2015 World Cup, officials said Friday. The shaggy-haired Cummins, a cult figure known as the "Honey ...

Squawka analyse the key tactical battle in the World Cup quarter-final between France and Germany... By Tom Adams 3 minutes ago Eurosport. 0 shares. World Cup - The battle which could decide France v Germany . View photo. Magic eights: Valbuena and ...

Squawka analyse the key tactical battle in the World Cup quarter-final between France and Germany... By Tom Adams 4 minutes ago Eurosport. 0 shares. World Cup - The battle which could decide France v Germany . View photo. Magic eights: Valbuena and ...