A hotly anticipated film about the life of Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar hits cinemas this week but the batting great says he might find watching it an unsettling experience. "I am used to...
The bodies of four climbers were found inside a tent on Everest, an expedition organiser said Wednesday, taking the death toll on the world's highest peak this spring season to 10. The climbers were...
Hong Kong's corruption watchdog has arrested 21 government contractors for running suspected fake tests on concrete used to build a multi-billion-dollarbridge that will connect the city with Macau...
One year ago an Eritrean was arrested in Sudan on charges of heading a major people-smuggling network and extradited to Italy, where he has languished in jail ever since -- despite persistent claims...
The spiral silence in recent happenings is a sign of a sort of indirect autocracy There is a new development in our body politics that is gaining notoriety though largely unnoticed by many. The most...
Australian Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers on Wednesday pulled out of July's world titles in Budapest to have surgery for a worsening heart condition. The Rio 100m gold medallist suffers from...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said martial law on Mindanao island could last a year, while the army fights against Islamist militants. The violence on the southern island has left three...
I saw the Chinese 31 years old woman cry and I felt really sorry for her. I felt sorry for her not because I believe she did no wrong, that is far from that. Yes, I believe she has done Ghana lots of...
Wallabies and NSW Waratahs forward Dean Mumm on Wednesday announced he will retire from rugby at the end of the 2017 season. A veteran of 57 Tests, the blindside flanker said he wanted to focus on...
Four people were killed when police clashed with former rebels barricading the road into the Ivorian city of Bouake, as part of the spillover from a corrosive army mutiny over pay. The protesting...
Flying objects that prompted South Korean forces to fire warning shots this week appeared to be balloons carrying propaganda leaflets from the North, Seoul's military said Wednesday. On Tuesday the...
Open letter to President Akufo-Addo: Sentencing ECG to find evidence for privatisation? Will the privatisation of ECG render payment for electricity by government agencies? Dear President Akufo-Addo,...
Same-sex marriage, which Taiwan could become the first Asian nation to authorise, is currently legal in around 20 countries around the world, 13 of which are in pioneering Europe. Such unions are,...
After winning a Champions League and La Liga title already in Madrid, the France legend is already being earmarked for the Bleus job Former international Frank Leboeuf expects Real Madrid boss and...
US President Donald Trump is due to hold talks with Pope Francis and Italy's top leaders in Rome on the third leg of his first overseas trip. Mr Trump and the pontiff have already clashed at a...
A football superstar, a former warlord and a soft drinks millionaire have thrown their hats into the ring for the post of Liberian president as Africa's first elected female leader prepares to step...
China has received a downgrade on its credit score, on worries about the future state of the economy. Moody's Investors Services brought down China's long-term local currency and foreign currency...
When human rights lawyer Li Heping returned to his home in Beijing after a two-year incarceration, his wife did not recognise the frail white-haired man standing in her hallway. "He is only 46 years...
