EU leaders on Thursday urged Internet firms to do their utmost to combat online extremism promoting attacks or face the possibility of legislation if the industry self-regulation fails. European...
"Harry Potter" star Emma Watson spent Thursday hiding copies of Margaret Atwood's classic novel "The Handmaid's Tale" across Paris to promote feminism. "I'm hiding copies all over Paris!" the actor...
Ireland and Afghanistan were awarded Test match status on Thursday, taking the number of countries playing at the pinnacle of cricket from 10 to 12 in a decision described as "fantastic" and...
Anti-junta activists staged a rare protest in Thailand on Thursday demanding the release of a prominent student leader who was detained for sharing a news story about the kingdom's new monarch on...
India's share of world cricket revenues will increase from $293 to $405 million under a new deal agreed at a meeting of the game's global governing body in London, the Press Trust of India reported...
The Supreme Court has asked the National Investment Bank (NIB) not to pay the $60million judgment debt the High Court in Accra asked it to pay Dominion Corporate Trustees Limited in 2013. The...
The chief executive of Kensington and Chelsea council has resigned amid criticism over the borough’s response to the Grenfell Tower fire. Nicholas Holgate said Local Government Secretary Sajid...
Sailing skill isn't enough to win the new-age America's Cup, and the crews dueling on Bermuda's Great Sound are calling on exceptional talents from a range of sports. Strength, stamina and agility...
Afghanistan and Ireland are poised to become the 11th and 12th members of Test match cricket's close-knit club on Thursday when the sport's governing body meets in London. It's been almost two...
Well-heeled Chinese citizens are keener than ever before on Royal Ascot and the lure of owning a winner at the meeting could see more buying horses, commercial director Juliet Slot says. Indeed so...
I just finished reading the rambling litany of complaints about the problems besetting our country from the fanatically Nkrumah-leaning President of the so-called Ghana Leadership Union (GLU), a...
Saudi Arabia will stage a women's squash tournament later this year with world champion Nour El Sherbini and eight-time world title winner Nicol David appearing in a rare public airing for women's...
QUOTE: “Grenfell Tower fire is ‘corporate manslaughter’ and arrests must be made, says LABOUR MP David Lammy ‘We should call it what it is; it’s corporate manslaughter, that’s what it is...
Saudi King Salman, who ascended the throne in January 2015 and the last of the "Sudairi Seven" to rule, has presided over wideranging efforts to transform his oil-dependent, conservative Islamic...
A spinoff movie of the "Star Wars" franchise about the early life of smuggler and crack pilot Han Solo has lost its two directors, the production company behind the project said on Tuesday. Directors...
Belgian soldiers have shot a man suspected of being a would-be suicide bomber at Brussels Central Station, officials say. He was shot after reportedly setting off a small explosion and no-one else is...
China will stage a regular-season NFL game "down the road" as American football targets a more global fanbase, the sport's top figure in the country told AFP on Wednesday. New England Patriots star...
Yoga has connected the world with India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Wednesday, as he rolled out his mat along with millions of others across the globe to celebrate the traditional practice. In...
Jordan Thompson savoured the best moment of his life as the Australian underdog handed world number one Andy Murray a humiliating first round defeat at Queen's Club. Thompson had never won a...
Muslim villagers in India could face up to life in prison after they were arrested and charged for celebrating Pakistan's victory in the Champions Trophy. India's cricketers suffered a historic...
