An Iraqi policeman looks at blood marks on the ground near a Baghdad apartment building where some 29 people, 20 of them women, were killed yesterday. Photograph: Ahmed Malik/Reuters. Topics: News · World · Middle East · Nuri Al Maliki · Al Qaeda ...

Ron Vlaar of the Netherlands tackles Lionel Messi during Wednesday's semi-final in Sao Paulo. “The only thing that counts is the title.” Photograph: Jamie Squire/Getty Images. Emmet Malone. Topics: Sport · Soccer · International · World Cup · Arjen Robben ...

Argentinian born Real Madrid centre forward Alfredo Di Stefano back heels the ball past the Manchester United goalkeeper, Harry Gregg, at Old Trafford in 1959. Photograph:Keystone/Getty Images. Tom Hennigan. Topics: Sport · Soccer · International · World ...

Mohammed Abu Khudair, 16, is seen in this undated family handout picture. Photograph: Handout via Reuters. Topics: News · World · Middle East · Benjamin Netanyahu · Mahmoud Abbas · Mohammed Abu Khudair · Shimon Peres · Hamas · Israeli Police ...

Chinese president Xi Jinping and South Korean president Park Geun-hye during the Korea-China Investment Forum in Seoul yesterday. Mr Xi is on his first trip to the Korean peninsula as president. Photograph: EPA. Clifford Coonan. Topics: News · World ...

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 ...

Canada's Milos Raonic will be hoping to derail Roger Federer's bid for a record eighth Wimbledon crown today. Johnny Watterson. Topics: Sport · Other Sports · Tennis · Maria Sharapova · Milos Raonic · Nick Kyrgios · Roger Federer · Stan Wawrinka; More ...

Rescue workers try to reach vehicles trapped underneath the bridge that collapsed while under construction in Belo Horizonte. Photograph: Carlos Greco-DYN/Reuters. Topics: News · World · Americas · World Cup; More Topics. Fri, Jul 4, 2014, 01:00.

Rescue workers try to reach vehicles trapped underneath the bridge that collapsed while under construction in Belo Horizonte. Photograph: Carlos Greco-DYN/Reuters. Topics: News · World · Americas · World Cup; More Topics. Fri, Jul 4, 2014, 01:00.

Rescue workers try to reach vehicles trapped underneath the bridge that collapsed while under construction in Belo Horizonte. Photograph: Carlos Greco-DYN/Reuters. Topics: News · World · Americas · World Cup; More Topics. Fri, Jul 4, 2014, 01:00.

Canada's Eugenie Bouchard in action during her semi-final win over Simona Halep. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images. Johnny Watterson. Topics: Sport · Other Sports · Tennis · Ana Kournikova · Eugenie Bouchard · Justin Bieber · Lucie Safarova ...

Rescue workers try to reach vehicles trapped underneath the bridge that collapsed while under construction in Belo Horizonte. Photograph: Carlos Greco-DYN/Reuters. Topics: News · World · Americas · World Cup; More Topics. Fri, Jul 4, 2014, 01:00.

France manager Didier Deschamps was in upbeat form as he pondered whether to select Olivier Giroud up front against Germany in theirWorld Cup 2014 quarter-final in Rio de Janeiro. Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA. Emmet Malone. Topics: Sport ...

USA head coach Jurgen Klinsmann: “Turns out, Jurgen Klinsmann was correct after all. The US was not ready to win it all. Not even close,” conceded Mike Tierney in the Los Angeles Times. Tom Hennigan. Topics: Sport · Soccer · International · World Cup ...

Clontarf Energy has said court proceedings over its Tano 2A licence in Ghana have been temporarily adjourned and will be heard again on July 7th. In April, Clontarf and Petrel Resources were granted an injunction in the High Court of Ghana protecting their ...

Senator Thad Cochran celebrates with supporters at a victory party in Jackson, Mississippi. Photograph: Edmund D Fountain/The New York Times. Simon Carswell. Topics: News · World · US · Brett Favre · Chris Mcdaniel · Eric Cantor · John Mccain · Simon ...

Luis Suarez of Uruguay comes to grips with Giorgio Chiellini of Italy during the Confederations Cup clash in Salvador, Brazil last year. Photo: Claudio Villa/Getty. Emmet Malone. Topics: Sport · Soccer · International · World Cup · Giorgio Chiellini · Luis Suarez ...

Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson leaves the Old Bailey in London yesterday. Photograph: EPA/Will Oliver. Rebekah and Charlie Brooks leave the Old Bailey in London yesterday after being cleared of all charges. Photograph: John Phillips/Getty ...

Department of Health secretary general Ambrose McLoughlin has said the current generation of parents could be the first to “bury our children” unless the problem of obesity is tackled. Photo: David Sleator/The Irish Times. Ronan McGreevy. Topics: News ...

President Barack Obama said the United States would send up to 300 military advisers to support Iraqi forces confronting an al Qaeda-splinter group attacking the country. Photograph: Reuters. Topics: News · World · Middle East · Barack Obama · John Kerry ...