Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas was culpable for Chile's second goal in the World Cup Group B match at the Maracana on Wednesday. Photograph: Getty Images. Ken Early. Topics: Sport · Soccer · International · World Cup · David Silva · Iker Casillas · Robin ...

Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas was culpable for Chile's second goal in the World Cup Group B match at the Maracana on Wednesday. Photograph: Getty Images. Ken Early. Topics: Sport · Soccer · International · World Cup · David Silva · Iker Casillas · Robin ...

Ukraine's president Petro Poroshenko (c) shakes hands with newly appointed foreign minister Pavlo Klimkin (l) and former foreign minister Andriy Deshchytsia, during Mr Klimkin's presentation to employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Kiev today.

Volunteers in the newly formed “Peace Brigades” participate in a parade near the Imam Ali shrine in the southern holy Shia city of Najaf, Iraq, yesterday. Photograph: Jaber al-Helo/AP. Simon Carswell. Topics: News · World · US · Barack Obama · Hillary ...

Volunteers in the newly formed “Peace Brigades” participate in a parade near the Imam Ali shrine in the southern holy Shia city of Najaf, Iraq, yesterday. Photograph: Jaber al-Helo/AP. Simon Carswell. Topics: News · World · US · Barack Obama · Hillary ...

Iraqi Shia Turkmen fighters take part in an intensive security deployment in the town of Taza, south of the northern oil city of Kirkuk. Photograph: Reuters/stringer. Topics: News · World · Middle East · Ali Khamenei · Barack Obama · John Kerry · Nuri Al Maliki ...

Qingdao port, Shandong province: the People's Bank of China will encourage banks to lend more to exporters to boost shipments. photograph: china stringer network/reuters. Clifford Coonan. Topics: Business · Economy · Asia Briefing · Li Keqiang · People's ...

Thomas Müller celebrates after scoring the second of his three goals in Germany's 4-0 victory over Portugal in Salvador. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters. Emmet Malone. Topics: Sport · Soccer · International · Joachim Low · Miroslav Klose · Mr Ronaldo ...

“This is how we prime Lio” said Argentina's sports paper Olé, praising a half-time rejig forced on its national team after a poor first half in Sunday night's World Cup opener against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Argentina's press acclaimed in unison Lionel Messi's ...

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo in action against the Republic of Irleland's Alex Pearce and David Meyler during the recent friendly international at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Photo: Justin Lane/EPA. Emmet Malone. Topics: Sport ...

Franz Beckenbauer was provisionally banned from any football-related activity for 90 days over “an apparent breach” of ethics, soccer's world governing body said. Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters. Topics: Sport · Soccer · International · World Cup · Alan ...

Brazilian fans in a beach restaurant in Porto Seguro celebrate Oscar's third goal against Croatia. Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters. Tom Hennigan in São Paulo. Topics: Sport · Soccer · International · World Cup · Antero Greco · Daniel Alves · Mauricio ...

A file photograph of students from a Chinese school praying for passengers onboard missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Australia has started the process of finding a private contractor to take over the hunt for the missing plane after three months of ...

Oxfam activists wear masks depicting leaders of the G7 members: (L-R) French president Francois Hollande; Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi; British prime minister David Cameron; German chancellor Angela Merkel; US president Barack Obama; ...

Mohammad Iqbal sitting beside the body of his wife Farzana Iqbal after she was killed by her family for marrying against their wishes. Photograph: EPA. Topics: News · World · Asia-Pacific · Bari Farzana · Iqbal Farzana · Pakistan; More Topics. Thu, May 29 ...

Candidate for the European Commission presidency Jean-Claude Juncker arrives at an European People's Party meeting in Brussels, ahead of an informal dinner of EU leaders yesterday. Photograph: Francois Lenoir / Reuters. Arthur Beesley, Suzanne ...

Candidate for the European Commission presidency Jean-Claude Juncker arrives at an European People's Party meeting in Brussels, ahead of an informal dinner of EU leaders yesterday. Photograph: Francois Lenoir / Reuters. Arthur Beesley, Suzanne ...

Candidate for the European Commission presidency Jean-Claude Juncker arrives at an European People's Party meeting in Brussels, ahead of an informal dinner of EU leaders yesterday. Photograph: Francois Lenoir / Reuters. Arthur Beesley, Suzanne ...

Candidate for the European Commission presidency Jean-Claude Juncker arrives at an European People's Party meeting in Brussels, ahead of an informal dinner of EU leaders yesterday. Photograph: Francois Lenoir / Reuters. Arthur Beesley, Suzanne ...

Candidate for the European Commission presidency Jean-Claude Juncker arrives at an European People's Party meeting in Brussels, ahead of an informal dinner of EU leaders yesterday. Photograph: Francois Lenoir / Reuters. Arthur Beesley, Suzanne ...