Russian armour smashed into the base of Ukrainian troops on Saturday in the first serious military action between the two countries in the confrontation over Crimea. Machine guns and stun grenades were used in the assault by Russian soldiers as they ...

Russian armour smashed into the base of Ukrainian troops on Saturday in the first serious military action between the two countries in the confrontation over Crimea. Machine guns and stun grenades were used in the assault by Russian soldiers as they ...

Jose Mourinho called for more video technology after a bizarre case of mistaken identity left referee Andre Marriner as embarrassed as Arsene Wenger. Wenger's 1,000th match as Arsenal manager ended in humiliation. Kieran Gibbs was sent off instead of ...

DEBRIS including a wooden pallet has been spotted by one of the aircraft searching for missing flight MH370, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has revealed. Mr Abbott said he was told late last night a civilian aircraft had sighted a number of objects within the ...

Running in tandem with the fifth men's World Twenty20 finals in Bangladesh is the fourth for women. England won the first, Australia the second two, while several of the 10 countries have got a distinct chance this time because the women's game is spreading ...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Security guards searched four attackers -- twice -- before allowing them to enter an Afghan hotel where the young men proceeded to the restaurant and killed nine diners, including four foreigners and an AFP journalist, his wife and two ...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Security guards searched four attackers -- twice -- before allowing them to enter an Afghan hotel where the young men proceeded to the restaurant and killed nine diners, including four foreigners and an AFP journalist, his wife and two ...

The search for MH370 will enter a new and more challenging phase if it is confirmed that debris spotted by satellite in the southern Indian Ocean came from the Malaysia Airlines aircraft, experts said. When Air France Flight AF447 crashed into the Atlantic ...

Ukraine's armed forces took what may prove to be one of their final stands Saturday in Crimea, as pro-Russian forces stormed and seized control of an air force base amid a barrage of gunfire and explosions. A tense blockade of the Belbek air base base that ...

While the Sri Lanka batsman compiled a decent score, it was the bowlers who successfully defended it. PHOTO: AFP. CHITTAGONG: Lasith Malinga and Nuwan Kulasekara held their nerve in the death overs with miserly fast-bowling as Sri Lanka beat South ...

While the Sri Lanka batsman compiled a decent score, it was the bowlers who successfully defended it. PHOTO: AFP. CHITTAGONG: Lasith Malinga and Nuwan Kulasekara held their nerve in the death overs with miserly fast-bowling as Sri Lanka beat South ...

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Pope Francis has appointed eight people to a commission charged with advising the Catholic Church on how to handle sex abuse cases involving children, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. The pontiff's nominees ...

L'Wren Scott will be laid to rest in a private ceremony in Los Angeles, it has been reported. The 49-year-old fashion designer was found dead in her Manhattan home earlier this week. L'Wren Scott. © Getty Images / Mike Marsland/WireImage. L'Wren Scott.

L'Wren Scott will be laid to rest in a private ceremony in Los Angeles, it has been reported. The 49-year-old fashion designer was found dead in her Manhattan home earlier this week. L'Wren Scott. © Getty Images / Mike Marsland/WireImage. L'Wren Scott.

Canberra/Perth/Beijing: The search for the missing Malaysian airliner ended Saturday in the southern Indian Ocean with the sighting of some objects with the naked eye even as China said that one of its satellites has spotted an object in the search area.

Kyle Mills takes a wicket against England at the World T20 Cup. - Source: Getty Images. The Black Caps have beaten England by nine runs courtesy of the Duckworth/Lewis method after rain disrupted their World T20 opener this morning. New Zealand was ...

ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger accepted responsibility for his side's 6-0 thrashing by Chelsea and described it as “one of the worst days” of his career. The 64-year-old Frenchman was meant to be celebrating his 1000th game as Arsenal manager but he ...

Since February 9, a total of 49 cases of haemorrhagic fever have been documented in the Guinea region of Africa, and now officials from the World Health Organization are reporting that it has spread across the border into Sierra Leone. (Photo : US Army ...

Vatican City: Pope Francis named the initial members of a commission to advise him on sex abuse policy on Saturday, tapping lay and religious experts, and an Irish woman assaulted as a child by a priest, to start plotting the commission's tasks and priorities.

ARMOURED vehicles backed by troops pointing guns at unarmed soldiers stormed a Ukrainian airbase in Crimea last night as Russia's defiant march across the rebel peninsula rolled on despite sanctions and growing global isolation. The show of Russia's ...