Protesters take part in a 'million-woman march' in the Nigerian capital Abuja over the government's failure to rescue scores of schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists, in Abuja, Nigeria, on April 30.

The board of governors of the NBA will over the next few weeks decide whether the Clippers' Donald Sterling can remain a part of their exclusive club. The NBA Constitution, published online Wednesday, has become hot reading for those looking to ...

The wheels fell of Chelsea's Champions League push as they were out-gunned by Atleti, but how did we rate the players? Share; Share; Tweet; +1; Email. Action Images. Player ratings: MirrorFootball's verdict. Chelsea bowed out of the Champions League to ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Long Island high school student who pulled off the enviable feat of being accepted by all eight Ivy League colleges will be taking his academic talents to Yale University, he announced on Wednesday. Kwasi Enin, 17, told a news ...

Mark Zuckerberg, like Facebook, is maturing. The soon-to-be 30-year-old CEO of the 10-year-old social networking company grew reflective as he stood in front of hundreds of developers to announce a host of mobile features designed to put "people first.".

Long-treatable everyday medical conditions such as urinary tract and bloodstream infections could once again become killers if antibiotic resistance continues at its current rate, the World Health Organisation has warned. The unprecedented WHO study, ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- If Donald Sterling is compelled to sell the Los Angeles Clippers, the list of potential buyers will have more stars than the team's roster. Oprah Winfrey leads the list of wealthy luminaries who announced their interest in purchasing the ...

An infected scratch could become an everyday killer as antibiotics become increasingly useless, the world's top doctors have warned. The World Health Organisation said superbugs are now more deadly than the 80s Aids epidemic in a major report which ...

An infected scratch could become an everyday killer as antibiotics become increasingly useless, the world's top doctors have warned. The World Health Organisation said superbugs are now more deadly than the 80s Aids epidemic in a major report which ...

Bob Hoskins—the actor known for playing tough guys who deep down had hearts of gold—has died, his publicist said Wednesday. He was 71 years old and although best known for playing gruff detective Eddie Valiant in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, he had a ...

Zuckerberg announced, 'changes are to make Facebook a more stable platform for applications'. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE. SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Facebook moved Wednesday to bolster the trust of its more than one billion users by providing new controls ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Three people were killed and 79 wounded in a bomb and knife attack at a train station in the far western region of China on Wednesday, state media said, as President Xi Jinping was wrapping up a vist to the area. Xi promised "decisive ...

Syria's regime attacked a further town with poison gas on Wednesday, killing at least one person and wounding 70, according to video footage said to be from the scene. The raid came only hours after President Bashar al-Assad had agreed to allow ...

Syria's regime attacked a further town with poison gas on Wednesday, killing at least one person and wounding 70, according to video footage said to be from the scene. The raid came only hours after President Bashar al-Assad had agreed to allow ...

On April 28th a deal was clinched between Slovakia and Ukraine to send natural gas from west to east, as part of efforts to reduce Kiev's dependence on Russian gas. The amount in play, however, is unlikely to make much difference should the ultimate crisis ...

The drumbeats about the dangers of antibiotic resistance just got louder. The World Health Organization says antimicrobial resistance – which includes drug-resistant bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites – is seen in every region of the world. "The picture is ...

SAN FRANCISCO --- In response to privacy concerns, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday unveiled new tools that will allow Facebook users to test-drive apps anonymously, and reveal far less information and better regulate how ...

The conversation should not be just about Donald Sterling, but about racism in sports overall. Credit Mario Anzuoni/Reuters. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Sports of The Times. By WILLIAM C. RHODEN. Continue reading ...

The US might have to “reconsider its attitude” towards India if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wins power and Narendra Modi becomes prime minister, a senior American expert on South Asia has said. “Modi and his strategy, if I can summarise it... India is ...

al-Qaida in Yemen Yemeni troops take position leading to Shabwa province, a flashpoint between government troops and al-Qaida militants. Photograph: Yahya Arhab/EPA. Terrorist attacks rose 43% worldwide in 2013 despite a splintering of al-Qaida's ...