The shooting down of a military transport plane in Ukraine yesterday, killing all 49 people on board, prompted threats of a renewed government offensive on pro-Russian separatists in the country's violent eastern regions. President Petro Poroshenko has ...

Costa Rica upset all expectations Saturday with a surprise 3-1 win over a stunned Uruguay in the Group D kickoff at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. With goals by Joel Campbell, Giancarlo Gonzalez and Marcos Ureña, the Ticos pulled off one of the greatest ...

Acting transport minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said Father's Day on June 15, 2104 which coincides with the 100th day of Malaysia Airlines MH370 plane's disappearance was made worse as the families are still clueless as to where their loved ...

Published 14/06/2014|22:34. 0 Comments; Share. Italy's Mario Balotelli heads the ball to score past England's Gary Cahill. Into the second half in Manaus as goals from Marchisio and Sturridge have the sides deadlocked. Share. Go To. Comments ...

WITH Spain's World Cup defence on the brink of a premature and disastrous ending, defender Sergio Ramos has insisted La Roja are united in their bid for redemption following the 5-1 thrashing they copped from Netherlands. Canada-born Dutch midfielder ...

JERUSALEM, June 14 (Xinhua) -- The three Israeli teens who have been missing since Thursday evening were kidnapped in the West Bank territories by a terrorist organization, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed in a public statement on ...

Mario Balotelli didn't just have the eyes of a nation on him, as his fiancee Fanny Neguesha was also in the crowd for Italy's World Cup Group C opener against England. The Belgian beauty was spotted in Manaus' Arena Amazonia wearing an Azzurri shirt ...

Louis Van Gaal Robin van Persie of the Netherlands (front) celebrates his goal against Spain with coach Louis van Gaal during their 2014 World Cup Group B soccer match at the Fonte Nova arena in Salvador June 13, 2014. (REUTERS/Michael Dalder).

These heavily armed men are with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) --- They appeared to be celebrating their seizure of Mosul --- just one of the northern cities they claimed during a blitz across the region. Reuters cannot independently verify the ...

The former chief executive of ill-fated Kiwi Airlines says the disappearance of MH370 wasn't an accident. Commercial pilot and Hamilton City Councillor Ewan Wilson and Fairfax journalist Geoff Taylor have researched the events surrounding the ...

PINEHURST North Carolina (Reuters) - Martin Kaymer rebounded after making three early bogeys on a difficult day for scoring to lead the U.S. Open by five shots midway through the third round on Saturday. The 29-year-old German, a commanding six ...

England's World Cup 2014 campaign has begun with Roy Hodgson's team taking on Italy in Manaus. Italy opened the scoring in the 35th minute of the match with a goal from midfielder Claudio Marchisio. But England hit back to equalise within minutes, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JUNE 14: Costa Rican soccer team fans watch as their team prepares to score their first goal against Uruguay while watching the game on the giant screen showing the match at the FIFA World Cup Fan Fest on Copacabana beach ...

CAIRO — Egypt's top prosecutor referred 13 men to trial for attempted rape and assault of women during public rallies in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the first implementation of tough new penalties against rampant sexual violence, the state news agency reported.

No Radamel Falcao, no problem. All of the talk before this match was about how Colombia would cope without their best player, sidelined since January with a cruciate ligament problem. The answer was emphatic. As it turned out, coach Jose Pekerman ...

No Radamel Falcao, no problem. All of the talk before this match was about how Colombia would cope without their best player, sidelined since January with a cruciate ligament problem. The answer was emphatic. As it turned out, coach Jose Pekerman ...

Uruguay's defender Maximiliano Pereira (right) and Costa Rica's midfielder Cristian Bolanos are seen in action during a Group D football match between Uruguay and Costa Rica at the Castelao Stadium in Fortaleza during the 2014 Fifa World Cup on June ...

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine and Russia failed to end a gas pricing dispute at talks on Saturday but agreed to meet again on Sunday, a day before a Russian deadline for Kiev to pay a $1.95 billion debt or have its gas supplies cut off. Halting deliveries to Kiev ...

Mile Jedinak says leading Australia out at the World Cup will be the best moment of his career. The Crystal Palace midfielder impressed in the Premier League last season but believes his club career pales in comparison to captaining the Socceroos against ...

KIEV, UKRAINE – Officials from the Russian and Ukrainian state gas companies were meeting in Kiev to try to resolve a knotty dispute over how much Ukraine owes Russia for past natural gas deliveries and what price Ukraine should pay for future supplies.