Thibaut Courtois says he is looking forward to renewing his personal rivalry with Lionel Messi when Belgium meet Argentina in the quarter-finals of the World Cup. The goalkeeper faced the Barcelona attacker six times in the colours of Atletico Madrid last ...

After three weeks of upsets, last-minute goals and unbelievable saves, the World Cup soccer competition is down to eight teams. Unfortunately, the United States is not one of the final eight. After making its way through group play, the U.S. team lost a ...

NEW DELHI: Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg explains away its controversial study on users' emotional states, leaving many uneasy about possible manipulation, as "just really bad communication". Speaking to TOI, she said, "We don't want to violate privacy ...

Airport security is being increased at British airports after the United States called for heightened precautions amid reports two terror networks are working together on a bomb that could evade existing measures.

The failure to tackle the growing practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the UK is a "national scandal" that has resulted in the preventable abuse of thousands of girls, a committee of MPs has said.

Brazil Soccer WCup Belgium US United States' goalkeeper Tim Howard, left, makes a save as Belgium's Romelu Lukaku, front, looks on during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Belgium and the USA at the Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador, ...

This is the second football related story to emerge from Brazil 2014, following news that Warner Brothers also plans to capitalize on US World Cup fever to remake the cult classic Michael Caine tale, 'Escape to Victory.' ...

This is the second football related story to emerge from Brazil 2014, following news that Warner Brothers also plans to capitalize on US World Cup fever to remake the cult classic Michael Caine tale, 'Escape to Victory.' ...

This is the second football related story to emerge from Brazil 2014, following news that Warner Brothers also plans to capitalize on US World Cup fever to remake the cult classic Michael Caine tale, 'Escape to Victory.' ...

This is the second football related story to emerge from Brazil 2014, following news that Warner Brothers also plans to capitalize on US World Cup fever to remake the cult classic Michael Caine tale, 'Escape to Victory.' ...

Israel's justice minister denounced an Israeli Facebook campaign on Wednesday that called for soldiers to take “revenge” on the Palestinian community as tensions spiked in Jerusalem, where an Arab teenager was kidnapped and killed hours after the ...

Germany's Angela Merkel warned Moscow ahead of talks on Ukraine on Wednesday that economic sanctions remained an option unless it backed peace efforts, as Ukrainian government forces pressed on with an offensive against pro-Russian rebels.

U.S. fans in Redondo Beach react during the American soccer team's loss to Belgium on Tuesday. U.S. fans in Redondo Beach react during the American soccer team's loss to Belgium on Tuesday. (Jabin Botsford / Los Angeles Times). See more galleries.

The Swiss wizard watched the ACT teenager roar into the second round of the Australian Open, where a lack of conditioning caught up with Kyrgios in a roller-coaster match with Benoit Paire. Federer mentally noted Kyrgios's style and talents and in May ...

BERLIN — Foreign ministers from Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France agreed Wednesday on a series of steps for a resumption of the cease-fire in eastern Ukraine, where fighting between government troops and pro-Russian separatists has taken more ...

Medicare spending on breast cancer screening for women age 65 and older has jumped nearly 50 percent in recent years. But the rise in price was not associated with an improvement in the early detection of breast cancer. Researchers at the Yale School of ...

Medicare spending on breast cancer screening for women age 65 and older has jumped nearly 50 percent in recent years. But the rise in price was not associated with an improvement in the early detection of breast cancer. Researchers at the Yale School of ...

Medicare spending on breast cancer screening for women age 65 and older has jumped nearly 50 percent in recent years. But the rise in price was not associated with an improvement in the early detection of breast cancer. Researchers at the Yale School of ...

Medicare spending on breast cancer screening for women age 65 and older has jumped nearly 50 percent in recent years. But the rise in price was not associated with an improvement in the early detection of breast cancer. Researchers at the Yale School of ...

BEIRUT — A young, red-bearded ethnic Chechen has rapidly become one of the most prominent commanders in the breakaway Al-Qaeda group that has overrun swaths of Iraq and Syria, illustrating the international nature of the movement. Omar Al-Shishani ...