The turmoil between Russia and Ukraine has spilled over into the world of sport as Russian football authorities escalated a dispute with Ukraine over control of three clubs from Crimea, which played matches in an official competition without authority.

The medical school professors no longer want Kadiatou Fanta in the classroom. Her boyfriend has broken up with her. Each day the 26-year-old eats alone and sleeps alone. Even her own family members are afraid to touch her months after she survived ...

Brazil's real gained with other developing-nation currencies as investors weighed the outlook for presidential elections in October while speculation grew that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates low. The real advanced 0.6 percent to 2.2685 per dollar ...

Brazil's real gained with other developing-nation currencies as investors weighed the outlook for presidential elections in October while speculation grew that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates low. The real advanced 0.6 percent to 2.2685 per dollar ...

Just before Heather Mack and her boyfriend checked out of the Bali hotel where her mother's body would later be found in a suitcase, the young couple demanded hotel staff open her mother's safety deposit box, Bali authorities have told media there.

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — News spread quickly across Brazil Wednesday that presidential candidate Eduardo Campos had been killed along with six others in a private jet crash in the coastal city of Santos, just south of Sao Paulo. As messages of ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — News spread quickly across Brazil Wednesday that presidential candidate Eduardo Campos had been killed along with six others in a private jet crash in the coastal city of Santos, just south of Sao Paulo. As messages of ...

A five-day extension of a Gaza truce appeared to be holding despite a rocky start on Thursday, fanning cautious optimism of progress in the negotiations underway in Cairo between Israel and major Palestinian factions, including Hamas. It's the longest ...

Monrovia, Aug 14 (IANS/EFE) A doctor who led the fight against the Ebola virus disease in Sierra Leone has died from the virus, several weeks after the death of another infected specialist with a key role in the effort to stop the spread of the disease in the ...

Displaced Yazidi people who fled Sinjar rest at a border crossing between Iraq and Syria. Photograph: Youssef Boudlal/Reuters. The US and Britain are stepping back from launching a risky military mission to rescue thousands of Iraqis stranded on Mount ...

With a theatrical flourish, Russia on Tuesday dispatched hundreds of trucks covered in white tarps and sprinkled with holy water on a mission to deliver aid to a desperate rebel-held zone in eastern Ukraine. (REUTERS photo) ...

Pope Francis arrives in South Korea for 5-day visit. Pope Francis is welcomed by schoolchildren upon his arrival at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, South Korea on Thursday, August 14. Pope Francis is looking to fuel a new era of Catholic growth in Asia - a ...

The marquees of Broadway's theatres were dimmed on Wednesday in memory of Robin Williams following the actor and comedian's suicide earlier this week. Charlotte St Martin of New York's Broadway League called him "a comedic genius with limitless ...

Civilians inspect the site of a car bomb attack near a restaurant in the southeastern district of New Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. A string of attacks in and around the capital killed more than a dozen and wounded dozens. Civilians inspect the site ...

Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend a temporary ceasefire for five days, allowing the sides to continue to negotiate a substantive deal to end the war in Gaza. And one couple took advantage of the lull in fighting by getting married at Al-Shatea refugee ...

... • SAS sent in to Iraq as US troops land on Mount Sinjar • US Iraqi Mount Sinjar rescue mission 'far less likely' • US urges Iraqi PM to 'step aside' • Cameron pledges to 'get these people off that mountain' • Yazidis scramble to be evacuated by Iraqi helicopter ...

Susan Schneider, the third wife of the 63-year-old actor - who committed suicide on Monday (11.08.14) - is reportedly planning a ''very private'' funeral in the Bay Area, and family members, including his 31-year-old son Zak, have begun flying into town ahead ...

Michael Brown shooting protesters Tear gas and smoke bombs were utilized by the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson police on Wednesday. It is so as to disperse the protesters. There are some who threw Molotov cocktails along with other things to the officials.

Michael Brown shooting protesters Tear gas and smoke bombs were utilized by the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson police on Wednesday. It is so as to disperse the protesters. There are some who threw Molotov cocktails along with other things to the officials.

Rockets are fired into the sea as the Pope's plane flies into Seoul for the first papal visit to Asia this century. 8:53am UK, Thursday 14 August 2014. The pope arrives in Seoul. Pope Francis arrives in Seoul. Tweet ...