Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his counterparts from Germany, France and Ukraine have started talks in Berlin. The four foreign ministers posed for the cameras in an official procedure before the talks, an Interfax correspondent reported.

FERGUSON, Mo. — Even though rain was falling on a gray Sunday here the choir opening services at the Greater St. Mark Family Church repeated the reprise, "the sun is gonna shine" — as other residents outside spent the morning cleaning up debris after ...

The immigrants rescued from a shipping container yesterday are Sikhs who are understood to be from Afghanistan, it has emerged. The 35-strong group's arrival at the Port of Tilbury yesterday prompted an international investigation after one man died.

ISLAMABAD—Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan called for widespread civil disobedience in Pakistan, urging supporters to stop paying taxes and utility bills in a bid to oust the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The populist politician also raised ...

CAIRO — Kurdish Peshmerga forces operating with US air cover yesterday regained the Iraq's strategic Mosul Dam from the militants, a Kurdish official said. “Fighting is ongoing at the Mosul Dam and we have caused big losses to ISIS group and now more ...

A first half David Silva goal and an injury-time strike from sub Sergio Aguero saw last season's title winners get off to a winning start. Newcastle had chances of their own late on, but could not convert and paid the price. Despite the loss, the feeling among ...

Whether the shell that killed eight members of the Wahdan family in their home was fired randomly or deliberately targeted is unknown. What is clear is that the Israeli army knew of the house and the people who lived there. The three-storey structure in the ...

Pope Francis outlined his priorities for the Catholic Church in Asia during a meeting of about 80 of the region's bishops on Sunday, urging them to engage with people of different cultures empathetically. "In this spirit of openness to others, I earnestly hope that ...

KIEV/DONETSK: Ukrainian forces have raised their national flag over a police station in the city of Luhansk which was for months under rebel control, Kiev said on Sunday, in what could be a breakthrough in Ukraine's efforts to crush pro-Moscow separatists.

Anyone who has gone online, checked their Facebook feed, or looked at Twitter has seen people dumping ice water on each other and themselves, stating that it's all in the name of raising awareness for ALS, a debilitating neurodegenerative disease.

The deadly ebola virus has already claimed over 1,000 lives and infected about 2,000 people in the West African countries of Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria. The outbreak is a reminder of SARS in 2002-03, which claimed nearly 800 lives, and ...

Members of the United Nations Security Council vote on a resolution about the ongoing crisis in Iraq at United Nations headquarters in New York on Aug. 15. (Photo: Reuters). August 17, 2014, Sunday/ 15:08:38/ E. BARIÅž ALTINTAÅž / ISTANBUL. Share.

Members of the United Nations Security Council vote on a resolution about the ongoing crisis in Iraq at United Nations headquarters in New York on Aug. 15. (Photo: Reuters). August 17, 2014, Sunday/ 15:08:38/ E. BARIÅž ALTINTAÅž / ISTANBUL. Share.

THE old woman's movements seemed innocuous at first. But after four days of scouring the terrain for an Islamic State sniper who had killed up to 20 comrades, Shia militiamen began to wonder how a woman living alone could produce so much rubbish that ...

brem Pauline Bremer and Rebecca Knack goals were enough to picture tears crestfallen players and the over 22,421 partisan supporters gathered at the Edmonton Stadium to watch the Young Canucks beaten 2-0 by favourite Germany in the second quarter ...

brem Pauline Bremer and Rebecca Knack goals were enough to picture tears crestfallen players and the over 22,421 partisan supporters gathered at the Edmonton Stadium to watch the Young Canucks beaten 2-0 by favourite Germany in the second quarter ...

brem Pauline Bremer and Rebecca Knack goals were enough to picture tears crestfallen players and the over 22,421 partisan supporters gathered at the Edmonton Stadium to watch the Young Canucks beaten 2-0 by favourite Germany in the second quarter ...

The Congress Sunday asked why India was going ahead with foreign secretary level talks with Pakistan when the Pakistani envoy here had invited Kashmiri separatists for talks. Mainsih Tiwari. Congress leader Manish Tewari said allowing Abdul Basit to talk ...

THE United Nations Security Council has adopted an Australian-led resolution condemning all acts of terrorism committed by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as well as the Al-Nusrah Front. The resolution, adopted at the weekend in New York, requires ...

Canada's U20 women's team went down fighting against the Germans, but in the process showed that they possessed real quality. While the loss will sting, the underlying theme is that the future is far more bright than most predicted for the women's program.