Thirty French warplanes on Sunday blasted Islamic extremist training and centres and logistics centres in northeast Mali.
Spain are facing Davis Cup humiliation after they slumped 2-0 down to Canada, a country who have never previously won a World Group clash.
An independent investigation has exonerated mobile giant MTN from graft in an Iran tender, the firm has said.
All-round Cricketer Shahid Afridi has made an emotional appeal to the cricketing world to end Pakistan’s four-year isolation over terror attacks.
Syria has threatened to retaliate what it says was an Israeli raid as its allies denied a strike that threatened to take the fight beyond its borders.
Didier Drogba’s Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua has expressed outrage over his move to Turkish side Galatasaray, saying he was still their player.
Proposals to allow gay couples to marry and adopt children has gone before France’s parliament, after months of debate that has split the country.
Britain has now pledged hundreds of millions of rands worth of humanitarian aid to help stop what it calls an escalating humanitarian crisis in Syria.
Of the 2 500 movers and shakers who have descended on the picture-postcard Swiss ski resort, for the World Economic Forum, a mere 17% are women.
Apple shares have extended their losses, ending a miserable week for the tech giant as it surrendered its position as the world’s biggest company.