Australia overcame a slow start to ease some pressure on coach Robbie Deans with a 26-19 win over South Africa in their Rugby Championship Test.
The All Blacks struggled to a 21-5 victory over a gallant Argentina at Westpac Stadium to remain unbeaten in the Rugby Championship.
Barack Obama’s campaign has repudiated pundits who found his big convention speech flat, boring and stripped of inspiration.
A Spanish village councillor has been bombarded with a wave of insults since she decided not to resign after a sexual video of her was circulated.
Former England striker Michael Owen has joined Stoke City on a free transfer, subject to Premier League Board approval, the club has announced.
Red Cross chief Peter Maurer has held a "positive" meeting with Bashar al-Assad in Syria during which he voiced concerns over humanitarian abuses.
Shell said on Monday it has completed the sale of its share of an onshore oil block in southern Nigeria to a consortium for $102-million.
Ferrari chief Stefano Domenicali has called for safer standards of driving in Formula One, following Sunday’s opening lap pile-up at the Belgian GP.
The Arab Gulf has slated Syria’s regime for deploying heavy weapons against civilians, as more than 100 people were killed in bombings and air raids.
Oil from a Turkish bulk carrier that ran aground three years ago off the coast of Cape Town, is spilling onto two beaches.