Brothers George and Luke Whitelock shared four tries and Dan Carter kicked 16 points as the Crusaders trounced the Southern Kings 55-20.
Wrapping up a three day visit to Israel, US President Barack Obama has paid respects to the nation’s heroes and to victims of the Holocaust.
Rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has been charged with allegedly "obstructing or defeating the course of justice".
The Crusaders avoided their worst start to a Super Rugby season in 17 years by beating the Blue Bulls 41-19 in the tournament’s fifth round.
The mystery of who the new pope would be has been as thick as the unmistakable heavy black smoke billowing from the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel chimney.
Lionel Messi has scored a brilliant brace to help Barcelona beat AC Milan 4-0.
Venezuela’s opposition leader Henrique Capriles has launched what many consider a doomed candidacy to replace Hugo Chávez.
Cardinals from around the world gather this week in a conclave to elect a new pope following the stunning resignation of Benedict XVI.
Kenya’s election commission has taken responsibility for the failure of a vote-counting system that has left the country at an electoral standstill.
The Democratic Republic’s of Congo’s government troops have given control of two key eastern towns back to the M23 rebel group.