Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has admitted he feared his career could have been over when he suffered a horrific gash in his leg.
Somalia’s Parliament votes on Monday for a new president in what the UN has described as a historic election for the war-torn nation.
Syrian troops have bombarded a central area of Aleppo after a day of fierce clashes with rebels who tried to take the regime-controlled district.
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.
West Ham striker Andy Carroll is likely to miss England’s World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine after suffering a hamstring injury.
Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked Shabab militants put on show the bodies of four "enemy" soldiers killed in combat in Kismayo, in southern Somalia.
A television channel chief and presenter has denied calling for the murder of President Mohamed Morsi during his trial on incitement charges in Cairo.
Electoral officials on Saturday were tallying the ballots in Angola’s third polls since independence, with the first results expected late in the day.
The United Nations Security Council will meet on Thursday to tackle deteriorating humanitarian conditions in Syria.
Wayne Rooney faces four weeks on the sidelines after the England striker needed hospital treatment on a nasty leg injury.
Ethiopia will hold a state funeral on Sptember 2 for late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who died on Monday after 21 years in power.
US prosecutors probing whether HSBC was involved in laundering money for Mexican drug cartels and moving cash for Saudi banks tied to terrorists.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan says regional troops will intervene in extremist-occupied northern Mali if negotiations fail to yield a solution.
Amnesty International has urged Pakistan to protect a Christian girl arrested for allegedly burning pages inscribed with verses from the Qur’an.
About 600 workers have downed tools to demand higher wages at the Royal Bafokeng Platinum Mine, near the Lonmin mine where 44 people died last week.
Legendary All Black Jonah Lomu, treated twice for renal problems recently, says although he feels better, he expects to undergo another transplant.
Three Westerners, including a South African man, abducted nearly nine months ago by al-Qaeda in Mali have urged their governments to help free them.
Just 10 days after Nasa’s Curiosity rover sent back photos of the Martian landscape, the agency wants to take a better look beneath Mars’s surface.
Dropped star batsman Kevin Pietersen is facing showdown talks with England skipper Andrew Strauss next week as he tries to rescue his career.
Burmese authorities have faced criticism from rights groups after deadly unrest between Muslim Rohingya and ethnic Rakhine Buddhists.
Iran has dismissed Israeli threats of an imminent attack against it, explaining that such a "stupid" act would provoke "very severe consequences".
Valerie Adams said she was delighted to win gold after her rival was disqualified but felt cheated by not receiving the medal in front of a crowd.
Negotiations are under way for cricket-mad sprint king Usain Bolt to play in Australia’s domestic Twenty20 Big Bash League.