BUENOS AIRES - Simmering tensions over the Falklands Islands came into the open with Argentina saying it will lodge a formal protest with the United Nations over Britain's 'militarisation' of the...

LONDON - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp's British arm has reached out of court settlements with 15 more phone hacking victims including politicians, sportsmen and celebrities in the scam, the high court...

With just five months left for the Euro 2012, England football is in turmoil with the resignation of national team manager Fabio Capello over differences with Football Assoiation (FA) following the...

India's Sania Mirza defeated Britain's Anne Keothavong 6-4, 7-5 to enter the singles quarterfinals at the Pattaya Open tennis event here Thursday.

The world no. 111 overcame an intense battle...

Pakistan rookie Awais Zia has vowed to perform to the best of his potential following his selection for the limited-overs series against England in the UAE.

"I'm absolutely delighted and I couldn't...

Teenagers in Britain now prefer using social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to pass time rather than watching television, a survey has revealed.

The study, which polled 1,300 people across...

Connor Cruise, a die-hard fan of the New England Patriots and the DJ son of Tom Cruise, lashed out at one of his reps, Todd Krim, for a tweet he found offensive after his team lost to the...

Tights that claim to give women a derriere rivalling Pippa Middleton's bum for just 99 pounds, have gone on sale at the Pound shop.

Launched by value shopping brand the 99p Stores, a new range of...

School children in Britain are dunces when it comes to identifying wild birds, a new survey has revealed.

The average schoolchild can only name three wild birds.

Most of the 1000 children within...

Left-arm spinner Monty Panesar's comeback in international cricket after a gap of more than two years is a terrific boost for England cricket, feels fast bowler Stuart Broad.

Speaking to the Daily...

Candidly admitting that England's batsmen did not play Pakistan's spinners well, fast bowler Stuard Broad, however, said that he was very pleased with the way he bowled in the three Test...

England all-rounder Stuart Broad appears to share the opinion of most Indian cricketers that the umpires decision redressal system (UDRS) requires reworking and improvement to be more effective and...

Australian coach Mickey Arthur has said he wished that the Ashes series is held quickly to test his resurgent side against the English.

"I wouldn't mind it actually. I wish it was this summer in...

British royal Prince Harry is set to return to war-torn Afghanistan after qualifying as a frontline Apache attack helicopter pilot.

According to contactmusic.com, the 27-year-old completed an...

Al-Qaeda is currently at "its weakest state" since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, a top security adviser of Britain's Home Office has said.

Charles Farr, the Home...

England captain Andrew Strauss and middle-order batsmen Ian Bell plan to reach Sri Lanka, a week earlier than the rest of the England team in a frantic move to prevent another debacle against spin...

Ace striker Wayne Rooney has backed Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp to be the new England manager after Fabio Capello resigned over the Football Association's decision to strip John Terry of the...

England coach-cum-manager Fabio Capello sensationally resigned on Wednesday night following the Football Association's decision to strip John Terry of the team captaincy.

Capello's resignation was...

The European Union (EU) Wednesday adopted a plan to build a strong relationship with Pakistan.

Welcoming the adoption, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said the five-year engagement plan...

A 10-year-old autistic boy in Britain's Yorkshire county collapsed and died while playing in the snow and building an igloo, the Daily Express reported Wednesday.

Joshua Houlgate had been ecstatic...

Former Pakistani opener Mudassar Nazar has said that it was the pressure of the first Test defeat in the UAE created doubts in minds of England players and subsequently led to their whitewash in the...

An undercover policeman chased himself through a British town for over 20 minutes after a CCTV operator reported him as a suspect.

The police officer was staking out an area in Sussex when he was...

England team director Andy Flower has expressed his confidence in England's batsmen to recover from the muddle of their first Test clean-sweep but has told them that he will not be afraid to drop...

Dismissed England captain John Terry, who will face a trial over allegations that he racially abused QPR Anton Ferdinand, has been snubbed by football sponsor Umbro.

The Chelsea captain was used by...

Nearly half of British children under the age of 12 are using Facebook, illegally, since the minimum age for accessing the social networking website is 13, a new study has revealed.

The new...

Axed England captain John Terry is not retiring just yet from international football, a close source has revealed.

The Football Association (FA) had stripped Terry from England's captaincy after it...

James Harding, the editor of the British newspaper, The Times, has apologised to a high court judge for his failure to admit earlier that a reporter had hacked into the email of an anonymous police...

Britain and the Olympics face a growing threat from "lone wolf" terrorists who have taught themselves how to build bombs using al Qaeda publications, a leading security think tank has...

People of Boston are infuriated with Gisele Bundchen for slamming the New England Patriots team for their defeat at the hands of New York Giants in the Super Bowl.

After declaring that her husband,...

Bradford Burgess took a pass from Teddy Okereafor late in the first half, spotted up outside the 3-point line and confidently made a 3-pointer. Virginia Commonwealth has been waiting for a breakout...

German chancellor Angela Merkel visited China on February 2-3, in her fifth trip there during her tenure. Merkel gave a speech in Beijing at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and met Chinese...

Tens of thousands of Britons are struggling to make ends meet, forcing ever greater numbers to resort to the use of food banks. There are now 163 food banks in the UK. In 2011 alone there was one...

Harry Redknapp was today cleared of dodging tax on the deposit in his Monaco account, Rosie 47. Milan Mandaric was cleared at Southwark Crown Court today of sending Harry Redknapp a tax-free...

The head of Ofsted has said that scrapping the "satisfactory" rating given to schools during inspections would help "focus" the minds of head teachers. Under new grading...

Syrian forces have renewed their week-long assault on Homs, activists have said, in the heaviest bombardment the city has seen since the country's uprising began in March. Hundreds of people...

A record number of children were taken into care in England last month, it has emerged. Local authorities made 903 applications to protect youngsters from abuse or neglect, which is the highest...

Ongoing investigations surrounding the closure of the News of the World cost News Corporation 87 million US dollars (£55 million) in the final three months of last year, the media giant has...

Areas of the UK could be blanketed by up to 3in (8cm) of snow as the country continues to shiver in the Arctic freeze. Treacherous conditions on the roads are also set to get worse with freezing...

The Football Association is beginning its search for the next England manager after Fabio Capello sensationally quit the top job over the John Terry race row. Harry Redknapp is being hotly tipped to...

A US judge has finalised Katy Perry and Russell Brand's divorce, although the pair will not legally split up until July. Perry indicated in a Los Angeles court filing on Tuesday that she and...

The head of the BBC has admitted there are not enough older women appearing in television's top programmes and presenting roles. Despite undergoing a "revolution" in recent years that...

George Osborne is failing British businesses and families because he is the "last bastion of the old mindset", Ed Miliband is to claim. The Labour leader will also accuse the Chancellor...

Britain's economic recovery is being held back by a lack of women in the boardroom, David Cameron has warned. The Prime Minister said there was clear evidence that ending Britain's...

The armed forces risk losing vital skills because of the speed of the Government's defence cuts, the Whitehall spending watchdog has warned. The National Audit Office said the Ministry of...

Prince Harry has qualified as an Apache helicopter pilot - and scooped a prize for his shooting skills. Harry was presented with the best co-pilot gunner award during a dinner held to mark the end...

CABBIES say they will fight plans by Cardiff council to limit the number of MoT testing stations taxi drivers are allowed to use. The authority wants to introduce a stricter testing regime to...

The soap opera of English football reached yet another a noisy climax on Wednesday when national team coach Fabio Capello quit angrily just eight hours after potential successor Harry Redknapp was...

Britain on Wednesday ruled out talks with Argentina about the status of the Falkland Islands after Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de...

MAY 5, 1954 -- Kenyans suspected of possible Mau Mau terrorism huddle in a long column under guard as they await interrogation at a specially-built reception camp at Langata, near Nairobi, Kenya. The...

The Associated Press BEIRUT -- The European Union will impose harsher sanctions on Syria, a senior EU official said Wednesday, as Russia tried to broker talks between Syria's vice...