Usain Bolt set two new world records and harvested three gold medals in his last outing at the world championships, but the Jamaican has insisted that a further improvement in times for the 100 and 20

Hardened rebel fighters today streamed into Tripoli seeking to deliver a knockout punch to Muammar Gaddafi's diehards and to flush out the elusive strongman, who has a USD 1.7 million price on his hea

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Wednesday said he had abandoned his Tripoli compound, seized earlier by rebel fighters, in a 'tactical withdrawal'.

"Bab al-Azizya was nothing but a heap of rubble a

Four hundred people were killed and 2,000 wounded in three days of fighting between rebels and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in the Libyan capital Tripoli, the head of the rebel council said on Wedn

Foreign journalists who covered the Libyan conflict from Muammar Gaddafi's side were trapped inside their hotel for a third day on Wednesday as gunmen still loyal to the regime kept them prisoners.

Fast bowler Lasith Malinga took a record third hat-trick as Sri Lanka secured a consolation four-wicket victory over Australia in the fifth and final one-day international on Monday.

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US firm Peabody Energy and Europe's ArcelorMittal steel company said on Thursday their hostile USD 4.9 billion (3.4 billion euro) bid for Australia's Macarthur had formally opened.

"Peabody and Arce

Morgan Stanley today said the United States and Europe are dangerously close to recession, blaming in part policy errors by authorities on both sides of the Atlantic.

The investment bank said a slow

The launch of a Scud missile on rebel positions in Libya by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi represents a 'desperate gesture' by the regime in the face of territorial gains by the opposition, a NATO sp

Crude oil markets rallied in Asian trade on Monday amid relief at the announcement of an elusive US debt deal, analysts said.

New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in Septemb