Abu Dhabi, Nov. 20: AB de Villiers and Jacques Kallis rescued South Africa with sparkling hundreds to guide them to 311-5 at close on the first day of the second Test against Pakistan on Saturday.

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Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, world-famous as France’s First Lady and as a model and singer, has now been “immortalised” — as a comic-book heroine, an American publisher said.

Dharamvir Singh (right) of India celebrates his goal after dodging Pakistani goalkeeper Salman Akbar (on the ground) during the first half of their field hockey Pool B match at the 16th Asian Games in

More than 300 people have been killed since Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano began erupting late last month, an official said on Sunday, with more than 200,000 people still living in makeshift camps.

Iraq's lawmakers will on Sunday get back to the task of forming a new government after talks following a landmark power-sharing deal were interrupted by the Muslim holiday of Eid.

Actor and Big Boss host Salman Khan dances with former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson on the sets at Lonavala, near Mumbai. PHOTO: AFP

North Korea on Saturday snubbed a UN resolution condemning its human rights conditions, calling it a US-led conspiracy to topple the communist regime through pressure.

Three civilians were killed and another 25 were wounded when a bomb fixed to a bicycle exploded on Saturday in eastern Afghanistan, the governor said.

The explosive gas known as "fire damp" that has stalled the rescue of 29 men at a New Zealand colliery is a miner's worst nightmare, a former worker at the mine said Saturday.

A moderate 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Saturday, the US geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage.