World number two Roger Federer won his second ATP Cincinnati Masters crown in a row on Sunday, outlasting American Mardy Fish 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/1), 6-4 for his 63rd career title.

A disgruntled ex-policeman armed with an assault rifle hijacked a bus carrying more than 20 Hong Kong tourists including children in the Philippine capital on Monday, police said.

The gunman released

Chile rejoiced on Sunday at word that 33 miners trapped deep below ground for more than two weeks were alive and apparently in good condition, but engineers warned that rescuing them could yet take mo

Cincinnati, Aug. 21: Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray were sent crashing out of the Cincinnati Masters, falling to a pair of unseeded players during a bruising day of tennis at the hardcourt tournament.

London, Aug. 21: Theo Walcott’s hat-trick inspired Arsenal to a 6-0 victory over Blackpool on the day Cesc Fabregas made his return to action at the Emirates Stadium after rejecting the overtures of B

Cairo, Aug. 21: A priceless Vincent Van Gogh painting has been stolen from a Cairo museum in a brazen daytime theft, the culture minister, Mr Faruq Hosni, said on Saturday.

The painting, that Mr Hosn

Nicosia, Aug. 21: Amnesty International urged the Saudi authorities on Friday not to medically paralyse a man in retribution for similar injuries he allegedly caused during a fight.

The London-based

BUSHEHR, Iran, Aug. 21: A defiant Iran on Saturday began loading fuel into its Russian-built first nuclear power plant in the face of stiff opposition from world powers to its controversial atomic pro

Sydney, Aug. 21: Australia faced its first hung parliament in 70 years on Saturday after a furious voter backlash against the Prime Minister, Ms Julia Gillard, who ousted an elected leader just eight

Beijing, Aug. 21: Heavy rains sparked serious flooding along the China-North Korea border on Saturday, with more than 50,000 Chinese evacuated and Pyongyang’s state media warning of “devastating” cons