Almost half of Russians in a recent poll blamed dictator Joseph Stalin’s “blunders” for the Soviet Union’s huge losses of life in World War II, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday.

Rafael Nadal is determined to cap his return to the top of the world by regaining the Wimbledon title he was forced to surrender without a fight.

The chairman, chief executive officer and top executives of an Australian mining firm were aboard a chartered plane that went missing after it took off in Cameroon, Australian mining officials said on

There was a whiff of rebellion in the air at England’s World Cup training camp on Sunday as Fabio Capello’s disgruntled squad prepared to face Slovenia in a match that will make or break their campaig

The White House on Sunday slammed BP chief Tony Hayward’s attendance at a yachting race as an ill-timed “big mistake,” with the livelihoods of Gulf of Mexico residents still threatened by a massive oi

France’s disastrous World Cup campaign was plunged into fresh chaos on Sunday when the players refused to train in protest at the decision to send home star striker Nicolas Anelka.

A senior leader of Sri Lanka’s defeated Tamil Tiger rebels has agreed to help the government in its post-war reconstruction efforts, a state-run newspaper reported Sunday.

A powerful Paraguay side beat toothless Slovakia 2-0 in Bloemfontein on Sunday to leave the South Americans on the brink of qualification for the World Cup knockout phase.

Rough weather was apparently to blame for the crash of a helicopter in which 11 soldiers sent to take part in the war on drug traffickers were killed in northern Mexico, the government said on Saturda

Cameroon became the first team to be knocked out of the World Cup after a 2-1 defeat to Denmark on Saturday, a result which also ensured Group E leaders Holland became the first country to reach the l