The chauffeur of the murdered head of the Roman Catholic Church in Turkey has said he had a divine revelation before cutting the cleric’s throat as he sat in his garden, his lawyer said Friday.

Ian Bell took his average against Bangladesh to nearly 200 as he finished 87 not out on the first day of the second and final Test at Old Trafford here on Friday.
England, when bad light and rain forced an early close, were 275/5 after winning the toss.

Four-time champion Rafael Nadal stormed into his fifth French Open final on Friday to set up a mouth-watering revenge showdown with Robin Soderling, who sent him crashing to a first Paris defeat last year.

South Korea’s World Cup squad has been using a specially built “thin-air” lounge to acclimatise for South Africa while Japan has given each team member an oxygen tank.

One of the most intriguing elements of Italy’s World Cup defence, in both senses of the word, will be the form and influence of Fabio Cannavaro.
The 36-year-old Juventus defender lifted the trophy four years ago as the Italy captain in a dream season in which he was later named world player of the year and also moved to Real Madrid.

Facebook has a new member — former US President George W. Bush.

Six men from Europe, Russia and China will on Thursday be voluntarily locked away in a module for almost one and a half years to simulate the effects of a mission to Mars.

A top secret military lab set up in Canada developed biological weapons for the Allies during World War II, according to a new documentary film aired late Tuesday by Radio-Canada.

Luxury Swiss watchmaker Rolex has been robbed of more than 15 kilograms of gold — worth almost 15 million euros — and a foundry worker has been taken into custody, a judicial official said on Thursday

Cuban ex-President Fidel Castro wrote in an article out on Thursday that it was unlikely that US President Barack Obama would be re-elected without first letting the US military or Israel launch a nuc