A woman suffered critical burns after a man set her alight at an Australian petrol station on Tuesday, in a horrific scene that prompted the police to urge witnesses to seek counselling.

The death toll from a violent weekend storm that lashed Central America neared 150 Tuesday, and more fatalities were feared as rescuers reached villages cut off by floods and mudslides.

Sweden’s Robin Soderling shakes hands with a court official after defeating Switzerland’s Roger Federer at the end of their French Open quarterfinal at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris on Tuesday.

Jamaican super sprinter Usain Bolt has withdrawn from the June 12 Diamond League meeting in New York City because of an Achilles tendon issue, organisers said here on Monday.

Samantha Stosur of Australia stunned four-times former winner Justine Henin at the French Open on Monday to wreck hopes of a dream quarter-final between the Belgian and top seed Serena Williams.

Germany’s President Horst Koehler said on Monday he was stepping down with immediate effect, in a surprise move after criticism of recent comments he made about the country’s mission in Afghanistan.

An Ahmadiya man was stabbed to death by an enraged Muslim in Pakistan on Monday, just days after gun, grenade and suicide attacks on the minority sect killed more than 80 people, the police said.

Hundreds of community, political and religious leaders from across Afghanistan were arriving in Kabul on Monday for a crucial assembly, or “peace jirga” that could set the agenda for ending years of w

Red Bull boss Christian Horner was still fuming on Monday after teammates Mark Webber and Sebastian
Vettel collided in Sunday’s Turkish Grand Prix — and handed momemtum to McLaren.

Dressed only in tight-fitting football shirts or skimpy bikinis, and pouting enthusiastically for lucrative sportswear and magazine photoshoots, the World Cup WAGs are on the march.