Brisbane: Mike Hussey anchored a mid-innings revival to propel Australia towards England's first innings total when rain ended play on the second day of the opening Ashes Test at the Gabba on Friday.

North Korea staged an artillery firing drill on Friday near the South Korean border and warned that planned US-South Korean naval exercises at the weekend would bring the peninsula closer to war.

A top Afghan election watchdog official on Friday denounced political pressure from government and legal circles aimed at preventing candidates being disqualified after September's Parliamentary vote.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government came under withering attackon Friday , accused of trying to manipulate parliamentary election results by the political opposition and a senior vote official.

Madrid, Nov. 26: Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho hopes to end the club’s recent woes against champions Barcelona when the two bitter rivals lock horns in the season’s first Clasico at Camp Nou on Mond

London, Nov. 26: Sir Alex Ferguson is preparing to unleash a fit-again Wayne Rooney on the Premier League as Manchester United look to kick-start their title charge at Blackburn Rovers on Saturday.

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London, Nov. 26: Andy Murray stormed into the semifinals of the ATP World Tour Finals with a crushing 6-2, 6-2 win against Spanish seventh seed David Ferrer on Thursday.

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Nov. 25: Peter Siddle celebrated a hat-trick and career-best Test figures on his birthday to bowl Australia into a commanding position against England after the opening day of the first Ashes Test at

Seoul, Nov. 24: South Korea and the United States will launch a four-day naval exercise involving a US aircraft carrier in the Yellow Sea on Sunday after North Korea’s artillery attack on an island th

The Beatles sold more than 450,000 albums and over two million individual songs in the week since their music appeared on Apple’s iTunes, Billboard said on Tuesday.