Ecuador said it would announce its decision on granting asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday, and slammed Britain for threatening to storm Quito's mission in London to retrieve him.

Japan was Thursday considering whether to prosecute or deport 14 people it arrested after pro-China activists landed on a disputed island, as Beijing angrily demanded their immediate release.

The Sydney Sixers are hoping to lure Yohan Blake to play in Australia's domestic Twenty20 Big Bash League after fellow sprint star Usain Bolt said he wanted to turn out for the Melbourne Stars.

Cisco Systems Inc., the world's largest maker of computer networking equipment, is seeing its ambitions cramped by the global economic turmoil, but results for its latest quarter were strong enough that it announced an increase to its dividend.

Ethnic violence that has rocked parts of lower Assam on Thursday spread to a new district where incidents of arson were reported, forcing the Army to stage a flag march.

Medium pacer Ravikant Singh returned with a five-for as Indian colts thumped minnows Papua New Guinea by 107 runs to enter the quarter-finals of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup, here on Thursday.

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation suspended Syria on Thursday, saying the Muslim world can no longer accept a government that ‘massacres its people’, further isolating the embattled regime.

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Withdrawal symptoms involving the hands and the TV remote, laptop keyboard, tablets, mobile phones and other electronic devices are certain to afflict those couch potatoes who took an extra interest in the London Olympics for two weeks and more.

England captain Andrew Strauss was hailed as an 'outstanding leader', as he became only the ninth England player to appear in 100 Tests when leading the side against South Africa at Lord's on Thursday.

Fresh violence gripped this trouble-torn Assam district leaving at least nine seriously injured while unrest spread to Kamrup (rural) which reported arson and police firing on Thursday.