The United States and Turkey indicated they were studying a range of possible measures over Syria, including a no-fly zone, as battles between rebels and President Bashar al-Assad's forces shook Aleppo and the heart of Damascus.

A UK winner has scooped 148 million pounds in the second largest EuroMillions jackpot ever.

India's Sushil Kumar came from behind to beat defending champion Ramazan Sahin of Turkey 3-1 in his first bout and advance to the quarter finals of the men's 66kg freestyle wrestling event in the London Olympics here on Sunday.

Excited to be back into the national fold after a gap of more than a year, India off spinner Harbhajan Singh has said he is aware he would have to start afresh when he takes the field against New Zealand later this month.

Emergency relief officials and doctors deployed to flood devastated communities in the Philippines Sunday to prevent outbreaks of disease as the death toll jumped to 85.

Star wrestler Sushil Kumar created history on Sunday as he scripted his name as India's best-ever individual Olympian by assuring at least a silver medal in the London Olympics by entering the finals of the 66kg class here.

On any other day and in any other situation, the Tibetan exiles who gathered excitedly in groups next to Buckingham Palace would never have come to cheer for an athlete wearing the colors of China, a country they regard as their oppressor, a country that invaded and has governed their Himalayan homeland with an iron fist for six decades.

Egyptian troops clashed with gunmen in the Sinai Peninsula early on Sunday, leaving three soldiers and six militants dead, as they pressed a drive to flush out armed Islamists, state television reported.

Standard Chartered is in talks with multiple law-enforcement officials including New York's banking regulator to resolve a probe into improper Iranian money transactions by the British bank, according to people familiar with the situation.

The US has admitted that the Wisconsin gurdwara shooting that killed six Sikhs was an 'act of hatred'.