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.

Arab foreign ministers postponed a planned meeting on the Syrian conflict that had been due to take place in Saudi Arabia later on Sunday, a top Arab League official said.

Wildfires raged Saturday on Spain's Canary Islands, as hundreds of firefighters also battled a blaze near Greece's Mount Athos, a World Heritage site housing an ancient monastic community.

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.

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'.