Astronomers said on Thursday they had found another blue planet a long, long way from Earth — no water world, but a scorching, hostile place where it rains glass, sideways.

Germany’s Marcel Kittel claimed his third stage win of the 100th Tour de France when he beat Britain’s Mark Cavendish to victory in the 12th stage on Thursday.

Britain’s Mark Cavendish is no longer welcome at the Boxmeer Criterium in the Netherlands, Dutch news agency ANP said on Thursday, reporting that race organisers had withdrawn his name from the list of starters.

Manuel Pellegrini admits part of his remit as Manchester City manager will be to help nurture young talent and save the club spending heavily on transfer fees in the future.

Activists for and against ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi have called rival rallies for the first Friday of Ramadan, as tensions soar over the army’s overthrow of the Islamist leader.

A Nigerian court on Friday denied bail to three Lebanese nationals charged with terrorism over their alleged links to the powerful Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah.

When the Pakistani Taliban shot Malala Yousafzai in the head, their message to the world was simple: girls have no right to an education and their dreams of a better future should be crushed.

The United States has told China it was upset it did not hand over US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden after he fled to Hong Kong, saying that the decision had undermined relations.

Teenage debutant Ashton Agar fell agonisingly short of becoming the first Test match no. 11 to score a century but still helped give Australia the edge in their Ashes opener against England at Trent Bridge on Thursday.

A Moscow court on Thursday convicted dead Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky of tax evasion, provoking outrage over the posthumous prosecution of a man whose death in pre-trial detention led to a major diplomatic row with Washington.