Ashley Giles has been named head coach of England’s limited-overs cricket team, taking over from Andy Flower.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said Flower will remain as team director.

The

Hundreds of millions of dollars from Kabul Bank were spirited out of Afghanistan, some smuggled in airline food trays, to bank accounts in more than two dozen countries, according to an independent re

Dr. Joseph E. Murray, who performed the world’s first successful kidney transplant and won a Nobel Prize for his pioneering work, has died at age 93.

Murray’s death in Boston was confirmed on Monday

A concourse at Miami International Airport was partially evacuated after a man allegedly joked that he had dynamite in his luggage.

Miami-Dade police say 63-year-old Alejandro Hurtado, of Guatemala,

The 17 European Union nations that use the euro have struck an agreement with the International Monetary Fund on a programme to reduce Greek debt and put Athens on the way to get the next instalment o

Swedish wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson has filed a lawsuit in the United States against Samsung Electronics Co. for infringing its patents, saying two years of negotiations to strike a deal with

Ricky Ponting isn't thinking about the Ashes right now, more concerned with his immediate future after three batting failures against South Africa.

Ponting, who will turn 38 next month, has long targ

Supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi clashed on Friday in the worst violence since he took office, while he defended a decision to give himself near-absolute power to root out what he

Halle Berry’s ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry was arrested for investigation of battery on Thursday after he and the Oscar-winning actress’s current boyfriend got into a fight at her Hollywood Hills home,

Usain Bolt has won the IAAF World Athlete of the Year award for the fourth time over United States hurdler Aries Merritt and Kenyan runner David Rudisha.

The Jamaican sprinter, who defended his 100 a