More than 150 women have been raped by rebels in a remote area of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, an aid agency and the UN said.

A Rwandan rebel group, the Democratic Forces for the Liberation

New York, Aug. 21: Number one Serena Williams on Friday blamed a mysterious summer foot injury with forcing her withdrawal from the US Open.

The American, who has not played since winning the Wimbled

A concertgoer died in an apparent suicide when he jumped from the roof of an amphitheatre onto the stage where a folk music duo was performing, the San Francisco Chronicle reported on Saturday.

The d

Cincinnati, Aug. 20: Rafael Nadal had to work for almost three hours on Thursday to get past Frenchman Julien Benneteau 5-7, 7-6 (8-6), 6-2 to earn a place in the quarterfinals of the Cincinnati Maste

Toronto champion Andy Murray was tested in his opening match at the Cincinnati Masters as Frenchman Jeremy Chardy made life a misery before finally going down to a 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 6-2 second-round def

Brazilian striker Ronaldo has said that he would consider ending his career in December and not — as originally planned — in 2011.

Aug. 19: Toronto champion Andy Murray was tested in his opening match at the Cincinnati Masters as Frenchman Jeremy Chardy made life a misery before finally going down to a 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 6-2 second-

Nowshehra (Pakistan), Aug. 16: Six million children are suffering from Pakistan’s devastating floods: lost, orphaned or stricken with diarrhoea, they are the most vulnerable victims of the nation’s wo

At least 56 people were killed on Tuesday morning when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside an Iraqi army recruiting centre in Baghdad, officials were quoted by local media as saying.

The blast,

Kabul, Aug. 15: Officials on Sunday said that an oilfield containing an estimated 1.8 billion barrels of oil has been discovered by geologists in northern Afghanistan.

The Afghan government revealed