The mother of a Libyan woman who said she had been raped by pro-government militiamen said she had been asked to convince her daughter to retract the allegations in return for her freedom and cash or

Libya’s ramshackle rebel Army has pushed west to retake a series of towns from the forces of Muammar Gaddafi who are being pounded by Western air strikes.

A banana was thrown on to the pitch towards Brazil striker Neymar during Sunday's 2-0 friendly win over Scotland at the Emirates Stadium.

The 19-year-old, who scored both goals, had been regularly je

Highly radioactive water has leaked from a reactor at Japan's crippled nuclear complex, the plant's operator said on Monday, while environmental group Greenpeace said it had detected high levels of ra

Libyan rebels backed by allied air strikes retook the strategic town of Ajdabiyah on Saturday after an all-night battle that suggested the tide is turning against Muammar Gaddafi’s forces in the east.

India's top order batsmen will need to find an effective counter to Australia's fast bowlers on Thursday’s World Cup quarterfinal if they are to sustain a billion dreams.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that a UN resolution authorising military action in Libya resembled “medieval calls for crusades” after Western forces launched a second wave of airstri

Libya is considering offering oil block contracts directly to China, India and other nations it sees as friends in its month-long conflict with rebels, Libya’s top oil official said on Saturday.

Operators of a quake-crippled nuclear plant in Japan said they would try again on Thursday to use military helicopters to douse overheating reactors, as U.S. officials warned of a rising risk of a catastrophic radiation leak from spent fuel rods.

Muammar Gaddafi’s forces seized a strategic town in eastern Libya on Tuesday, opening the way to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi while world powers failed to agree to push for a no-fly zone.