RIO DE JANEIRO: FIFA said it has opened a disciplinary probe against Luis Suarez of Uruguay for allegedly biting an Italian opponent during a World Cup game Tuesday. Full Coverage: World Cup 2014 | PointsTable | Schedule & Results Uruguay won the game 1-0 but it was overshadowed by the incident involving Suarez and Italy's Giorgio Chiellini. Suarez has already banned twice before in his career for biting opponents. The latest incident happened moments before a teammate scored the winner for...
RABAT, Morocco — In the early hours of Monday morning, a Christian militia swept down on the village of Ardo-Djobi near Bambari in the Central African Republic killing 18 Muslims of the Fulani ethnicity. Just a few days earlier, Muslim gunmen had attacked Christians in the nearby village of...
Islamist militants have reportedly taken another 60 girls and 31 boys in northeast Nigeria, compounding a crisis that began in April when the same group kidnapped more than 200 girls. The latest abductions were made public on Tuesday by the Associated Press, whose reporters couldn't safely verify...
BANGUI (Reuters) - At least 22 people have been killed in two days of clashes in Central African Republic, witnesses said on Tuesday, as foreign troops struggle to curb cycles of violence between Muslim and Christian communities. Witnesses in Bambari, a town 380 km (236 miles) northwest of Bangui,...
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime MinisterShinzo Abe formally announced Tuesday an outline of his long-awaited growth strategy, a slew of reforms meant to revitalize the economy and restore its global competitiveness. The plan, approved by the Cabinet earlier in the day, includes dozens of proposed...
Reuters ROME — Italian Prime MinisterMatteo Renzi called on Tuesday for a change of course in Europe, saying that austerity policies on their own could not guarantee fiscal stability in the face of rising unemployment and economic stagnation. Speaking in parliament ahead of this week's...
Gary Oldman has revealed he isn't happy with most of his big-screen roles, because he is a "perfectionist". The award-winning actor admitted that despite winning acclaim for his performances in films like Sid And Nancy, he is only pleased with a number of his parts such as JFK's Lee Harvey Oswald...
Sylvester Stallone is set to star in Rambo V, after the film was given the go-ahead. The action star is tipped to reprise his role as troubled war veteran John Rambo in the fifth instalment, which he will also write, following SplendidFilm's purchase of the film's rights. "With Rambo V, Sylvester...
PresidentVladimir Putin has asked Moscow's parliament to cancel a resolution sanctioning the use of military force in Ukraine, according to Russian news agencies. The president's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said Mr Putin had written to the head of Russia's upper house of parliament asking that his...
