German President Horst Koehler has said that he is resigning with immediate effect due to widespread criticism of comments he made about the country’s military action and commercial interests.
The shock resignation came after Koehler, elected to a second term last year, said a country like Germany which was heavily reliant on foreign trade must know [...]
Steven Finn claimed a five-wicket haul on his first Test appearance at Lord’s as England eased to an eight-wicket win over Bangladesh on day five.
Resuming the final day with all three results still possible, England dismissed the tourists in the morning session before chasing down the 160-run target on the verge of tea.
Pace rookie Finn [...]
Tel Aviv (Reuters) – Israeli marines stormed a Turkish aid ship bound for Gaza Monday and 10 pro-Palestinian activists were killed, triggering a profound diplomatic crisis.
Israel’s allies in Europe, as well as the United Nations and Turkey, voiced shock and outrage at the bloody end to a bid by international campaigners to break Israel’s blockade [...]
More forensic tests are being carried out on what could be human remains and tools found in a river by police searching for the bodies of two prostitutes.
The body parts were recovered on Friday from the River Aire in Shipley, West Yorkshire, a short distance from where remains of murdered prostitute Suzanne Blamires had been [...]
A woman is reported to have been stopped at a port with 26,000€ of 500€ bank notes stuffed in her bra.
The woman had arrived at the port of Holyhead, North Wales on a ferry from Dublin.
The Romanian woman, 34, insisted to officials from the UK Border Agency that the money was from the sale of [...]
The coalition Government is counting the cost after the minister charged with slashing public spending quit over expenses abuses.
Treasury Chief Secretary David Laws became the coalition’s first casualty after newspaper allegations emerged that he had channelled tens of thousands of pounds of public money in rent to his secret boyfriend.
Announcing his departure, the Liberal Democrat [...]
Thousands of people turned out to see a skater dive from the first floor of the Eiffel tower into a huge quarter pipe.
Taig Khris, an X-Games champion, launched himself into a 12-metre drop and landed on a 30-metre high ramp.
At the bottom, a giant airbag was there to stop him. On the first attempt, Khris [...]
Englishman Luke Donald has won the Madrid Masters at the Real Sociedad Hipica Golf Club, one stroke ahead of Welshman Rhys Davis.
Donald finished off the weekend with a 5-under-par 67, and ended 21-under par. Long tied in the lead with Davis, Donald made the deciding shot with an eagle on the par-5 16th.
Italy`s Francesco Molinari [...]
Lewis Hamilton has won the Turkish Grand Prix after the two Red Bull drivers collide with each other.
Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber were fighting for first place when accident struck and Hamilton passed them both. Vettel resigned on the spot, while Webber recovered to finish third.
The victory was the Englishman first of the season. Jenson Button [...]
Former England goalkeeper believes David James should be Capello`s first choice as goalie in the upcoming World Cup.
Seaman, who was capped 75 times, thinks James should be the obvious pick ahead of Robert Green and Joe Hart.
39-year-old James will start tonight`s last warm-up game against Japan, but Fabio Capello has yet to announce whose number [...]
