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England have a bright future and should go into their match against Uruguay confident of victory, says former captain Gary Lineker. Roy Hodgson's team, beaten 2-1 by Italy in their opening World Cup game on Saturday, play Uruguay on Thursday. "It...

Cameroon defender Benoit Assou-Ekotto says he chose not to play for France because the country blames black players when the team struggles. The 30-year-old Tottenham full-back was born in France, but qualified to play for Cameroon through his father. He said:...

Former Turkish president Kenan Evren and ex-Air Force commander Tahsin Sahinkaya were sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for their roles in a military coup in 1980, state broadcaster TRT said. Evren, 96, and Sahinkaya, 89, were accused of...

Israel re-arrested 51 Palestinians freed in a 2011 prisoner swap deal, the army said on Wednesday, in the sixth day of a hunt for three missing teenagers believed abducted in the occupied West Bank. Israel accuses Hamas Islamists of kidnapping...

An overloaded boat carrying suspected illegal Indonesian immigrants sank as it left Malaysia's west coast early on Wednesday, and at least three passengers drowned and 34 were missing. The boat, whose passengers included women and children, sank at the mouth...

The dollar held firm on Wednesday after a surprisingly high reading for U.S. inflation raised expectations that Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen could strike a more hawkish tone on the monetary policy outlook. The risk of a faster U.S. policy...

JPMorgan Chase & Co was again ranked the top investment bank by revenue in the first quarter with $5.9 billion, according to a new survey published on Wednesday. In a repeat of the previous year's results, the U.S. bank came...

T-Mobile US Inc (TMUS.N) is hedging its bets by offering to buy spectrum from smaller rivals in case the takeover by Sprint Corp (S.N) falls through, the New York Post reported, citing a source familiar with the situation. The company...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 18, (THEWILL) – The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) Tuesday stated that it stands by its counsel for Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima, on the failed bombing in Imo State. A statement issued by the...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 17, (THEWILL) – One of the 486 suspected members of the Boko Haram detained by soldiers in the wee hours of Sunday along the Enugu-Port Harcourt highway in Abia State has been identified as a “most...