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Update: The Borno State Government has confirmed the killing of the Emir of Gwoza. A statement by the Government said he was killed around 9am today following a bloody attack by some gun men believed to be members of the Boko...

Arsene Wenger has agreed a new three-year deal to remain as Arsenal manager until 2017. The contract could be signed and announced as soon as Saturday. Wenger, 64, has led Arsenal to eight major trophies since joining them in September 1996. This...

Southampton and England striker Rickie Lambert will have a medical at Liverpool on Saturday after the clubs agreed a fee of about £4m plus add-ons. The Liverpool-born forward will sign a two-year deal at the club where he spent five...

Manchester United are set to resume talks with Southampton on Friday over the transfer of left-back Luke Shaw, reports BBC Radio Solent. Saints have already turned down a £27m offer for the 18-year-old. Left-back had been one of the priority areas...

England captain Steven Gerrard has made a passionate defence of Wayne Rooney after former Manchester United team-mate Paul Scholes suggested the striker may be past his peak. Scholes also questioned whether England's management team would have the courage to ever...

Microsoft's former CEO Steve Ballmer has reached a deal to buy the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team for a potential record deal of $2bn (£1.2bn). Shelly Sterling, who owns the Clippers with her husband through a trust, said she was...

Small northern nation to vote on independence in peaceful referendum. Should the world care at a time when Ukraine has pitted East versus West in an echo of the Cold War? Scotland has punched above its weight for centuries, bringing...

On Dec. 27 last year, Thailand’s powerful army chief stood before a crowded news conference and stunned the beleaguered government of Yingluck Shinawatra by saying he would not rule out military intervention to resolve a deteriorating political crisis. General...

Don't count on the U.S. Federal Reserve to go back to a numerical bulls-eye to aim at when it finally decides to raise interest rates. A target range for the federal funds rate may well be here to stay,...

Motor Co (F.N) said on Thursday it is recalling 1.39 million SUVs and sedans in North America, most for the possible loss of power steering. About 1.186 million of the vehicles Ford said it is recalling are in the United...