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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he has no personal rivalry with Chelsea counterpart Jose Mourinho. Wenger has yet to beat the Portuguese in nine attempts, most recently losing a Capital One Cup fourth-round tie 2-0 at home to Chelsea in...

Emmanuel Adebayor scored his first two league goals of the season to help managerless Tottenham beat Southampton. With Tim Sherwood in temporary charge after sacking Andre Villas-Boas on Monday, Spurs fell behind to Adam Lallana's early 25-yard strike. Adebayor's close-range volley...

A UN official in South Sudan has spoken of an atmosphere of fear and desperation as violence escalates. Humanitarian Co-ordinator Toby Lanzer told the BBC about summary executions in Bor, in the restive state of Jonglei that has fallen to...

The Tiffany & Co jewellery chain has been ordered to pay Swatch Group $448m (£274m) over a failed joint venture. The chain said it was "shocked and extremely disappointed" with the decision and cut its full year earnings on the...

The Thai baht plumbed its lowest level in almost four years on Monday as a political crisis grew more intractable, with anti-government protesters attempting to stop candidates from registering for a February election. Tens of thousands of protesters rallied across...

U.S. officials have warned of the potential for catastrophe if Afghan President Hamid Karzai fails to sign a security pact to permit foreign forces to stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014. Unless a deal is reached to enable a modest U.S....

CHINA'S PRESIDENT XI JINPING ATTENDS A MEETING WITH FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON (NOT PICTURED) AT THE GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE China's ruling Communist Party would like to see more party bosses held accountable for allowing corruption to happen...

At least 42 people, including children, were killed on Sunday when Syrian army helicopters dropped improvised "barrel bombs" in the northern province of Aleppo, a monitoring group said. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said separate air raids hit...

The European Union does not draw straight lines. Last week's tortuous agreement on a common system for shutting failed banks exemplifies the awkward, often unstable compromises by which Europe advances. Banking union is the biggest leap forward in EU integration since...

As Washington empties out for the holidays, a final budget fight will play out in the nearly empty Capitol building as congressional staffers parcel out more than $1 trillion to fund everything from cybersecurity to student loans. Unlike the knock-down...