Alvin Chau, head of Suncity Group, is wanted by prosecutors in China's Wenzhou city on alleged cross-border gambling activities and causing "severe damage to the social order of the country", state media reported. Almost all gambling is forbidden ...

Hasan finished with 5-51 while Faheem Ashraf and Shaheen Afridi complemented with 3-54 and 2-70 respectively, helping Pakistan bowl out Bangladesh on the stroke of lunch on the second day after the hosts resumed on 253-4. Liton Das top-scored with ...

"LeBron James has been fined $15,000 for making an obscene gesture on the playing court and warned for using profane language during media availability," said league spokesman Byron Spruell in a news release. This is the second time this week that ...

A handful of petrol stations, shops and other businesses gingerly began to reopen, with Honiara residents flocking to buy basic provisions as the violent unrest ebbed. "The situation is very tense and anything could happen anytime," said Audrey Aw...

And on Tuesday she will become the first black woman to enter the Pantheon in Paris, the mausoleum reserved for France's "great men". Her adopted country is honouring her 46 years after her death not only as a mould-breaking entertainer but also as...

Baker will be just the sixth woman to join the around 80 great national figures of French history in the secular temple on Paris's Left Bank. She will also be the first showbiz figure to be honoured with a symbolic spot in the secular sanctuary, fi...

But despite official campaigns urging Algerians to "make their mark", the vote for municipal and provincial councils has sparked little public interest. Observers are predicting a low turnout, as with a string of poorly-attended votes since the Hir...

But now the daughter of late British newspaper baron Robert Maxwell passes her days in a Brooklyn jail cell she's branded inhumane, complaining of rats and rotten food, as she awaits her trial -- set to begin Monday -- on charges of sex trafficking ...

Wirtz's deft chip set up Moussa Diaby's late winner in Thursday's 3-2 victory over Celtic to put Leverkusen in the Europa League's last 16. Wirtz's ascendancy has been nothing short of meteoric since Leverkusen signed him from the Cologne Under-17 ...

The 59-year-old daughter of the late newspaper baron Robert Maxwell faces an effective life sentence if convicted in New York of sex trafficking minors for Epstein, her former lover who killed himself in prison over two years ago. Following the dea...

Ravaged by drug trafficking, violent gangs, corruption, political instability and hurricanes, Honduras sees more than half its 10 million people -- 59 percent -- scraping by in poverty. "I look after my children from here... from the rubbish," Esco...

Besides all the postponements, Lopez's title defence has included six different proposed locations and numerous legal challenges in a soap opera build up featuring in-fighting between boxers, promoters and lawsuits. But on Saturday the WBA, IBF and...

The charred bodies were discovered in a store in the Chinatown district of Honiara, with a security guard telling AFP he found the bodies in two rooms late Friday. Police said forensic teams had launched an investigation and were still on the scene...

F. Richard Pappas said Sondheim -- known for musicals including "West Side Story" and "Sweeney Todd" -- died suddenly at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut, the day after celebrating Thanksgiving with friends. "There are no words. He had them all. An...

The WTO hoped the four-day gathering in Geneva would breathe new life into the crippled organisation, which has been stuck for years trying to make progress on resolving issues like fishery subsidies. New director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was al...