England and Manchester United were waiting anxiously Wednesday for news of a scan on key striker Wayne Rooney's ankle injury, just 10 weeks before the World Cup in South Africa kicks off.
China has said it might not take a share of any funding for emerging nations to fight climate change, the Financial Times reported Monday, in an apparent concession at fraught talks in Copenhagen.
Thailand's revered king called on the politically divided nation to unite Saturday, during a brief public excursion from hospital to mark his 82nd birthday.
Thailand's revered king returned to a Bangkok hospital on Saturday, after making a brief public appearance to attend a ceremony at the royal palace held to mark his 82nd birthday.
Opposition chief Tzipi Livni reiterated her support Friday for a Palestinian state and the resumption of peace talks as she made a rare foray by an Israeli leader into the Arab world.
Two men accused of plotting an attack on a Danish newspaper that published incendiary cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed face terrorism charges in Chicago, US officials said Tuesday.
Pakistan's cricket chief Ijaz Butt left for India on Wednesday to hold talks with his counterparts, apparently to revive bilateral ties snapped a year ago following the Mumbai terror attacks.
