Photo (Reuters) Novak Djokovic claimed a record seventh Australian Open crown on Sunday as he demolished Rafa Nadal 6-3 6-2 6-3 in his most dominant Grand Slam win in his long rivalry with the Spaniard. The peerless Serb broke Nadal five times at a stunned Rod Laver Arena while conceding only a single break point

Photo (AP) Two bombs minutes apart tore through a Roman Catholic cathedral on a southern Philippine island where Muslim militants are active, killing at least 20 people and wounding 81 others during a Sunday Mass, officials said. Witnesses said the first blast inside the Jolo cathedral in the provincial capital sent churchgoers, some of them

Taliban officials said U.S. negotiators on Saturday agreed on a draft peace pact setting out the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan within 18 months, potentially ending the United States’ longest war. The details of the draft were given to Reuters by Taliban sources at the end of six days of talks with U.S. special

The U.K. will recognize Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the South American country’s acting president if elections are not announced within next eight days, British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said Saturday. “After banning opposition candidates, ballot box stuffing and counting irregularities in a deeply flawed election it is clear Nicolas Maduro is not the

Photo (AP) Petra Kvitova really wanted to be the Australian Open champion. Of course she did. That she lost the final at Melbourne Park to Naomi Osaka 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-4 on Saturday night was “painful, for sure,” to use Kvitova’s words. It was not, however, what caused her eyes to well up during the

The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, and his delegation arrived in Garowe, capital of Puntland State of Somalia.The President and his delegation welcomed the arrival of Gen. Mohamed Abshir, the governor of the Puntland State of Somalia, Mr Said Abdullahi Deni, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and

A military base deep inside Saudi Arabia appears to be testing and possibly manufacturing ballistic missiles, experts and satellite images suggest, evidence of the type of weapons program it has long criticized its archrival Iran for possessing. Further raising the stakes for any such program are comments by Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin

Mogadishu, Since President Mohamed took power Somalia is improving for better Somalian Puntland new governor ceremony will improve in co-operation, The president of the Federal government of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed is heading to Garowe for the ceremony of the newly elected governor of Puntland, Said Abdullahi Deni which is to take place in Garowe

President Muhammadu Buhari’s announcement came just weeks away from presidential and parliamentary elections (AFP Photo/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI) Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday suspended the country’s top judge just weeks from elections, triggering condemnation from opposition parties who accused him of “an act of dictatorship” and mounting “a judicial coup”. The former military ruler, 76,

The European Commission has added Saudi Arabia to an EU draft list of countries that pose a threat to the bloc because of lax controls against terrorism financing and money laundering, two sources told Reuters on Friday. The move comes amid heightened international pressure on Saudi Arabia after the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi