Devastating: The Ethiopian government has asked the international community for emergency food aid for 6.2 million people. The request came at a meeting of donors to discuss the impact of a prolonged drought affecting parts of East Africa. The UN&#...

Oh dear: A U.S. soldier missing from his base in eastern Afghanistan since Tuesday is believed to have been captured by Taliban militants, the military said Thursday. In a statement issued from U.S. military headquarters in Kabul, officials said &q...

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"I was in a bad mood. The sky was grey and it started to rain. Suddenly I saw a Mercedes. It was so old so to cheer myself up I decided to set the tyre on fire." —Alistair Penney, a Welsh arsonist stripper who may be a British spy...

Yesterday in England, Venus and Serena Williams woke up together, had breakfast together, and then went out and completely dominated the world's most prestigious tennis tournament together. In the women's final at Wimbledon, Venus beat...