Wayne Rooney brought ‘excitement’ to Man Utd says pundit It was a goal against Arsenal that propelled Wayne Rooney into the spotlight. Aged just 16, his outstanding curling strike ended the Gunners’ 30-match unbeaten run and set the tone for the glittering
Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), is tense after armed rebels launched a coordinated attack on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday evening. The attack – the first in the capital city since the December 27 elections –
Ugandans have lined up to cast ballots in presidential and parliamentary elections under tight security and an internet blackout after one of the most violent campaigns in years. The internet went down on the eve of Thursday’s vote, with some parts of
Some of the 10,000 National Guard troops streaming into Washington, DC to help secure the area ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration will be armed, two US officials said on Tuesday. The decision by US Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy comes as the
Rhinoceros calf Jessie was just four months old when she arrived at a shelter in northern South Africa, bleeding from a cut to the shoulder and deeply traumatised. Rescuers suspect the animal was wounded by poachers who took out its mother, hitting
Armed with picks and shovels, Madrid residents slowly shovelled out of Spain’s worst blizzard in decades that turned roads and pavements into skating rinks. Officials asked people to stay at home if possible after Storm Filomena dumped 20-30 centimetres (seven-eight inches) of
More than a month after two hurricanes wreaked havoc in Honduras, hundreds of thousands of people displaced by mass flooding and mudslides are still struggling to cope, surviving with little to no outside assistance. But residents say a strong sense of solidarity
Rapid urbanisation is driving up demand for sand in Bangladesh, leading to uncontrolled and mostly illegal extraction of sandstone and rocks from the riverbeds. The hunger for sand is threatening the flood embankments around the Jamuna river and putting farmland at risk
Divers pulled body parts, wreckage and clothing from waters off Indonesia’s capital Jakarta on Sunday as the military picked up a signal from the wreckage of a passenger jet that crashed with 62 people on board. The Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 went
A persistent blizzard has blanketed large parts of Spain with 50-year record levels of snow, halting traffic and leaving thousands trapped in cars or train stations and airports. In Madrid, authorities activated a red alert for the first time since the system