Angolan international Pedro Mantorras has aggravated the knee injury that kept him out of action for Benfica for half of last ...

Iraq invaded Iran on 22 September 1980, triggering a bitter eight-year war which destabilised the region and devastated both countries. The then Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein claimed as a reason for the ...

Teenage wheelchair tennis stars Gordon Reid and Jordanne Whiley were both in winning form at the North West Challenge in ...

A British paratrooper commended for bravery in Iraq helped trigger the brutal attack in which six Red Caps died, a BBC documentary has claimed. The programme, Sweeney Investigates, said Cpl John ...

Singer Katie Melua has entered the record books by playing the world's deepest underwater concert. Melua and her band performed for workers 303 metres below sea level on the Statoil Troll A gas rig in ...

West End star Stephanie Lawrence died of natural causes after suffering from liver disease, it has been revealed. A coroner decided there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of the ...

Insults written on a memorial to British war dead in a French cemetery have been deplored in France. One of the slogans used particularly stood out. So why do the French call the British "les rosbifs" ...

A man in Manchester may have made legal history in the UK after being acquitted of murdering his father because he was sleepwalking at the time. He was found not guilty due to insanity and sent to a ...

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The Indian state of Kerala has banned the production and sale of Coca Cola and Pepsi following a report that the drinks contain harmful pesticides. It said it was taking the step because the drinks ...

Actor Pat Morita, who was nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of Ralph Macchio's mentor Mr Miyagi in The Karate Kid, has died. The 73-year-old died at his home in Las Vegas on Thursday of natural ...

Saudi Arabia's leading executioner says he is "very proud to do God's work" and does not lose sleep over beheading several people in one day. In a rare interview, Muhammad Saad al-Beshi, 42, told the ...