One soldier was killed and 20 others were injured in a Boko Haram rocket attack in northeast Nigeria, security sources said on Saturday, just hours before elections began. A civilian militia source in the Borno state capital, Maiduguri, told AFP "at least 13" blasts were heard...

Sixty-nine workers have died and at least 200 others have been hospitalised in northeastern India after drinking toxic liquor, officials said Saturday, in the latest case of alcohol poisoning in the country. "We have recorded the death of 50 persons in Golaghat since Thursday night,"...

American Mackenzie McDonald disrupted Juan Martin del Potro's latest injury comeback Friday with a three-set victory over the top-seeded Argentinian in the ATP Delray Beach Open quarter-finals. McDonald, ranked 84th in the world, outlasted the fourth-ranked del Potro 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7/5)...

 Venezuela ordered the temporary closure of the country’s border with Colombia late Friday. The move was taken due to “serious and illegal threats” against the country’s sovereignty, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez announced on her Twitter account. "In demand of respect for...