MOSCOW — Russia expelled a US diplomat on Tuesday after saying he had been caught red-handed with disguises, special equipment and wads of cash as he tried to recruit a Russian intelligence agent to work for the CIA.

BEIRUT — A video of a Syrian rebel commander cutting the heart out of a soldier and biting into its emblematic of a civil war that has rapidly descended into sectarian hatred and revenge killings, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.

ISTANBUL - A woman who was the first to have a successful womb transplant from a dead donor has had her pregnancy terminated after the embryo showed no heart beat, doctors in Turkey said on Tuesday. Derya Sert, 22, who was born without a womb, had been receiving in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment after the transplant in August 2011.

THE latest Fifa ranking released on Wednesday puts Ivory Coast ahead of every other national team in Africa, a position the Elephants have held for more than a year now.

When 200 masked men attacked police on Kenya's Indian Ocean coast hours before the start of national elections this week, the violence will have alerted the incoming president to one of the most pressing issues facing his new government.

(Reuters) - Shattered supporters of Hugo Chavez mourned his death in a flood of emotion that allies of the socialist leader hope will help ensure the survival of his self-styled revolution when voters elect a successor.

OFFICIALS in the world of football have said all countries and organisations must do more to tackle corruption.

SERENA Williams has been confirmed as the oldest woman to reach world number one at the age of 31 years and 145 days.

THOUSANDS of gamblers across the globe may be praying that their bet comes in when the pope's successor is announced.

BURKINA Faso, Nigeria, Togo and Mali players caught the eye. Could they be playing in the Premier League soon?

NIGERIA defeated Burkina Faso in Sundays final to become the new kings of Africa. So how did the likes of Ivory Coast, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde and others live up to their differing expectations?