Mourinho hails ‘champion’ Gerrard
Jose Mourinho has paid tribute to Steven Gerrard ahead of the Liverpool midfielder’s final visit to Stamford Bridge on Sunday. Gerrard and his Reds team-mates are expected to provide a guard of
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UN Security Council weighs Burundi crisis
The UN Security Council launched closed-door consultations Friday on violence shaking Burundi, where President Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision to run for a third term sparked deadly protests. Diplomats do not expect the Security
Football icon Pele could leave hospital within days: aide
Football legend Pele, on the mend following prostate surgery, could be well enough to leave the hospital “in a couple of days,” a close advisor said Friday. Pele remains in stable condition
Obama congratulates Britain’s Cameron on ‘impressive’ election win
US President Barack Obama on Friday congratulated David Cameron on an “impressive electoral victory,” after the British prime minister secured a new term in power. “The special and essential relationship between the
Thousands bid farewell to murdered New York officer
Thousands of mourners gathered in a Long Island town Friday to bid farewell to a New York police officer who was shot in the head by an alleged career criminal. Brian Moore,
Nigerian gives political edge to Venice Biennale
From migrant tragedies in the Mediterranean to war in Ukraine, the 2015 Venice Biennale, which opens Saturday, will have a markedly political edge under the direction of its Nigerian curator. Okwui Enwezor
Erdogan plays religion card in tight Turkey polls
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has controversially turned religion into a campaign issue in the officially secular country’s upcoming polls, which promise to be the biggest election challenge yet for the ruling
French president congratulates Cameron, notes EU ‘partnership’
French President Francois Hollande congratulated Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron on his election victory Friday and invited the leader to Paris, his office said. “The president noted the value he places on
Russia jails alleged lover of ex-defence minister for 5 years
A Russian court on Friday sentenced the alleged mistress of disgraced ex-defence minister Anatoly Serdyukov to five years in a prison camp in a sweeping probe into a multi-million dollar embezzlement. Former
US opens federal civil rights probe of Baltimore police
The US Department of Justice launched a federal civil rights probe Friday into whether police in Baltimore have systematically engaged in discriminatory actions, after the death of an African-American man in police