Former hostage: 'Islamic State is bullshit'

'Islamic State is the monstrous child of both the American invasion of Iraq and the failure of the world to support the Syrian revolution.' 'IS has made Al Qaeda out of fashion.' IMAGE: Waving the......

More shocking details of Foley execution emerge

A French journalist, who had been a prisoner for months with the murdered American journalist James Foley, has claimed he has a “rough” idea as to the identity of the suspected......

Aus Open: Djokovic wins opener with hat-trick in sight

Novak Djokovic showed brief flashes of his best tennis as he began his bid for a third successive Australian Open title with a workmanlike 6-2, 6-4, 7-5 win over Paul-Henri Mathieu on Monday.......

Nadal, Wozniacki top seeds at Australian Open

World No.1 Rafael Nadal and Caroline Wozniacki will begin their Australian Open campaign as the top seeds in the men's singles and women's singles respectively. According to the seedingsreleased on......

Wimbledon images Day 5: Exhausted Isner beaten in 74 minutes

Exhausted American John Isner, whose epic first-round match broke all tennis records at 11 hours and five minutes, was beaten in just 74 minutes by Dutchman Thiemo De Bakker at Wimbledon on......

Federer seeded one at Wimbledon

Champion Roger Federer will be number one seed for next week's Wimbledon championships despite being overtaken in the world rankings by Rafael Nadal. Federer, who claimed a sixth Wimbledon title in......

Images from day five of the US Open

Rafael Nadal overcame a gritty performance by 32-year-old Nicolas Kiefer of Germany to score a 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory and advance to the third round of the US Open in New York, on Friday.......