FIFA President Gianni Infantino said "football history" was made by a successful test of video replays in France's 3-1 win over Italy in a friendly Thursday.
Anthony Martial opened the scoring and Olivier Giroud and Layvin Kurzawa also found the (...)
Italian officials on Wednesday pointed to delayed, EU-financed rail improvements and the "risky," antiquated telephone alert system used in parts of Italy as possible underlying causes of a violent head-on train crash that killed some two dozen (...)
At least 11 people died and dozens were injured when two passenger trains collided head-on in southern Italy on Tuesday, a spokesman for the fire service said, according to Reuters.
The crash happened on a single stretch of track in countryside (...)
A prosecutor in southern Italy has sequestered 2,000 olive trees that had been due to be culled after a deadly bacterium blighted last year's crop, and placed 10 people under investigation over their handling of the outbreak, according to (...)
A cargo ship with 49 people evacuated from a Greek ferry that caught fire in the Adriatic Sea arrived in the Italian port of Bari on Monday, the first big group to reach land, AP reported.
Nearly 200 more people remained trapped on the smoke-filled (...)
Helicopters defied high winds and stormy seas Monday to evacuate hundreds of passengers and staff from Greek ferry that caught fire off Albania. Five people died and survivors told of a frantic rush to escape the flames and pelting rain.
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Most of the people of southern Europe have stayed surprisingly stoical up to now in the face of some of the most painful budget cuts in living memory, but signs are stirring that patience may soon run out.
An unexpectedly (...)
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Storm clouds are gathering over Mario Monti's efforts to transform the Italian economy, with his approval ratings dropping, mounting protests against his reforms and a damaging row with the parties that sustain him in parliament.
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The remarkable success of Prime Minister Mario Monti, feted as a hero both at home and abroad, has created turmoil among Italy's discredited politicians and is likely to provoke radical shifts in the political landscape over the coming (...)
IMAM Ahmad would frequently mention the virtues of his sheikh, Imam Ash-Shafi'ee, to his wife. He would praise the Imam's extensive and superb knowledge as well as his Taqwa (i.e. piety). Once Imam Ahmad invited Imam Ash Shafi'ee to his home. When (...)
Jareer, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “I pledged allegiance to the Prophet (peace be upon him) to establish the prayer, give the Zakat and advise every Muslim.” (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
Ibn Hibban narrated (this Hadith) by way of Abu Zur'ah (...)
Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Black Stone (while performing Tawaf), kissed it, and said, “I know that you are a stone, you do not cause benefit or harm; and if it were not that I had seen Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) kiss (...)
From the lives of our pious predecessors
It is reported that Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari said, “A person might do a single good deed, rely on it and forget sins that he regards insignificant, but then meets Allah (on the Day of Judgment) with those sins (...)
Venus Williams secured her place in the semifinals of the WTA Championships when she completed her round-robin matches with a comprehensive 5-7, 6-1, 6-0 win over her sister Serena on Thursday.
It was the first time Serena had lost a set 6-0 since (...)
THE international financial crisis is likely to weaken Africa's links with the West and drive it towards other emerging markets, especially China.
The spectacle of huge Western banks collapsing while China, Africa's biggest emerging market partner, (...)
South Africa's new president inherits the biggest political crisis of black rule and severe stresses in Africa's most powerful economy, but has little room for manoeuvre.
The appointment of Motlanthe, a respected former union leader and (...)
Six months after a bloody crisis that nearly tore Kenya apart, an “odd couple” of former enemies is doing better than expected in leading the country towards recovery, although dangerous tensions remain.
A huge and costly Grand Coalition government (...)
seeded Daniela Hantuchova slumped out of the Bali Classic on Saturday, beaten 6-2 ,5-7, 6-4 by Austrian teenager Tamira Paszek in the semifinals.
In the other match, Switzerland's Patty Schnyder defeated Russian Nadia Petrova 7-5, 6-1.
Hantuchova (...)
THE African Union has crossed a watershed by handing an unprecedented rebuff to President Robert Mugabe, but the move could remain largely symbolic without strong follow-up in Zimbabwe.
A two-day summit of the AU held immediately after Mugabe's (...)
PRESIDENT George W. Bush is using the prestige of his office in behalf of Tibetan protesters, but his direct appeal to Chinese President Hu Jintao lacks a trump card.
Through a White House spokeswoman last week, Bush made plain he would attend the (...)
Six people were found Wednesday hidden in a truck trying to enter the Italian port at Bari after traveling by ferry from Greece, AP quoted Italian customs officials as saying.
Scanners at the port detected the men hidden behind paneling of the (...)
At least six people were killed as torrential rain battered southern Italy overnight, demolishing a bridge, sweeping away cars and derailing a Eurostar train, police said on Sunday, according to Reuters.
Three members of a family were killed as (...)
