Li Tie, who also played for Everton in the English Premier League, was handed a 20-year sentence. Chiung Yao's work has been adapted to movies and TV and launched the careers of big name stars.

Nigeria says Niger's accusations are "baseless" and "false". In a breakthrough, trucks stacked with vital food supplies roll into war-hit Khartoum. A biodiversity hotspot has become the stomping ...

The hospital's nursing director says ICU patients in comas and on ventilation machines have been forced out. An official says the Yemeni group will not stop until the war in Gaza ends, as Israel's ...

The two crew members died in separate incidents, both after being hit by a boat's boom. Conditions could mirror those of Australia's worst fire seasons on record, authorities say. The accessory ...

The president-elect has threatened to take back control of the Panama Canal, alleging Chinese interference. Two journalists and a police officer are reported to have been killed, with others ...

Jersey air show event organiser, Mike Higgins said he hoped to get "20 aeroplanes in the sky". Applications open for new police authority members Events marked swimming club's 50th year Complaint ...

More than 160 workers have been rescued from the car factory, according to local prosecutors. The government says it will "restore clarity" for vehicle manufacturers and the charging industry.

The killings have led to questions about what is driving people to murder strangers en masse. Mourners gathered across Delhi to pay respects to a former PM many credit for India's economic reform.

Firefighters use hydraulic cutting equipment to free a passenger trapped after the Jurby Road crash. Friendship club offers 'safe space' for young women Artist who aims to 'capture small moments ...

Former Indian PM Manmohan Singh, who died on Thursday, led India through both good and bad times. Steve Smith continues his revival with a magnificent century to put Australia on top against India ...

For years repairing watches was a booming business, but a Kaduna horologist now has time on his hands. A biodiversity hotspot has become the stomping ground of poachers. Famine has spread to five ...

The Kremlin has refused to comment, but Russia's civil aviation agency said the situation in Chechnya was "very complicated" at the time. There have been just ten exchanges of prisoners of war in ...