By Mike Dawes PUBLISHED: 19:01 EST, 28 December 2012 | UPDATED: 04:26 EST, 29 December 2012 Bradley Wiggins has been rewarded with a knighthood after winning the Tour de France

The slim, silver-haired Vinod Rai is the government's chief auditor, a man appointed on the recommendation of the prime minister more than five years ago.

Kimura, of Kyotango, western Japan, was born April 19, 1897, in the 30th year of the Meiji era, according to Guinness World Records. That makes

Accounts of conditions inside the Syrian regime in recent days have shed new light on the psychological toll of the nearly two-year-old civil war on

El Geneina — The Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) led by Abdel Wahid (AW) has captured two key garrison towns of the Sudan Armed Forces on

Tunis — Lamborghinis, BMWs, jewellery, shoes, and other luxury items are all headed for the auction block as Tunisia looks to recoup money from Ben

Malian Prime Minister Diango Cissoko on Thursday (December 27th) pleaded for African military intervention "as soon as possible" to help his country oust armed groups,

Barely two weeks after Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State died in a helicopter crash in Bayelsa State, another governor, Captain Idris Wada of Kogi

No fewer than 25 people were allegedly killed Friday in separate attacks in Maiha Local Government Area of Adamawa State and Musari area of Borno

By Alex Kay PUBLISHED: 17:23 EST, 28 December 2012 | UPDATED: 06:54 EST, 29 December 2012 Who is your sporting hero?  Steve Nash of the LA Lakers is a great

By Laure James PUBLISHED: 06:33 EST, 29 December 2012 | UPDATED: 06:33 EST, 29 December 2012 Marcello Lippi has described Didier Drogba as ‘a beast’, insisting Milan should buy him,

By Mike Dawes PUBLISHED: 06:31 EST, 29 December 2012 | UPDATED: 06:31 EST, 29 December 2012 Six-time gold medallist David Weir has suggested Paralympians have to work harder to earn

Detectives have launched a murder inquiry after a man's body was found in an alleyway. West Midlands Police said officers were questioning a man on

Detectives have launched a murder inquiry after a man's body was found in an alleyway. West Midlands Police said officers were questioning a man on

New Delhi police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said the six face the death penalty if convicted, in a case that has triggered protests across India for greater

A French constitutional panel has thrown out a plan to tax the ultrawealthy at a 75 per cent rate, saying it was excessive. The constitutional council

By Laura Williamson PUBLISHED: 18:09 EST, 28 December 2012 | UPDATED: 05:47 EST, 29 December 2012 Mousa Dembele is explaining why he does not score many goals — just six

Number of norovirus cases up by 83 per cent on this time last yearToll is expected to rise, says the Health Protection AgencyThe number of

By Mike Dawes PUBLISHED: 05:17 EST, 29 December 2012 | UPDATED: 05:19 EST, 29 December 2012 Australia batsman Michael Hussey will retire from international cricket at the end of January.The

By Eleanor Crooks, Press Association PUBLISHED: 19:01 EST, 28 December 2012 | UPDATED: 05:16 EST, 29 December 2012 A spectacular 2012 was brought to a fitting conclusion for Bradley Wiggins