A judge on Monday removed Michael Jackson's mother as administrator of his estate, a day before a gala memorial service to which more than one million people sought tickets.

The acting mayor of Los Angeles said that Jackson would be buried [...]

Seven ISAF soldiers were killed in insurgent attacks in Afghanistan Monday as the Taliban announced it would resist a US Marine assault on its strongholds with a guerrilla campaign.

Four US soldiers, serving in NATO's International Security [...]

Two children and a man died in Britain on Monday after contracting swine flu although all had pre-existing health conditions, officials said.

The deaths of a man and a child from West Yorkshire in northern England and a nine-year-old child f[...]

The Chicago Cubs, whose century of Major League Baseball championship futility is the longest title drought in American sports history, have been sold for nearly 900 million dollars, the Chicago Tribune reported on Monday.

The unnamed source[...]

A Los Angeles judge on Monday removed Michael Jackson's mother as temporary administrator of his estate and gave it to two of the pop icon's business associates in line with his 2002 will.

A judge had named Jackson's 79-year-old mother Kathe[...]

Britain and France said Monday after a summit in southeastern France they were looking to resolve a row on the long-delayed Airbus A400M European military transport jet project.

The two are "committed to finding a positive resolution to rene[...]

Australia fast bowler Brett Lee was ruled out Monday of the first Ashes Test against England starting here Wednesday with a side injury.

Team physiotherapist Alex Kountouris confirmed Lee would miss the series opener at a news conference at [...]

The South Africa Rugby Union were charged on Monday by the sport's governing body the International Rugby Board for alleged misconduct in breach of the IRB Regulations Relating to the Game including breaches of the IRB Code of Conduct.

The I[...]

South Africa's Issac Hlatshwayo and Dominican Delvin Rodriguez will fight a rematch for the vacant International Boxing Federation welterweight crown on August 1, promoters announced on Monday.

Hlatshwayo, 28-1-1 with 10 knockouts, fought to[...]

Britain's Mark Cavendish of the Columbia team won a dramatic third stage of the Tour de France here Monday as Swiss ace Fabian Cancellara, of Saxo Bank, retained the yellow jersey.

On the first real day of racing drama at this year's race Ca[...]