Fiji weightlifter Tevita Tawai achieved a snatch of 115 and the best clean and jerk, in group B, with a score of 165 equalling a combined total of 280, leaving him a comfortable third in the group on day four of the Commonwealth Games.

Austria, Germany, Portugal, Ukraine, Hungary and Serbia are the latest teams to qualify for the 2015 FIFA U20 World Cup.

Four men who recently returned from peacekeeping duties on the Golan Heights are now serving time at the Suva Corrections facility.

President Hugo Chavez surprised and in many cases delighted Venezuelans by returning home on Monday, albeit to an uncertain future, ending a more than two-month absence in Cuba for cancer treatment.

An Afghan street kid is off to Hollywood and the red-carpet treatment at the Oscars -- a fairytale ending to a chance encounter that led to a starring role in a movie.

Apple on Tuesday said it was hit by hackers who wormed their way into the California company's system but evidently failed to steal any data.