Thousands of migrants forced their way through Guatemala's northwestern border Friday and flooded onto a bridge leading to Mexico, where riot police battled them back, halting their trek toward the United States -- at least temporarily.The caravan of mainly H

Afghans are bracing for more deadly violence on Saturday as voters turn out for the long-delayed legislative election across the war-torn country that the Taliban has vowed to attack.Some 54,000 security forces have been deployed to protect polling centres, wh

Sebastian Vettel complained that Formula One's red flag rules are wrong and need more common sense applied after he was handed a three-place grid penalty on Friday.The penalty, for speeding while red flags were waved, was consistent with other drivers' penal

Usman Khawaja is facing surgery on his knee, dealing rattled Australia a heavy blow as they face the prospect of missing their three top batsmen for the first Test against India in December.The opener, who hit a fighting hundred to help Australia scramble to a

Jonas Jerebko executed a clutch tip in with 0.3 seconds left against his former team to lift the Golden State Warriors to a 124-123 win over the Utah Jazz on Friday.Kevin Durant scored 38 points and Stephen Curry tallied 31, while Sweden's Jerebko came off th

US Open champion Naomi Osaka admitted Saturday she is still grappling with her newfound stardom but believes the overwhelming attention won’t affect her game at the season-ending WTA Finals in Singapore.The 21-year-old stunned 23-time Grand Slam champion Ser

Mai Khoi, a dissident musician dubbed Vietnam's Lady Gaga, has appealed to Facebook's directors to safeguard freedom of expression as the government looks to bolster its control of the web.With 53 million users, Facebook is extremely popular in Vietnam -- wh

The Milwaukee Brewers staged an early onslaught to set up a 7-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers to level their National League Championship Series here Friday and force a decisive game seven.Jesus Aguilar, Mike Moustakas and Erik Kratz all drove in first

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has instructed military judge Douglas Watkins to oversee court proceedings for 9/11 suspects imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, the Pentagon said Friday.Watkins, a US army colonel, replaces now-retired colonel James Pohl.As chief jud

England batsman Jonny Bairstow will miss the fourth one-day international against hosts Sri Lanka in Kandy on Saturday after injuring his ankle during training, team officials said.The 29-year-old right-hander hurt himself while playing football on Friday and

The finance chief of Russia's leading troll farm was indicted by the US Justice Department on Friday for interfering with US elections, the first person to face charges involving the 2018 congressional midterms.The indictment was released as the head of the U