A company owned by Osama Bin Laden's half-brother has proposed building a bridge across Mandab Strait on the Red Sea, to link Djibouti to Yemen. Tarek Bin Laden Construction is negotiating with the ...

Iraq invaded Iran on 22 September 1980, triggering a bitter eight-year war which destabilised the region and devastated both countries. The then Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein claimed as a reason for the ...

Crossmaglen Rangers: P Hearty; J Fitzpatrick, G O'Neill, F Bellew; A Kernan, J Donaldson, B McKeown; T McEntee, S Clarke; C ...

Arsenal's Patrick Vieira has accused Ruud van Nistelrooy of "acting" to get him sent off against Manchester United. Vieira was dismissed in the stormy goalless draw in September after a clash with the ...

1980 BBC Wales reports on the tragic finale of Johnny Owen's challenge for Lupe Pintor's world title in Los Angeles. Owen went into a two-month coma before pneumonia finally claimed his life on 4 ...

In 2007, a German brother and sister took their fight for the right to a sexual relationship to the country's highest court, the BBC News website's Clare Murphy looks at the history of the incest ...

A man in Manchester may have made legal history in the UK after being acquitted of murdering his father because he was sleepwalking at the time. He was found not guilty due to insanity and sent to a ...

Tony Blair won an unprecedented three elections in a row for Labour, served for a decade in Downing Street and is widely viewed in the Labour Party as the best leader it has had for a generation or ...

The Epic Of Gilgamesh - written by a Middle Eastern scholar 2,500 years before the birth of Christ - commemorated the life of the ruler of the city of Uruk, from which Iraq gets its name. Now, a ...

Roy Keane's Celtic debut ended in shock defeat as the Scottish Cup holders were humbled by Clyde at Broadwood. Clyde twice had the ball in the net only for the officials to cruelly rule against them ...

The referee will raise one hand above his head with his shoulders in line with touch. He will then move that arm backwards ...

First, you've got to be able to sight the ball well. Basically, that's knowing what will and won't pot. Then, you've got to ...