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By Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) - Fuelled by the three individual 100 metre medallists, Jamaica surged to an emphatic win in the women's 4x100m relay on Friday, posting a national record 41.02 secon...

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. special envoy for Afghanistan on Friday questioned the Taliban's commitment to a political settlement, telling the U.N. Security Council the war...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States imposed visa restrictions Friday on 50 immediate family members of Nicaraguan lawmakers, prosecutors and judges, the State Department said. "As these actions d...

By Simon Evans YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) -Canada won the Olympic gold medal in women's football by beating Sweden 3-2 on penalties after the final ended 1-1 following regular and extra time on Friday....

By Amy Tennery TOKYO (Reuters) - She may have one more race to go but American Allyson Felix has already clinched an Olympic sendoff worthy of her astonishing career. She won a record 10th Olympic med...

LONDON (Reuters) - Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven wealthy economies said Iran was threatening international peace and security and that all available evidence showed it was behind an attack...

By Junko Fujita and Paresh Dave YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Frowns are about all Japan shortstop Hayato Sakamoto can remember of his country's last gold-medal game in baseball. Then just five years ol...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing prosecutors have filed a civil public interest lawsuit against a Tencent subsidiary, saying that the "youth mode" on the company's popular social messaging app WeChat does ...

By Omar Mohammed TOKYO (Reuters) - Kenya's Faith Kipyegon retained her title in the women's 1,500 metres on Friday as she denied Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan her dream of winning an unprecedented Olympic t...

(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved French drugmaker Sanofi's drug, Nexviazyme, for the treatment of patients with Pompe disease, a rare genetic disorder. The health re...