A report says China needs a “consistent policy” on the South China Sea if it is to resolve disputes, amid rising tensions with the Philippines and other nations.

United Nations observers visited the restive Syrian city of Homs, during a rare lull in fighting between government and rebels forces.

United Nations observers visited the restive Syrian city of Homs, during a rare lull in fighting between government and rebels forces.

Jeremy Guscott says England’s performance during the Six Nations made it “almost impossible” not to give Stuart Lancaster the job as head coach.

The stadiums hoping to host matches at next year’s Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa submited their bids to the local organising committee on Monday.

A selection of Dan Lydiate’s best moments during Wales’s Grand Slam-winning Six Nations season.

Burma invites foreign election observers for the first time to witness polls, officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) say.

The Welsh Rugby Union will let Warren Gatland miss next year’s Six Nations if he is chosen as British and Irish Lions coach in 2013.

England hooker Dylan Hartley is cited for an alleged biting incident against Ireland in last Saturday’s Six Nations match.

England Women secure a seventh successive Six Nations title and a sixth Grand Slam in seven years as they see off a battling Ireland 23-6.