Rescue efforts under way after buildings reduced to rubble in capital and along northern coastHundreds of people are feared to have died and thousands have been injured in Venezuela’s largest earthquake in more than a century.Two earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 hit 39 seconds apart near the town of Morón…

“What a liberation to realize that 'the voice in my head' is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that.” — Eckhart Tolle

“Don't seek, don't avoid, don't expect. Take what comes and be happy.” — Maxime Lagace

Pape Thiaw’s side need to beat Iraq handsomely to progress from tough group after persisting issue of poor governanceAs the most successful president in Fédération Sénégalaise de Football (FSF) history, Augustin Senghor was looking forward to overseeing the Lions of Teranga’s World Cup campaign, after doing…

Exclusive: head of trade union backs energy secretary to replace Rachel Reeves, but two other big unions are opposedUK politics live – latest updatesThe boss of Britain’s biggest trade union has endorsed Ed Miliband for chancellor, as the race to take over the Treasury under a potential Andy Burnham government…

Blocking of proposal backed by Oman signals new threat to free passage through strait vital to world economyIran has rejected UN-backed plans for the mass evacuation of ships through the strait of Hormuz , creating a new threat to the free passage of commercial ships through the strait.The proposal, backed by Oman…

“When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be.” — Leo Tolstoy

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.” — Napoleon Hill

Dr Mazen Al-Rantisi, a 71-year-old physician well known for providing care to low-income Palestinians, was arrested in the occupied West BankIsraeli forces on Sunday arrested a prominent 71-year-old Palestinian physician known as the “doctor of the poor” in a pre-dawn raid on his home in the occupied West Bank…

“It's only after you've stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.” — Roy T. Bennett