Chess grandmaster dies unexpectedly aged 29

The freed suspect in the Madeleine McCann case has spoken publicly for the first time since his release – but refused to discuss the mystery of the missing British toddler.

Afghanistan has withdrawn its national team from a cricket series in Pakistan after strikes in an eastern border province killed three players, the national governing body said.

After a lifetime of spurning would-be business suitors, the late Italian designer Giorgio Armani instructed his family to gradually sell off his vast fashion empire.