2014 Afghanistan Election Audit

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani declares end of Islamic State after military operations in Iraq, Syria

Hassan Rouhani declared the end of Islamic State on Tuesday while a senior military commander thanked the "thousands of martyrs" killed in operations organised by Iran to defeat the militant group in Syria and Iraq.

Stop cribbing about Associates getting a raw deal, ICC World T20 structure is just fine

Label it whatever you like. At the end of the day, the Associates are all in India, at the same time as the Full Members, playing televised matches. Objectively, you could argue that every round is a qualifier until you reach the final. The ICC World Twenty20 structure is just fine.

Afghanistan election audit to resume today

The audit of more than 8 million votes is likely to take weeks, stalling an already much-delayed announcement of a new president to replace Hamid Karzai