STRAITS OF FLORIDA (BNO NEWS) — American swimmer Diana Nyad was forced on Sunday to abandon her attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida after being stung twice by dangerous jellyfish.

Nyad, 62, began her swim on late Friday from the Cuban capital of Hav…

JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) — The Southeast Asian (SEA) Games are being threatened just two months before their inauguration as Indonesia’s budget cuts and lack of funds are impeding the games’ preparations, local media reported on Friday.

Rita Sub…

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND (BNO NEWS) — The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday announced the six countries which will compete to host the 2020 Summer Olympics. Among the six are Spain and Japan who lost their bid to host the 2016 Games.

The a…

CHARIKAR, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Two German citizens have been missing since Friday when they went hiking in the Afghan province of Parwan, officials said on Tuesday.

The two mountain climbers disappeared in the Salang district, about 100 kilomete…

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND (BNO NEWS) – The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) Disciplinary Committee decided on Tuesday to ban six match officials for life after finding them guilty of corruption and match-fixing, FIFA announced on Wed…

BOGOTÁ (BNO NEWS) — The coach of the Colombian national football team, Hernán Darío Gómez, resigned on Tuesday after he allegedly assaulted a woman last weekend, the local newspaper El Tiempo reported.

According to eyewitnesses, Gómez, who is a…