PHOTOS from the weird, wacky world!

These 10 images prove it’s a mad, mad world   A young woman is drenched in wine during the Batalla de Vino (Wine Battle) in Haro, northern Spain. Every year thousands of people......

How diplomacy and poetry are linked

It is widely accepted that the greatest literature is born when cultures, civilizations or worldviews come together. This often happens in case of diplomat-poets who often find themselves in exotic......

Plea talks under way in FIFA bribery case as US trial date set

IMAGE: FIFA logo outside their headquarters in Zurich. Photograph: Harold Cunningham/Getty Images Several defendants charged in a wide-ranging corruption case involving soccer's global governing......

The ugly side of the beautiful game

Swiss announce extraditions to US and Uruguay in soccer corruption probe IMAGE: A man shows his emotions about FIFA outside the hotel Baur au Lac Zurich. Photograph: Philipp Schmidli/Getty Images......

Swiss authorities begin questioning detained FIFA officials

Swiss authorities have begun questioning the soccer officials who were arrested in Zurich in May in a corruption scandal and are facing extradition to the United States, legal sources said.Those......

Costa Rica opens probes into arrested FIFA official Eduardo Li

Costa Rican FIFA official Eduardo Li (left). Photograph: Juan Carlos Ulate/Reuters Costa Rica has opened investigations into the president of the country's soccer federation who was among seven......

Factbox - Soccer officials arrested in Switzerland

Flags are pictured in front of the headquarters of soccer's international governing body FIFA in Zurich. Photograph: Ruben Sprich/Reuters FIFA officials, including current FIFA vice-president and......