Sydney

Three suspects in an armed hostage-taking incident in the Belgian city of Ghent surrendered to police Monday, reports said, as officials said there were no indications of terrorism.
      
Police had earlier surrounded an apartment after four armed men took a captive in a working-class area of the northwestern city.
      

Popular web-based taxi firm Uber went into damage control mode Dec. 15, offering free rides to passengers fleeing an armed siege in Sydney after earlier hiking prices upwards of Aus$100 (US$82).
      

At least two people were killed as heavily armed Australian police early Tuesday dramatically stormed a central Sydney cafe to end a day-long siege sparked when an Iranian-born Islamist took several people hostage.
      

A few dozen people are being held hostage by an unknown gunman in a cafe in downtown Sydney, Australia.

Three of the people have left the cafeteria according to the latest report, and police is due to  interrogate them.

The West Australian later put the number of those having fled at five.

European giants Real Madrid will face either Mexican side Cruz Azul or Asian champions Western Sydney Wanderers for a place in the final of the Club World Cup, which kicks off in Morocco on Dec. 10.
     
Cruz Azul won the Concacaf Champions League title while the Sydney club beat Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal for the Asian title.
      

BELGRADE - Leading sports experts Ranko Zeravica and Aleksandar Boricic have been presented with special awards of the Sports Association of Serbia (SSS) at a ceremony held at the House of the National Assembly of Serbia.

Australian batsman Phillip Hughes died Nov. 27 from a rare head injury after a sickening on-field blow in one of the highest-profile sporting fatalities since the death of Formula One great Ayrton Senna.
     

Thousands of AC/DC fans Nov. 23 flocked to a small, rural Australian town for the launch of the group’s first new album in six years - and also its first without founding member Malcolm Young, who is suffering from dementia.

BRUSSELS - Serbian multimedia artist Milija Belic is scheduled to stage an exhibition in Sydney as part of his world tour this autumn that has already included France, Japan and China.

Belic and three more artists, Joel Besse, Laura Nillni and Bogumila Strojna, will display their works on paper in the famous gallery Factory 49 specialized in modern geometric abstraction.

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie said Nov. 18 she wanted her World War II epic 'Unbroken', which was filmed in Australia, to act as an antidote to the violence and hate in the world.