A rare celestial phenomenon occurred in the skies on Wednesday.A huge ring of a red-yellow-green band of halo circled the sun, much to the amazement of many.

Nicklas Bendtner struck a hat-trick as Arsenal outclassed Porto to overturn a first-leg deficit with ease and clinch a place in the last eight of the Champions League.

Hundreds of people, including many women and children, were killed in ethnic violence near the city of Jos in Nigeria at the weekend, officials say.