President Jacob Zuma will on Thursday announce South Africa’s new chief justice.
Shares in India’s top cellphone company Bharti Airtel jumped on Thursday, a day after it announced merger talks with MTN had been called off.
Engineers in Japan say they are a step closer to developing technology they hope will cut the risk of car crashes — by mimicking behaviour of fish.
Israel has released one of 20 women prisoners due to be freed in return for a video of an Israeli soldier held in Gaza, officials said on Thursday.
The World Bank on Wednesday announced a -million grant to revive Zimbabwe’s agriculture sector.
Protests erupted once again on Thursday when Standerton’s Sakhile township residents barricaded roads with rocks and other materials.
The seasonally adjusted Kagiso Purchasing Managers Index for September showed a huge increase of 8,7 index points.
Six world powers on Thursday started crunch talks with Iran seeking to pressure Tehran to prove that its nuclear programme is peaceful.
Pakistan captain Younus Khan was unfazed by his side’s loss to Australia in their final Champions Trophy round-robin match on Wednesday.
Heavy fighting broke out on Thursday between rival Islamist factions in the Somali port of Kismayo, shattering a key alliance.