US President Barack Obama has faced a showdown with Russia’s Vladimir Putin over Obama’s decision last week to arm the insurgents.
A team of Al Jazeera journalists has been detained for three days in eastern Niger, where they are being held inside a prison cell.
Reports that Britain spied on G20 delegates, including SA, during meetings in London in 2009, should be investigated, says government.
Apple says it has received between 4 000 and 5 000 requests from US law enforcement for customer data for the six months ended in May.
Bafana coach Gordon Igesund says he will wait until Fifa has made its ruling against group leader Ethiopia before raising his hopes.
Members of the Mandela family have for the first time gathered well-wishes from outside the Pretoria hospital where Nelson Mandela is being treated.
China has joined calls for Washington to provide explanations following the disclosure of the US National Security Agency’s alleged spying programmes.
Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has refuted a media report that she received kickbacks from the sale of a farm in 2006.
The DA has suspended Stanford Slabbert for sending an email saying President Jacob Zuma had more wives than brain cells, according to a report.
Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron says G8 leaders should be inspired by Northern Ireland when the summit delivers its own economic breakthrough.