United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon says he is "deeply concerned" by Hezbollah’s growing role in Syria’s civil war.
Angelina Jolie’s aunt has died of breast cancer less than two weeks after Jolie announced that she had undergone a preventative double mastectomy.
US President Barack Obama has visited tornado-devastated Moore, Oklahoma, consoling people staggered by the loss of life and property.
A series of growth updates and other economic indicators from the US, Japan and South Africa will set the tone this week.
Orange Farm and Sebokeng are brimming with so-called xenophobic violence but the attacks are inseparable from other issues stalking these communities.
French director Abdellatif Kechiche immediately urged the large crowds protesting against gay marriage in Paris to go and see his Cannes winner.
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Forest Whitaker turns in a solid performance as a cop searching for a white teenager’s murderer in "Zulu" – a violent portrayal of SA gang culture.
Robert Mugabe has criticised Nelson Mandela for being too soft on whites in a documentary offering a rare look at the Zimbabwean president.
President Jacob Zuma says HIV/Aids is major problem facing Africa, which has borne a significant burden as a result of the disease.