The end of the five-year marriage of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes has been settled quickly, but no word on what happens to six-year-old Suri.
UN peace envoy Kofi Annan says he and President Bashar al-Assad have agreed on an approach to Syria’s conflict that he would take to the opposition.
The Afghan central bank says at least $6-billion a year in new investment will be needed to foster economic growth.
Charges being brought against US Air Force sergeants include attempting to have a sexual relationship with a recruit, adultery and sexual assault.
Goal-line technology to confirm whether or not a goal has been scored has been approved by the International Football Association Board.
Black ownership of fuel companies operating in South Africa is far below state-mandated targets agreed in 2000, says Energy Minister Dipuo Peters.
Vodacom has announced that chief executive Pieter Uys will leave the company in March next year and be replaced by Shameel Joosub.
South African stocks have gained 1% as a surge in new vehicle sales drove prices of automobile retailers such as Imperial Holdings higher.
MTN has asked a US court to dismiss a $4.2-billion suit brought by rival Turkcell after alleged underhand tactics to obtain an Iranian mobile license.
Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond has quit over an interest rate-rigging scandal, the latest in a probe spanning a dozen major banks.