Edward Snowden, who is wanted in the US on espionage charges, has requested temporary asylum in Russia, says a Russian lawyer.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says Edward Snowden, who has been stuck in a Moscow airport for weeks, will leave Russia as soon as he is able to.
Lonmin says it will give the NUM the boot, allowing it to recognise rival Amcu as its main union.
Kenya’s energy regulator had to raise its retail price of petrol and diesel due to a weaker local currency and rising global oil prices.
Former double world sprint champion Tyson Gay has delivered a further body blow to his troubled sport by failing an out-of-competition dope test.
Police and soldiers who will be on duty during Zimbabwe’s July 31 election began voting on Sunday, the eve of a court hearing to stop the process.
Canadian actor Cory Monteith, heart throb of Fox’s musical-comedy television series Glee, was found dead on Saturday at a hotel in Vancouver.
Egypt has announced a criminal investigation will be opened against its deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.
Seven peacekeepers were killed and 17 wounded when they came under heavy fire from gunmen in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur region on Saturday.
Edward Snowden controls dangerous information that could become the US’s "worst nightmare" if revealed, says a journalist familiar with the story.