South Africa’s mining magnate Patrice Motsepe has plans to invest in the West African country’s iron ore industry, he has told reporters.
North Korea says Korean-American tourist, who has been held in prison since late last year, will face trial for "committing crimes" against the North.
Israel says it is phasing out white phosphorus smokescreen munitions whose use during its 2008-2009 offensive drew war crimes allegations.
A film installation celebrating the words of Mandela is taking over the electronic billboards in the square for a few minutes every night until May.
Brazil were booed by their own fans after stumbling to a 2-2 draw with Chile in their first friendly at a 2014 World Cup stadium.
In Syria, for men called each month to join the army, there is a more attractive alternative: stay home and join a loyalist paramilitary group.
Rescuers struggled to reach a remote corner of China on Sunday as the toll of the dead and missing from the worst quake in three years climbed to 203.
The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings lay wounded and unable to speak on Saturday as investigators worked to determine a motive.
Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev posted links to Islamic websites and calling for Chechen independence on a Russian social networking site.
A suspect in the shooting of an MIT guard is dead, and a manhunt is on for another – both of whom are believed to be involved in the Boston bombings.