Kidnappers who seized seven members of a French family, including four young children, in Cameroon have taken them across the border into Nigeria.
Pope Benedict XVI is nearly blind in one eye and was advised to limit air travel because of his high blood pressure, says the Vatican Insider website.
Football heads have vowed to excise the "cancer" of match-fixing, but said tougher laws were needed to protect the bruised integrity of the sport.
Zimbabwe’s police have raided the offices of a monitoring group in what some fear is a move by authorities to harass them ahead of a referendum.
As Oscar Pistorius’s bail application runs into its second day, brands Oakley and Nike have severed business ties with the athlete.
China’s anti-doping head has said he was "shocked" after an anti-doping agency alleged the country produces large amounts of illegal substances.
Laurent Gbagbo faces International Criminal Court judges who will decide whether to try him for masterminding a violent election standoff in 2010.
Supporters of Hugo Chavez have displayed new confidence after the government released the first post-surgical photos of the ailing Venezuelan leader.
All week, Serena Williams played down the prospect of returning to No. 1, but when it happened, she couldn’t stop the tears from flowing.
Miner Anglo American has posted an annual net loss of $1.49-billion after taking a $4.6-million hit on its iron ore project and platinum assets.