Rwandan President Paul Kagame will not attend Saturday’s summit in Uganda seeking a solution to the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Prime Minister David Cameron has secured a decent result for Britain at the European Union budget summit.
One of Australia’s best-selling and most popular authors, Bryce Courtenay, who shot to prominence with his first book The Power of One, has died.
The Church of England held an emergency session after a vote against the appointment of women bishops exposed divisions in the Anglican communion.
Australia has hailed IMF moves to count its dollar as a foreign reserve currency, though its central bank chief downplayed it as a technicality.
Violence has broken out again in Kenya’s northeast, with eight people shot and wounded, a day after security forces cracked down on rioters.
Salvador Dali’s larger-than-life figure was beamed into millions of homes in the 1960s, bringing huge fame, but burning bridges with the art world.
In its biggest decision for 20 years, the Church of England’s legislative body will vote on whether to allow women bishops.
Paceman Morne Morkel has said he expects a short ball barrage aimed at Michael Clarke in this week’s second Test at Adelaide.
Indian police have arrested a 21-year-old woman for criticising on Facebook the total shutdown of Mumbai after the death of politician Bal Thackeray.