The Moroccan navy is reportedly blocking the Mediterranean harbour in which a controversial Dutch ‘abortion ship’ was due to dock on Thursday.
Police say three men who barbecued and curried the remains of their victim are being held by authorities in Japan.
Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister Tendai Biti says militant Zanu-PF supporters tried to invade his office, demanding war veteran living allowance increases.
Zimbabwe’s cash-strapped electoral commission needs $104-million to organise a referendum on a new constitution before the country can hold elections.
A photographer travelling with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the UN last week stayed behind and is seeking asylum in the United States.
Salman Rushdie said that if a fatwa calling for his murder had been issued in the social networking era, it would have further endangered his life.
"Terminator" star Arnold Schwarzenegger says fathering a child with their housekeeper is the "stupidest" thing he has ever done.
"The military command of al-Shebaab mujahedeen ordered a tactical retreat at midnight," spokesperson Ali Mohamud Rage told AFP.
Nadia Petrova pulverised world number three Agnieszka Radwanska’s defence of the title by beating her in the final.
The Australian Rugby Union says it has written to Wallaby flyhalf Quade Cooper over his "toxic environment" criticisms.