West Ham striker Andy Carroll is likely to miss England’s World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine after suffering a hamstring injury.
Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked Shabab militants put on show the bodies of four "enemy" soldiers killed in combat in Kismayo, in southern Somalia.
A television channel chief and presenter has denied calling for the murder of President Mohamed Morsi during his trial on incitement charges in Cairo.
Electoral officials on Saturday were tallying the ballots in Angola’s third polls since independence, with the first results expected late in the day.
The United Nations Security Council will meet on Thursday to tackle deteriorating humanitarian conditions in Syria.
Wayne Rooney faces four weeks on the sidelines after the England striker needed hospital treatment on a nasty leg injury.
Ethiopia will hold a state funeral on Sptember 2 for late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who died on Monday after 21 years in power.
US prosecutors probing whether HSBC was involved in laundering money for Mexican drug cartels and moving cash for Saudi banks tied to terrorists.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan says regional troops will intervene in extremist-occupied northern Mali if negotiations fail to yield a solution.
Amnesty International has urged Pakistan to protect a Christian girl arrested for allegedly burning pages inscribed with verses from the Qur’an.