Maria Sharapova has crashed out of the Australian Open as Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Victoria Azarenka kept their title bids intact.
Four people have died following the crash of a light aircraft, which was hit by lightning, crashed and then burst into flames in eastern Indonesia.
Yoweri Museveni has not signed the controversial law, saying there are better ways to cure the results of "sexual starvation" and "random breeding".
Thousands of African women and children seeking asylum in Israel staged a protest march in Tel Aviv against the Jewish state’s immigration policies.
Around a million poor Zimbabweans face hunger after the UN World Food Programme announced it was cutting food rations due to a cash crunch.
Following a period of sectarian violence in the Central African Republic, a special session of Parliament convened to elect a new interim president.
In the second mass stranding in a week, 13 whales have beached on an NZ coastline as conservationists attempt to prevent more such natural tragedies.
Brazilian great Pele has finally been awarded a Ballon d’Or, despite retiring in 1977.
Zambian police have used batons and teargas on a crowd of opposition activists outside a police station where their leader had been summoned.
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has approved a Bill banning gay marriage and same-sex partnerships.