Tony Burman, the new boss of al-Jazeera English, turns 60 on Friday, but he may choose to keep the champagne on ice for a while.
Zimbabwean police arrested a prominent opposition lawyer on Saturday in a dawn raid at his home.
Johnny Telvor was not happy about Barack Obama becoming the Democratic presidential nominee.
World champions South Africa beat off-colour Six Nations winners Wales 43-17 in the first Test in Bloemfontein on Saturday to hand Springboks coach Peter de Villiers a winning start.
Filmmaker Dino Risi, whose films helped shape Italian comedy during a career that spanned seven decades, died on June 7 in Rome.
Bob Dylan believes Barack Obama is redefining politics in the United States and could deliver change to a nation in upheaval, according to a British newspaper interview.
Zimbabwe has imposed an import duty on the foreign press following concerns by President Robert Mugabe’s government over ”hostile foreign newspapers coming into Zimbabwe”.
The Johannesburg High Court on Friday dismissed with costs an application to halt Vodacom’s R7,5-billion BEE deal.
A decision by Turkey’s top court to annul a government reform which lifted a ban on Muslim headscarves at universities is a blow to freedom of religion and other fundamental rights, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday.
Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev said on Saturday the United States was not strong enough to solve the world financial crisis alone.