The militant Islamic group Hezbollah has amassed thousands of surface-to-surface missiles in southern Lebanon, including weapons missiles with sufficient range to strike cities in northern Israel.
A prominent US economist on Monday blasted the world’s wealthiest countries, particularly the United States, for not providing enough assistance to poor nations such as Cambodia.
China has held back from congratulating former US President Jimmy Carter for winning the Nobel Peace Prize, saying only that the prize should be awarded to someone who truly works for peace.
The Dalai Lama has met acting New Zealand Prime Minister Jim Anderton at parliament, despite Chinese objections.
The United States economic recovery is spreading to other countries, marking the start of a fully-fledged global rebound.
Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz arrived in South Africa on Wednesday for a five-day visit that will include a meeting in Pretoria on Thursday with President Thabo Mbeki.
After spending the weekend in jail, Gaye Derby-Lewis was granted R3 000 bail in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
Two Palestinian Islamic groups on Thursday lambasted Israel for its overnight tank shelling in the Gaza Strip that killed four members of the same Palestinian family, with one group vowing bloody
revenge.
The Cape High Court on Friday reserved judgement in German fugitive Jurgen Harksen’s appeal against extradition to Germany, where he is wanted on embezzlement charges.
At a time when e-mail threatens to banish the postman to the museum, mail-runners are still the only means of communication in remote regions of India