Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh, whose pictures of British politician Winston Churchill, scientist Albert Einstein and author Ernest Hemingway earned his widespread recognition around the world, died on Saturday.
British forces geared up Friday for a major logistical exercise on home ground, as the defence ministry denied a press report that advance parties of British troops would soon deploy to Kuwait.
A Zimbabwe magistrate’s court on Wednesday dropped charges against three journalists accused of publishing falsehoods under the country’s tough media law, according to their paper, The Standard.
Sudan says it has extradited to Saudi Arabia an alleged al-Qaida member accused of firing a surface-to-air missile at a US aircraft.
The brother of rock icon Jimi Hendrix has filed suit to gain what he considers his fair share of Hendrix’s estate.
A 14-year-old girl in southeastern Brazil gave birth to a boy with two heads, doctors and media said.
The United States had evidence the Pakistani military was preparing a nuclear strike against India in 1999, as the two nation’s armies were locked in a pitched battle in the disputed region of Kashmir.
A joint venture of mining giants Codelco and BHP-Billiton have said they will build an experimental copper treatment plant using bacterial leaching.
Swaziland Attorney-General Peshaya Dlamini has been summonsed to appear in court on Tuesday next week on charges of sedition, obstructing the course of justice and contempt of court.
A Libode businessman was fined R15 000, with the option of five years imprisonment, on Wednesday for beating his domestic worker to death with a stick.