Egypt is holding seven people for questioning over the New Year’s Day bombing of a church in the northern city of Alexandria.
Zimbabwe is likely to postpone a parliamentary election that President Robert Mugabe’s party wanted by mid-year.
Businessman Sandile Majali did not own the house in Sandown, Sandton, he had put up for security when released on bail, a media report said on Sunday.
India pace bowler Zaheer Khan dismissed SA captain Graeme Smith for the sixth time in nine Tests before rain forced the players off the field.
A Free State minister is expected to appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on Monday after he was caught driving at 235km/h.
Large parts of Australia’s coastal northeast disappeared under floodwaters on Sunday in a spreading disaster.
A year after the earthquake that left more than a million Haitians homeless, a unique scheme has given them the chance to spell out their needs.
Muslim extremists may have planted the bomb that exploded at an army barracks in Nigeria’s capital, the country’s president said on Saturday.
Dilma Rousseff took over as Brazil’s first female president on Saturday with pledges to build on the policies of her hugely popular predecessor.
The US military plans to to deploy a new drone in Afghanistan, which experts say will allow troops to monitor much larger operational theatre.