Egypt has banned an annual festival, which attracted hundreds of Jewish pilgrims, in honour of a Moroccan rabbi renowned for performing miracles.
US musician Pharrell Williams dominates both local and international streaming platforms.
An unarmed black man killed by LA police officers was shot three times, including once in the back at close range, according to his autopsy report.
Indonesian officials on Tuesday spotted six bodies from the AirAsia flight that disappeared two days earlier, and recovered three of them.
2014 will be remembered as the year politicians defeated climate scientists and solidified weak climate change targets, writes Sipho Kings.
Indonesia’s director general of civil aviation says debris was spotted during an aerial search and it is believed to be from the AirAsia plane.
The issue dominates debates, but for different reasons, from the far right making political capital to border guards pushing migrant boats back.
The two faces of Oscar reveal our unacknowledged gender civil war.
Pretoria’s once vibrant multicultural nerve centre is a patchwork of ghosts and faded glory.
The City of Gold’s ever-evolving architecture symbolises the values of a society in flux.