Standard & Poor’s said its president is stepping down, capping two weeks of controversy following the rating agency’s downgrade of US government debt.
The ANC on Monday made good on a promise to drastically restrict the application of the Protection of Information Bill
An IMF team began a visit to Swaziland on Monday to see if the country was doing enough to win the fund’s blessing to secure foreign loans.
Fast bowler Lasith Malinga took a record third hat-trick as Sri Lanka secured a four-wicket victory over Australia in the fifth and final ODI.
World Cup organisers are $25-million short of their revenue targets and say 200 000 tickets remain unsold 17 days before the event’s opening match.
Remnants of forces still loyal to Muammar Gaddafi staged a desperate stand in Tripoli on Tuesday as rebels fought their way into the capital.
The kidnapped father of Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel was freed after detectives traced him to a city in north Nigeria and arrested his abductors.
Just after the US Presidents Cup team captain criticised Tiger Wood for not playing enough golf, he said he might add another event to his schedule.
Joe Biden warned the world not to underestimate Japan and the US, saying the two countries are still Pacific powers and will overcome their problems.
The global conflicts that have raged since 9/11 have seen no clear winners but many losers — at least 250 000 people have been killed.