Celebrations over the first day in office of Egypt’s new leader have been tempered by the continued dominance of the military in affairs of state.
Newly elected president Mohamed Morsi has shown his support for Palestinians in Syria, saying Egypt will support them until they regain their rights.
A Japanese zoo that caught more squirrels than had escaped denied any mystery behind the mismatch, saying the critters just "keep reproducing".
Japanese zookeepers who lost 30 squirrels say their recovery efforts had exceeded expectations – with 38 animals back in captivity.
Botswana’s Court of Appeal has suspended a court order for the government to reinstate hundreds of workers fired in a massive strike last year.
The landmark Big Ben tower adjoining the Houses of Parliament will be renamed "Elizabeth Tower" to mark Queen Elizabeth’s 60th year on the throne.
Australian stock in Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp have jumped after a report that the company may split its publishing assets from its entertainment arm.
A US military judge has ordered prosecutors to show they are not withholding evidence from WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning.
Egypt’s president-elect wants to "reconsider" its peace deal with Israel and build ties with Iran to "create a strategic balance" in the Middle East.
Nato states have expressed mounting anger over the downing of a Turkish fighter jet by Syria as they readied for an emergency meeting on the shooting.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 116 people, 77 of them civilians, were killed in violence across the country on Saturday.
Historians will have to rethink the way the ancient world worked after Roman jewellery was found in a 5th Century Japanese tomb.
Nigerian troops have arrested a suspect in the country’s Christmas Day bombings, as the US put three Boko Haram leaders on its global terror list.
Scientists have found a huge deposit of bones of the rhino-sized wombats that roamed Australia in the time of super-kangaroos and tree-crocodiles.
Cote d’Ivoire leader Alassane Ouattara will work to repatriate Ivorians from Israel, after talks with Israel’s premier and its parliamentary speaker.
About 120 South Sudan immigrants deported from Israel have landed in Juba, with several saying they came under pressure to leave and were insulted.
Germany may be threatening Greece with a eurozone exit but the debt-stricken country has a chance for revenge by knocking its team out of Euro 2012.
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has claimed a historic victory for Mohammed Mursi in the country’s first presidential election since a 2011 uprising.
Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder of British no-frills airline easyJet, has moved closer to launching the first pan-African low cost carrier.
A US man whose HIV disappeared after a blood marrow transplant may be showing hints of the disease, sparking debate over whether a cure was achieved.
Syrian forces have continued shelling Al-Haffe, sparking fears of an impending massacre, while the UN demands that its observers be granted access.
Bangladesh border guards have turned back three more boats carrying more than 100 Rohingya Muslims who have fled religious violence in Burma.
Mexico’s presidential race has entered a critical phase after candidates clashed in a debate and 90000 people protested against the frontrunner.
The new head of Syria’s main opposition group has called for mass defections from a Syrian regime struggling to survive by carrying out massacres.
A suicide bomber drove his car at a church in central Nigeria while gunmen opened fire on another church, killing at least three and wounding dozens.
Syrian violence killed at least 12 people on Sunday, bringing the death toll of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad to more than 14 100.
Archaeologists have unearthed two skeletons from the Middle Ages pierced through the chest with iron rods to keep them from turning into vampires.
Nigerian rescuers expect to find more bodies in the search for victims of the plane crash in Lagos, which killed all on board and many on the ground.
Calls for international isolation of Swaziland’s King Mswati III have had little effect as the monarchy remains a pillar of national identity.
Chaos broke out at the scene of the plane crash in Lagos, which killed all 153 passengers and crew, as competing rescue crews clashed on the street.
Thousands of young Catholics have greeted the Pope in Milan in a welcome distraction from Vatican infighting for the aged pontiff.
The health of ousted president Hosni Mubarak deteriorated when he reached prison hours after a court sentenced him to life in official media reported.