New Zealand’s cricket team has taken a hold of the third Test by wiping out the West Indies second innings inside one session.
Desmond Tutu has slated the ANC’s exclusion of Afrikaners from Nelson Mandela’s funeral, saying it would have appalled Madiba.
Some 210 000 civilians have been forced from their homes by violence in the Central African Republic capital in the past two weeks alone, says the UN.
Air raids using barrel bombs in Syria’s second city of Aleppo have killed at least 76 people, including 28 children.
Kenyan lawmakers have adopted amendments to a controversial media Bill, despite international concern about press freedom.
In a landmark intelligence-gathering exercise, the UN will begin using drones in the DRC to monitor its border and movements by armed groups.
Two personal assistants say they were treated "worse than Filipino slaves" by Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi despite defrauding them of R1.1m
Anant Singh, who produced the movie "Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom", has bought an assortment of signed mementos from Nelson Mandela’s personal items.
Sebastian Vettel has ended the 2013 Formula One season in typically record-breaking style, with his commanding victory in the Brazilian Grand Prix.
A battle in which at least five soldiers have died has been sparked by clashes between a Jihadist group and Libyan special forces, says the army.
The development of hundreds of settler homes in the West Bank has been approved by a committee of the Israel military, says a settlement watchdog.
Singer Taylor Swift was a big winner at this year’s AMAs, while singer Miley Cyrus confused some spectators with her "Wrecking Ball" act.
Côte d’Ivoire has announced it will raise the minimum wage by more than 60% for the first time since 1994.
Botswana’s government has denied claims that fracking is under way in the country’s top wildlife park, but says exploration drilling is taking place.
The Philippine government has increased its death toll from super Typhoon Haiyan to 3 621 – a figure which is still well below the UN’s estimate.
The DRC and defeated M23 rebels are set to sign a peace deal in what the UN hopes will be a key step in efforts to end decades of war.
Defeated M23 rebels in the Congo are poised to sign a peace deal with the government, in what is hoped will be a turning point to end decades of war.
Twitter debuted on Wall Street with a bang as shares in the fast-growing social network soared.
As African leaders discussed a rapid-deployment emergency force, Jacob Zuma has spoken of a security unit that would "enable Africa to act swiftly".
Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s powder-keg east have surrendered after a crushing UN-backed offensive ended their 18-month insurgency.
Brazil, which hotly denounced US surveillance of its leaders, itself spied on US officials as well as on Russia, Iran and Iraq a decade ago.
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic defeated defending champion David Ferrer 7-5, 7-5 on Sunday to win the Paris Masters.
US security leaker Edward Snowden is set to start a job providing technical support at a major Russian website, says his lawyer.
Ballots have been counted in an unofficial referendum in the flashpoint Abyei region to decide if it lies in Sudan or South Sudan.
Dozens of migrants from Niger heading for Algeria have died of thirst in the Sahara desert after their vehicle broke down, say local officials.
A drone attack on Somalia’s al-Shabab has left a top suicide bomb-maker for the rebel group dead, say government officials.
The first trial from the phone-hacking scandal that sank Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World has opened.
The UN Security Council says it will hold emergency talks after fresh fighting in the east of the DRC killed a peacekeeper.
Sunday’s midterm elections in Argentina look likely to confirm the beginning of the political end of President Cristina Kirchner.
President Jacob Zuma’s recent controversial remarks about Malawi will not affect relations between the two nations, according to the country,
Nongovernmental groups say Niger is the top country that managed to reduce its child mortality rates since 1990.
Mozambique’s ex-rebels Renamo declared the end of a 1992 peace deal after government forces attacked and took over their base.