Deepa Babington

Amanda Knox has returned home to Seattle, one day after an Italian court cleared the 24-year-old college student of murder and freed her from prison.

Amanda Knox is a "witch" whose lying ways belied her fresh-faced "soap and water" looks, a lawyer has told the court hearing her murder appeal.

Libya’s top oil official became the latest figure to desert Muammar Gaddafi on Wednesday, adding momentum to a revolt against the leader’s long rule.

Tens of thousands of small-scale Sudanese prospectors are undertaking hazardous expeditions across barren areas to search for gold.

Darfur’s most powerful rebel group has suspended meetings with Sudan’s government in Qatar in protest at Khartoum’s plan to hold a referendum.

Catholic Relief Services fears it will have to shut its West Darfur food programme at the end of the month unless Khartoum lifts a ban.

Once kept at home by love for mamma’s home-cooked pasta, a growing number of young Italians are now forced to live with their parents.

As training jobs go, United States Colonel Bernard Mater’s task of mentoring the fledgling Afghan air force is among the more daunting ones.