A deal to end the conflict in the Gaza Strip looks remote, Israeli ministers have said.
Former death squad commander Eugene de Kock has not been granted parole for his role in the torture and murder of anti-apartheid activists.
Gunmen believed to be from Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab have struck again in Kenya, killing at least 29 people.
North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles into seas east off its coast, defying a UN ban on the isolated country testing such weapons.
On his three-day trip to the Middle East, Francis delighted his Palestinian hosts by referring to the "state of Palestine".
Malawi’s electoral body says President Joyce Banda has no power to scrap elections, while her main political rival says the decision is "illegal".
NUM says one of its members has been stabbed to death on his way to work at an Amplats mine, the fifth such killing in the past two weeks.
The US has sent more marines and aircraft to Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sicily after gunmen stormed Libya’s Parliament over the weekend.
Pro-Russian regions Luhansk and Donetsk are voting in referendums to gauge support for self rule.
Manchester City’s win over Aston Villa has put the team on the brink of the Premier League title, needing just one point from the final game to win.
UK papers say Manchester United manager David Moyes could be fired less than a year after being hired on Alex Ferguson’s personal recommendation.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his armed forces shot down a Syrian military plane after it crosed into Turkish air space.
With no conclusive evidence of foulplay and doubts whether nations would share military tracking data, investigations appear to be at an impasse.
The US and its G7 allies will gather next week at the Hague to consider a further response to Russia’s attempt to absorb Ukraine’s Crimea region.
Russia’s government has acknowledged for the first time that its economy faces major troubles.
Chinese human rights activist Cao Shunli, detained in September for staging sit-ins at the country’s foreign ministry, has died in hospital.
Police have searched the home of the missing Malaysian Airlines flight’s pilot, moments after authorities confirm the plane was deliberately diverted.
Six officers have been killed after undentified gunmen opened fire on an army police checkpoint near Cairo, Egypt.
Malaysia’s military has traced what could have been the jetliner missing for almost five days to an area south of the Thai holiday island of Phuket.
The disappearance of a Malaysian airliner is an "unprecedented mystery", the civil aviation chief has said, as a massive air and sea search continues.
Ukraine’s acting president has called on Moscow to halt the growing military presence in the Crimea region.
Russian President Vladimir Putin asked Parliament to approve force "in connection with the extraordinary situation in Ukraine".
Ukraine’s presidential website has announced that acting president Oleksander Turchinov has assumed the duties of head of the armed forces.
Adidas has pulled its raunchy World Cup T-shirts after Brazil’s government complained that it was promoting sex tourism in the country.
The Proteas’ manager says David Warner’s accusations that SA tampered with the ball in their last Test win are "disappointing and discouraging".
Ukraine’s Parliament has voted to remove President Viktor Yanukovich from office, hours after he abandoned his Kiev office to protesters.
Ukraine’s opposition UDAR(Punch) party intends on submitting a parliamentary resolution calling on President Viktor Yanukovych to step down.
Security forces and protesters have fought around Venezuela, with scores injured and arrested since violence broke out just over a week ago.
Ukraine opposition leaders have signed an EU-mediated peace deal with President Viktor Yanukovich, aiming to end a violent standoff.
Ahead of his 90th birthday, Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has travelled to Singaport for an eye operation.
Three people have been shot dead in the worst violence since Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro’s disputed election last year.
Rescue workers have reached eight miners trapped in Harmony Gold’s Doornkop mine after an earthquake damaged electric cables, triggering a fire.