A blast in a market in northwest Pakistan has killed at least 15 people and more than 20 people have been wounded.
President Barack Obama has demanded changes in the way the US dealt with gun violence, at a memorial held for the massacre of 20 schoolchildren.
The rand retreated from a tough resistance barrier and languished in a recent range as uncertainty about the ANC election has kept investors jittery.
Egyptians have voted in a referendum on a new constitution shaped by Islamist allies of Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi.
A heavily armed gunman has opened fire on school children and staff at a Connecticut elementary school, killing at least 26 people.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will testify on December 20 before the House of Representatives and Senate foreign affairs committees.
Stephen Hawking, world-famous cosmologist, and the team behind the discovery of the ‘God particle’, have won a $3-million science price each.
A hearing by SA’s competition tribunal on commodities trader Glencore’s takeover of miner Xstrata has been postponed until next month, the court said.
A new body called the US-South Africa Business Council will be created to help promote trade ties between America and South Africa.
A spokesperson for Mali’s military says soldiers have arrested Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra as he tried to leave the country for France.
Sri Lanka’s only tour match before their three-test series against Australia has ended in a draw in Canberra.
The US Secret Service is under investigation by the Department of Homeland Security over the loss of computer files on the Washington Metro system.
Egypt’s main opposition coalition has stated that it would not take part in a dialogue proposed by President Mohamed Morsi.
Jay-Z, Kanye West, Frank Ocean, Mumford & Sons and Dan Auerbach from The Black Keys have landed six nods each for music’s biggest awards night.
Australia’s paceman Peter Siddle says he would have risked a long-term injury if he played in the third and final Test against South Africa.
Brazil striker Lucas hopes to emulate his idol Lionel Messi when he joins big-spending Paris St Germain next month.
Sierra Leone’s main opposition party has conceded defeat to President Ernest Bai Koroma, weeks after complaining the election was marred by fraud.
The rand is expected to remain stable as the ANC moves closer to re-appointing Jacob Zuma as president, cutting the uncertainty hanging over Mangaung.
Eskom says the available spare supply on its electricity network has fallen to just over 2% of total capacity due to an increase in unplanned outages.
Britain’s Prince William and his wife Catherine are expecting a baby, the prince’s office said.
Israel said it was withholding this month’s transfer of tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority, after the UN’s recognition of a Palestinian state.
Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court has postponed its work indefinitely after a protest by Islamists sympathetic to President Mohamed Morsi.
Mohamed Morsi is expected to set a date for a referendum on the constitution hastily approved by an Islamist-dominated drafting assembly.
David Beckham has targeted one final fling in the European Champions League before hanging up his boots once he leaves Los Angeles.
Legendary striker Gerd Mueller’s record of 85 goals in a calendar year will stand for a little longer after Barcelona decided to rest Lionel Messi.
Man City captain Vincent Kompany will be fit to lead his side in their Premier League match at Wigan Athletic, first-team coach David Platt has said.
Amplats says the results of its business review, which is widely expected to lead to shaft closures and job cuts, would be published early next year.
Larry Hagman, who created one of American television’s most supreme villains in the conniving, amoral oilman J.R. Ewing of Dallas, has died.
Egypt has announced that a ceasefire had been reached to end the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, starting later in the day.
An explosion has hit a public bus in the heart of Tel Aviv, wounding at least 10 people, says Israel’s ambulance service.
The United States has blocked a UN Security Council statement condemning the escalating conflict between Israel and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
A new British-based Islamist group plans to meet in Islamabad to issue a religious decree against Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai.