A suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives into a church in northern Nigeria, killing three people and triggering reprisal attacks.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says the US must give up its "immoral" inquiry into his website before he considers leaving the Ecuadorean embassy.
Two members of punk band Pussy Riot have been taken to remote Russian prison colonies, notorious for their harsh conditions, their lawyer said.
A feud between two Libyan towns demonstrates the country’s deep divisions a year after Muammar Gaddafi was killed.
South Sudan’s vice-president has dismissed rumours of a planned military coup, saying it would be ‘unwise’ for army officers to attempt a takeover.
Lance Armstrong told supporters of his Livestrong cancer charity that it had been a difficult couple of weeks but the foundation’s mission must go on.
Israel killed three Palestinian militants on Sunday, a day after two men identified as senior al-Qaeda affiliates in Gaza died in an air strike.
Two months of labour turmoil are likely to force SA to look again at its economic growth forecasts, the central bank’s deputy governor said on Sunday.
Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was "lightly wounded" after a military patrol accidentally fired on his convoy.
Ayman al-Zawahiri said a film made in the US mocking the Prophet Muhammad showed Washington was waging a "crusader Zionist war" against Muslims.
Around 15 000 striking transport workers are expected to return to work on Wednesday, although that will not include the main transport union, Satawu.
Cricket South Africa have dismissed claims their players instigated the SMS row that led to batsman Kevin Pietersen being dropped by England.
US President Barack Obama’s campaign raised $181-million in September, the largest total that either side has announced yet.
Australia’s pack outmuscled Argentina to secure a 25-19 victory in Rosario on Saturday and finish the Rugby Championship second to New Zealand.
Radical Islamist cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri made his first appearance in federal court in New York on Saturday after Britain extradited him to the US.
Turkey returned fire after Syrian mortar bombs landed in a field in southern Turkey on Saturday.
Miners at Kumba Iron Ore’s Sishen mine have gone on a wildcat strike – a fresh sign of escalating labour unrest in Africa’s largest economy.
Renowned British left-wing historian Eric Hobsbawm, whose writing influenced students and politicians across Europe, has died.
President Hugo Chavez showed off new infrastructure projects on Saturday, while Henrique Capriles accused him of wasting money on foreign allies.
Spain’s debt levels are set to rise, piling pressure on the government to apply for aid as it pours funds in to cash-strapped regions.
Lewis Hamilton has signed a three-year deal with the Mercedes Formula One team and will replace seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher.
Spanish political satire magazine El Jueves has published a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad on its cover, soon after protests rocked the Muslim world.
After two years of high growth, Zimbabwe’s economy is set to slow to 5% amid a poor farming season, blamed on erratic rainfall, and election concerns.
Apple sold out of its latest smartphone, with more than five million iPhone 5 sales in the three days after it hit stores.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga overpowered Italy’s Andreas Seppi on Sunday to retain his title at the Metz Open in the race to the World Tour Finals.
Islamist rebels said they shot dead a Somali lawmaker in Mogadishu on Saturday and threatened to kill every legislator in the country.
The Senate unanimously passed a Bill on Saturday that would shield US airlines from paying for their carbon emissions on European flights
The South African Reserve Bank has left the repo rate unchanged at 5%, saying there was no need for more monetary loosening.
Construction of the 4 764MW Medupi coal-fired power plant has returned to full speed after workers returned following protests at the site.
A British police officer and two journalists from Rupert Murdoch’s the Sun tabloid newspaper have been arrested on suspicion of corruption.
Rock drillers at Lonmin’s Marikana mine have accepted a 22% overall pay increase to end more than five weeks of crippling and bloody strikes.
Tens of thousands marched though Moscow on Saturday to demand an end to Vladimir Putin’s rule and show their protest movement remains strong.