Anti-Western protests against a film mocking the Prophet Muhammad has abated, but US policy in the Muslim world remains overshadowed by the video.
Flyhalf Aaron Cruden kicked two late penalties as the All Blacks hung on to beat South Africa 21-11 in their Rugby Championship clash on Saturday.
Thousands of protesters besieged the Japanese embassy in Beijing on Saturday, hurling rocks at the building as police struggled to keep control.
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s plan to get married this weekend faces a second legal challenge from another woman.
Russia has confirmed it will not make cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from 2013 under the UN’s Kyoto Protocol, joining Canada and Japan.
England took a Duckworth-Lewis win over the Proteas after the second Twenty20 international between the two sides was abandoned due to rain.
Mexico says its navy has captured one of the country’s most wanted drug bosses – the head of the Gulf cartel, Jorge Costilla, alias "El Coss".
US President Barack Obama has confirmed the deaths of his country’s ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, and three other embassy staff members.
Rwanda plans to almost double its electricity generating capacity under a multimillion-euro peat power plant deal it signed with a Turkish company.
EU officials pushed on Saturday to stem the debt crisis as Italy’s Mario Monti warned that economic suffering was fuelling divisive nationalism.
A suicide bomber detonated explosives near the heavily barricaded Nato headquarters in Kabul on Saturday, Nato and local officials said.
Angola is on track to reach its target of slowing consumer inflation to 10% from 11.38% in 2011 thanks to monetary policy focused on price stability.
Australia will begin this month’s Twenty20 World Cup ranked 10th in the world in the shortest form of the game.
China has sounded the alarm about the state of the global economy and urged countries gathering at an Asia-Pacific summit to protect themselves.
Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka stormed into the final of the US Open with crushing victories in Friday’s semis to set up a classic showdown.
McLaren’s Jenson Button has criticised teammate Lewis Hamilton for revealing confidential car data on Twitter before Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix.
Pragyan Ojha took his third five-wicket haul as New Zealand were bowled out for 365 in their first innings of the second and final test against India.
The German central bank is concerned at the European Central Bank’s changing role in fighting the eurozone crisis.
Security specialists worry that far-right social media commentary stigmatising Europe’s Muslims may help push enthusiasts towards militancy.
The moon landing capped a tumultuous American decade — the Vietnam war, Kennedy’s death, civil rights — and helped assert the country’s dominance.
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin picked up six wickets as New Zealand collapsed all out for 159 in their first innings on day three of the opening test
Two people have been killed and at least eight wounded in a shooting outside the landmark Empire State Building in New York City on Friday.
Arsenal defender Andre Santos has been arrested after it was claimed the Brazilian had driven his car 209km/h to escape police.
Kevin Pietersen’s rapid fall from grace is complete. He has been left out of the England squads for the T20 World Cup and an ODI series against SA.
Lonmin’s shares have slid as investors fret over a possible cash call to shore up its balance sheet and the potential dismissal of striking workers.
Royal Bafokeng Platinum says it will accelerate cost cuts after a 60% drop in earnings hit by the slump in platinum prices and reduced production.
President Bashar al-Assad’s forces have resorted increasingly to air power to hold back lightly armed insurgents in the capital Damascus and Aleppo.
New Zealand have kicked off the inaugural Rugby Championship with a convincing 27-19 win over Australia.
A Russian judge has found three women from the Pussy Riot punk band guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred.
The Lions have been relegated from Super Rugby by the Saru general council after the Johannesburg-based team finished last in this year’s competition.
Police say no further incidents have been reported at Lonmin’s violence-stricken Marikana mine in the North West, where 10 people have been killed.
Former Friends star Jennifer Aniston is engaged to marry her actor and screenwriter boyfriend Justin Theroux, People has reported.