President Barack Obama has expressed "regret" at his inadvertent use of the erroneous term "Polish death camp" in a letter to his Polish counterpart.
Syrian forces summarily executed 12 civilians on their way home from work in a fertiliser factory in Qusayr, activists say.
Francois Hollande has replaced France’s top three security officials after he criticised them for being too close to his predecessor.
Kenya’s army chief is boasting that AU troops will soon seize the last key bastion of Somalia’s al-Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents.
Bangladesh has named the former Pakistan coach Richard Pybus as their new head coach on a two-year contract.
Everton defender Leighton Baines has admitted he is flattered to be linked with a move to Manchester United but it won’t distract him at Euro 2012.
Female booth attendants at a global trade fair and shops selling men’s ties have become targets in a strict crackdown by Tehran police.
The storm over US President Barack Obama’s label "Polish camp" for a Nazi German Holocaust site is an ideal moment to halt lies about the Holocaust.
Bluefin tuna caught off the US coast have been found to contain radioactive material from Japan’s quake-struck Fukushima nuclear plant.
Rwandan citizens have been recruited and trained to fight in support of army mutineers in Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a UN report.
The Vatican has denied reports that an unnamed cardinal is suspected of being a leading mole behind leaks of confidential papal documents.
South Sudan says Sudanese war planes and artillery has bombarded its territory ahead of peace talks, as officials set off for AU-led negotiations.
Activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, facing a life sentence on charges of seeking to overthrow Bahrain’s rulers, will end a 110-day hunger strike.
A blast has ripped through a small shopping complex in central Nairobi and left at least 10 people wounded – the cause of the explosion is unknown.
The scandal-prone IPL is cricket’s most divisive contest, but thrilling action in front of packed houses has abated immediate doubts over its future
Egyptian presidential candidate is filing a lawsuit citing irregularities that have affected the outcome of the countries recent elections.
Polling stations closed in Lesotho Saturday, in a tight election that pitted three erstwhile allies against each other.
One of Pope’s butlers has been arrested for allegedly leaking documents that have been published in new book which harshly criticises the Vatican.
The Wellington Hurricanes kept their Super 15 play-off hopes alive with an emphatic 66-24 bonus-point demolition of the Melbourne Rebels on Saturday.
Despite the fall of their key stronghold of Afgoye, al-Qaeda-linked Somali militants vowed to intensify the war against government and AU troops.
Lesotho’s voters head to the polls in a tight election where bitter rivalries among the three main party leaders have overshadowed worries about jobs.
Pep Guardiola is to lead his Barcelona side into his last game as manager in Friday’s Spanish Cup final against Athletic Bilbao.
Australia’s mandatory detention of refugees will be brought under fresh scrutiny with a high court challenge on its security checks of detainees.
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has extended his contract until June 2016 after taking the Spanish giants to victory in La Liga.
The US Senate has approved new sanctions against Iran aimed at convincing the Islamic Republic to suspend its uranium enrichment.
Sudan and South Sudan will this week set a date to restart face-to-face peace talks after bitter border conflict and the missing of a UN deadline.
The attack on Mali’s president Diancounda Traore by angry protesters puts the post-coup transition in the West African country in danger, the UN says.
Six Somalis will go on trial in a Paris court charged with kidnapping the crew of Le Ponant in the pirate-infested waters of the Gulf of Aden in 2008.
Ivorian great Didier Drogba has told his Chelsea teammates he is leaving the Champions League winners because he doesn’t fancy being on the bench.
Chelsea’s Fernando Torres is considering his future at the newly-crowned European champions, calling the past season the most difficult of his career.
A judge has given the education ministry until June 15 to provide textbooks to pupils in Limpopo and ordered a catch-up plan to make up for lost time.
A television audience estimated in the hundreds of millions is expected to tune in for the clash between the German and English Premier League giants.