Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says Fulham striker Dimitar Berbatov is not currently on his wish list for the January transfer window.
Tanzania’s Finance Minister William Mgimwa has died in a Pretoria hospital after undergoing treatment for an unnamed illness, says the SA government.
Thousands have marched in Hong Kong to demand a greater say in how their future leaders are chosen.
A December 31 deadline to remove part of the Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal for destruction has been missed.
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Candle-light vigils have been planned across India to mark the death of a female student a year ago who was gang raped on moving bus in Delhi.
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg will sell a chunk of his stake in the company, cashing in some $2.3 billion.
The European Commission has launched an investigation into seven Spanish football clubs after complaints they accepted illegal state aid.
Gunmen have killed five Kenyan police officers in the latest attack in the troubled northeast border region close to war-torn Somalia.
Microsoft says that more than a million Xbox One consoles were snapped up within 24 hours in 13 countries after hitting shelves for the first time.
Al Ahly forward Ahmed Abdel Zaher was suspended from playing in the Fifa Club World Cup for celebrating a goal with a four-fingered Islamist salute.
The discovery in a rubbish-strewn German flat of nearly 1 500 paintings looted by Nazis has sparked urgent calls to hunt for their rightful owners.
DRC soldiers are fighting off some 200 M23 rebels who are hiding after being ousted from their last stronghold.
Ethiopia’s Parliament has elected Mulatu Teshome to be the country’s new president, replacing Girma Wolde-Giorgis.
Guineans got to the polls in the first parliamentary elections for more than a decade in the troubled west African nation.
Morsi supporters holed up in a Cairo mosque have exchanged heavy gunfire with police on Saturday afternoon.
Various doctors were "competing" to treat Michael Jackson, each offering even-stronger painkillers before his death, claims the star’s ex-wife.
On Sunday Malians will vote for a second time to decide who should lead the country out of turmoil.
A gunman has killed at least four people in a shooting rampage in the US state of California before police shot him dead in a college library.
A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the northern coast of Japan’s main Honshu island on Saturday, seismologists said.
Sydney’s skyline has erupted with fireworks as revellers cheered in the new year from the city’s harbour in the world’s first major 2013 celebration.
India’s government is to roll out the first phase of its hugely ambitious plans to hand out cash to welfare claimants.
Nearly 90% of those who have died in Syria’s 21-month conflict were killed in 2012, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has said.
Fans at this week’s final Australia-Sri Lanka Test in Sydney have been asked to wear tributes to the late Tony Greig and retiring batsman Mike Hussey.
Two people have been wounded after security forces opened fire to disperse protesters who attacked Iraq’s deputy premier.
Rebels in the Central African Republic who have advanced towards the capital Bangui warned they could enter the city.
Thousands of Indians have joined protests in a mass outpouring of grief and anger after a gang-rape victim died in a Singapore hospital
The chairman of Zimbabwe’s human rights commission, appointed to help curb rights violations, has quit citing inhibiting laws and lack of resources.
Spain’s Anabel Medina Garrigues and Fernando Verdasco won their opening tie at the mixed teams Hopman Cup with a 2-1 win over South Africa in Perth.
Australian veteran Mike Hussey announced on Saturday he will retire from Test cricket after next week’s third and final match against Sri Lanka.
Rebels in Sudan’s Darfur have claimed that they seized a district capital just days after taking control of a major town.
Peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has met with internal opposition groups as he pushed a new initiative to end Syria’s conflict.
Famously generous mining mogul Clive Palmer has thrown a Christmas party Tuesday at his five-star resort at Coolum, Queensland.