Salman Rushdie said that if a fatwa calling for his murder had been issued in the social networking era, it would have further endangered his life.
"Terminator" star Arnold Schwarzenegger says fathering a child with their housekeeper is the "stupidest" thing he has ever done.
"The military command of al-Shebaab mujahedeen ordered a tactical retreat at midnight," spokesperson Ali Mohamud Rage told AFP.
Nadia Petrova pulverised world number three Agnieszka Radwanska’s defence of the title by beating her in the final.
The Australian Rugby Union says it has written to Wallaby flyhalf Quade Cooper over his "toxic environment" criticisms.
More than 305 people were killed across Syria on Wednesday, making it the bloodiest single day of the 18-month revolt, an NGO has revealed.
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has set out plans for a constitutional referendum in November and March elections after months of uncertainty.
Sudan and South Sudan have reached agreements on a demilitarised border zone and oil production but made limited progress on contested areas.
The first trial stemming from the phone-hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch’s now-defunct News of the World is set to begin on September 9 2013.
Libyan leader Mohamed al-Megaryef said that the deadly September 11 attack on the US consulate was a pre-planned assault.
Muslim leaders have demanded action to stop religious insults in a challenge to Barack Obama’s defence of freedom of expression at a UN meeting.
Minister Manuel Valls has assured the country’s Jews they could wear their skullcaps "with pride", in a dismissal of the far-right’s call for a ban.
Proteas have beaten Sri Lanka by 32 runs in a rain-shortened World Twenty20 match adding to the teams confidence ahead of the Super Eights.
A church in Victoria has revealed that at least 620 children have been abused by its clergy since the 30s, sparking a call for an independent inquiry.
Playmaker Samir Nasri is set to miss Sunday’s home clash against former club Arsenal due to a hamstring injury.
US lawmakers have heard a powerful plea to stop a brutal wave of rapes and killings by rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
A judge has refused to lift a ban on sales of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 computers as legal brawling continues between the electronics titan and Apple.
A celebrity magazine in Denmark became the latest publication to run pictures of Prince William’s wife Catherine sunbathing topless while on vacation.
An outbreak of Ebola fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo may have claimed up to 32 lives since May, says the World Health Organisation.
The head of Iran’s atomic agency says blasts cut power lines to the country’s underground nuclear facility at Fordo last month.
The anti-Islam film that has triggered rioting across the Muslim world was produced by a US religious group and reportedly directed by a pornographer.
Australia came from 13 points down to edge a spirited Argentina 23-19 in a Rugby Championship clash.
Morgan Tsvangirai has circumvented an order brought forward by his ex-lover canceling his marriage licence by marrying under customary law.
During a visit to Lebanon the Pope has urged the Middle East’s Christians and Muslims to forge a harmonious society and reject vengeance.
Obama has called for Americans not to be disheartened by anti-America violence, as six protesters have died in protests against an anti-Islam film.
Washington says it’s deploying forces to cope with violence in as many as 18 different locations as deadly Muslim anger spreads over a US-made movie.
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney admits he dreads the prospect of feeling the full blast of Sir Alex Ferguson’s infamous "hairdryer" rants.
Cote d’Ivoire’s National Press Council has ordered the suspension from publication of six newspapers that support former president Laurent Gbagbo.
Israel’s justice ministry has confirmed prosecutors have charged six Jewish minors with a hate attack on a Palestinian man in Jerusalem last week.
Somalia’s new president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has survived an assassination bid after bomb blasts – claimed by al-Shabab – rocked a Mogadishu hotel.
Two Swedish journalists freed from a 14-month jail sentence in Ethiopia are resting in a secret location, relatives said.
Mali government investigators have travelled to a remote central town to probe why troops shot dead a group of 16 Muslim men.