At least 17 people have been killed during clashes between supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and police in Egypt.
A French newspaper and banking chain were targeted in shootings in Paris, one of which has left a young man fighting for his life.
Disgraced Chinese politician, Bo Xilai, has been convicted and and sentenced to life behind bars for corruption, embezzlement and abuse of power.
Yahoo! chief Marissa Mayer said she feared winding up in prison for treason if she refused to comply with US spy demands for data.
The European Union will provide an additional $39-million in humanitarian aid for people displaced by the violence in Syria.
The Zimbabwe government has seized the farm of late former white minority leader Ian Smith, listing it "for compulsory acquisition for resettlement."
Sierra Leone People’s Party has called on members to boycott government proceedings, claiming electoral fraud had undermined the recent elections.
Six-times Olympic champion Usain Bolt has been named World Athlete of the Year for a record fourth time by the IAAF.
The families of 12 people killed in July in a movie theatre massacre will receive $220000 each from a special relief fund.
With Sierra Leone still recovering from a long and bloody civil war, citizens will vote in presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday.
Renowned perfectionist Steve Jobs would likely not have been pleased with Friday’s launch of the new iPhone 5 in North America and other countries.
The latest bout of heavy rains in Northern India has brought the total to over 580 people killed by heavy monsoon rains across India since June.
Real Madrid officials have been put on the back foot by an outburst by Cristiano Ronaldo, during which he said he was "sad" and upset about the club.
The seizure by the government of a massive, prized wildlife reserve in Zimbabwe could spark a targeted withdrawal of Western aid, diplomats say.
Fifa must become fully transparent in order to complete its reform and not even president Joseph Blatter is not safe in his job its ethics body says.
At least 16 people have been killed after gunmen – who residents believe to be Boko Haram extremists – attacked a church in Nigeria.
The EU has denied media reports that it is planning to lift sanctions on Robert Mugabe or "anyone involved in continued abuses of human rights".
Algeria’s Abdelaziz Bouteflika has led celebrations marking its independence with a tribute to the those who died fighting 132 years of French rule.
A New Zealand High Court judge has ruled warrants used to seize property from Megaupload founder and accused internet pirate Kim Dotcom were illegal.
A domestic passenger plane has crashed into a populated area of Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, killing at least 150 people.
David Goffin will pay tennis homage to his idol Roger Federer as the first lucky loser since 1995, at the French Open competes in the fourth round.
Wayne Parnell has been released after being detained, along with about 100 other people, by police in Mumbai following a raid on a party in the city.
Twelve heads of state and 130 ministers are set to attend the high level segment of the COP17 conference to broker a new climate deal.
The <i>Mail & Guardian</i>’s investigative team of Sam Sole, Nic Dawes, Zukile Majova and Stefaans Brümmer were jointly awarded the Mondi Shanduka Newspaper Award for South African story of the year on Wednesday for their story "The Kebble-Selebi link". The quartet also won the award for best investigative journalism.
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The Wellcome Trust, a research-funding charity that aims to improve human and animal health, hopes to use new research findings to help develop medicines for people living in and travelling to regions afflicted by malaria.