The owner of a house raided by the Hawks, who mistook it for fugitive Radovan Krejcir’s property, is claiming R1.2-million in damages from the state.
Pakistani police said on Monday they had detained a nine-year-old schoolgirl allegedly strapped with a bomb.
A Russian passenger jet crashed in heavy fog and burst into flames on a highway in north-western Russia on Monday night.
Four South African truck drivers — accused of fraud in Zimbabwe — have applied for their bail conditions to be relaxed so they can return home.
At least 21 people were killed on Tuesday when bombs exploded at a checkpoint outside a provincial governor’s house in central Iraq.
Millions of rands were promised as a subsidy — termed a "patronage guarantee" — for the Gautrain if there are not enough commuters.
Sudan’s defence minister on Monday accused anti-government fighters of trying to create "a second Benghazi" in the border state of Southern Kordofan.
Super Rugby matches in the three-week play-offs starting this weekend will be decided by penalty shoot-outs if teams are deadlocked after extra time.
The IMF’s acting managing director has said the recovery in the euro area was broadly sound, even though growth remained uneven and moderate overall.
Waratahs skipper Phil Waugh has said he will quit rugby at the end of the season, after playing for the Wallabies at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, has issued a passionate manifesto for freedom.
Industrialised countries’ fears of being flooded by refugees have led to poor countries bearing the brunt of the worlds’ humanitarian crises.
Bashar al-Assad says dialogue could lead to a new constitution and even end his party’s reign, but he has refused to reform Syria under "chaos".
A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook far northern Chile on Monday, but caused no injuries or damage, Chilean and US experts said.
North and south Sudan have signed an agreement to demilitarise the disputed region of Abyei, says lead mediator and former SA president Thabo Mbeki.
The National Union of Mineworkers has rejected an offer of a 4% wage increase by the Chamber of Mines, after originally insisting on a 14% pay hike.
The ANC Youth League’s land expropriation resolutions do not alter ANC policies being implemented at government level, the ruling party says.
The press ombudsman has ordered the <i>Sowetan</i> to run a front page apology to IFP president Mangosuthu Buthelezi for damage to his credibility.
The Hawks have assured the DA that they will investigating new allegations of bribery into the multi-billion rand arms deal, the party says.
Pamphlets about Marie Antoinette and an account of a stuffed hippo are among 250 000 books from the British Library being put online by Google.
SA included 12 of the starting line-up that won the 2007 Rugby World Cup in a preliminary squad named on Monday for the defence of the title.
Stormers coach Allister Coetzee has announced that eighthman Duane Vermeulen has been forced out of the Super Rugby semifinal.
US First Lady Michelle Obama, her two daughters and other family members have embarked on their six-day visit to SA and Botswana.
The Lotteries Distribution Trust Fund isn’t sitting on billions of rands of unspent money that could be used for good causes, the trade minister says.
Egypt’s deposed president Hosni Mubarak, who will go on trial in August for ordering the killing of protesters, has stomach cancer, his lawyer says.
Nelson Mandela believes the press should be free from government intervention, South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) said on Monday.
The luxury home of fraud-accused property doyenne Wendy Machanik will go under the hammer next month, an auctioneer said on Monday.
The Public Protector says the <i>Sunday Times</i> acted unethically in publishing its illegally leaked report on a R1.1bn lease sought by the police.
Mugabe’s dictatorial tendencies were always there, Wilfred Mhanda told the <i>Mail & Guardian</i>.
Work on Zimbabwe’s long-delayed constitution has stalled again.
President Bashar al-Assad vowed on Monday not to reform Syria under "chaos" but said dialogue could lead to a new constitution.
Star saxophonist Clarence Clemons, a defining member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, died on June 18 after suffering a stroke.