The founder of a website that published thousands of leaked military files about the war in Afghanistan on Monday defended his actions.
President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed on Monday that France would avenge the murder of a French aid worker killed by al-Qaeda’s North African wing.
Where to draw the line between non-fiction and
invention? Our reviewers are irritated and fascinated.
European competition enforcers announced on Monday they were probing computer giant IBM on two separate cases relating to antitrust infringements.
Real picture of a conflict longer than Vietnam, or either world war, refutes the idea of a "revolution in military affairs".
The Nato coalition in Afghanistan has been using an "black" unit of special forces, Task Force 373, to hunt down targets for death or detention.
Shum Khan was a deaf and dumb man who lived in the remote border hamlet of Malekshay, 7 000ft up in the mountains.
Iran is engaged in a covert campaign to arm, finance, train and equip Taliban insurgents, Afghan warlords allied to al-Qaeda and suicide bombers.
Adult education is not a "nice to have", it’s a necessity — and it’s time for Blade Nzimande to pick up his spear, says <b>John Aitchison</b>.
As the Cape Town Book Fair reaches out to Africa, <b>Stephen Gray</b> celebrates one of the continent’s literary pioneers.
To bring warmth to your wintry blood and fire to your frosty belly, you can’t do better than gorgeous, but sadly unfashionable, fortified wine.
Australian flyhalf Quade Cooper will appeal against his suspension imposed by a Sanzar judicial hearing, the Australian Rugby Union said on Monday.
Allan Gray continues its reign for the seventh consecutive quarter as the top-rated manager.
Thousands of adults are entering a new world of
words with Kha Ri Gude, writes <b>Veronica McKay</b>.
Representatives of public-sector unions affiliated to Cosatu are still finalising their decision on whether to join a nationwide pay strike.
From Canadian electronica to roots rock, we review this week’s latest releases.
Anglo Platinum reported a six-fold increase in first-half profit on Monday, helped by higher metal prices.
Julian Assange is self-consciously an individual. He thinks in his own way, primarily as a physicist, having studied pure maths and physics.
The axed director general in the Communications Department, Mamodupi Mohlala, is planning to challenge her dismissal, it was reported on Monday.
Swiss animal lovers have founded a political party to represent the interests of their four-legged friends, Swiss news agency ATS reported on Sunday.
From a United States base near Baghdad to a café in Brussels, how thousands of classified papers found their way to online activists.
The murder trial of mining magnate Brett Kebble was scheduled to start in Johannesburg on Monday, almost five years after he was killed.
It begins with a relative trickle in the east of Afghanistan in 2004. Five years later it is the Taliban’s favoured weapon across the country.
The case against the man accused of killing Nelson Mandela’s great granddaughter in a car crash was postponed to August 27 on Monday.
Cuba has signalled that it will free its political prisoners and let them stay on the island in a bid to repair ties with the international community.
Jon Smit said it is up to the Springboks to turn around their poor start to their Tri-Nations defence after their third straight defeat on the road.
Sanef on Sunday expressed its "strong rejection" of renewed proposals for a state-appointed tribunal and a growing slate of "hostile" new legislation.
Seham Areff — niece to the famous Shaik brothers — has stepped out of the family mould and joined the Democratic Alliance.
The death toll from a stampede at a Love Parade techno music festival in Germany rose to 19 on Sunday and police pursued an investigation.
Over the past two months, Apple’s market capitalisation (ie its value as measured by the stock market) averaged out at $229,8-billion.
The government was finalising proposals on a section of the Criminal Procedure Act which could force journalists to reveal confidential sources.
Springbok Jaque Fourie has been banned for four weeks for a dangerous tackle in Saturday’s 30-13 defeat to Australia.