Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani’s support for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has led both moderates and hard-liners to start plotting against him.
Facebook is hiring lobbyists to push its agenda on internet privacy and data sharing in Brussels and Washington.
Jailed members of the former Iranian reformist government are believed to have been tortured in an attempt to force them into TV "confessions".
United Nations scheme claimed to have reduced trade in conflict diamonds was this week criticised by its architect.
Two Russian women got an unpleasant surprise when their former boss paid them more than $1 000 to settle a labour dispute
Hardline Iranian cleric Ahmad Khatami urged the government on Friday to "better control" the foreign media.
The National Taxi Alliance announced this week it wanted full control of the bus rapid transport system because it had developed the taxi routes.
Turkey’s army chief, Ilker Basbug, on Friday called for an end to speculation about an alleged plot to bring down the government.
The EU accused China of "unacceptable" web censorship on Friday, as Brussels rejected Beijing’s claim that a filter is aimed at blocking pornography.
Within minutes of people hearing reports of Michael Jackson being taken into hospital, the social networking site Twitter was buzzing with rumours.
News of the pop star’s death caused an avalanche of online traffic as millions hit the internet to get information.
Long before "world music" became a record-store bin label, Charlie Mariano was living world music lives without the need of the name.
The Competition Commission on Wednesday raided the premises of cement producers in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, it disclosed on Thursday.
North Korea warned on Thursday that "dark clouds of nuclear war" are gathering over the Korean peninsula and vowed to strengthen its atomic arsenal.
PPC on Thursday advised that the Competition Commission had conducted a search-and-seizure operation at the premises of major cement manufacturers.
United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon called for a reform of international financial institutions on Wednesday at the start of a UN conference.
The proposals for a national health insurance may not be widely approved, but that does not mean it is not a popular idea.
The domestic economy continues to show signs of stress in the wake of the global economic downturn.
The European Central Bank said on Wednesday it lent a record €442,24-billion at 1,0% in one-year funds to commercial banks.
A large and "savvy" crocodile which snatched a pet dog just metres away from two children has outwitted a team of Australian hunters.
Two frogs have been "married" in a ceremony in the western Indian state of Maharashtra to usher in the delayed monsoon rains, a report said.
MySpace, the networking site that helped launch the careers of Lily Allen and Arctic Monkeys, said today it would cut two-thirds of its workforce.
It can be a music player, a navigator and in the spirit of saving the planet, the cellphone has been turned into a remote control for street lights.
Men risk death or injury when working in the fields, and women are in danger when collecting firewood or carrying water.
<i>Mail & Guardian</i> reviewers put together a selection of CDs to keep you warm.
European Union nations on Tuesday called in Iranian ambassadors to express new alarm over violence on the streets of Tehran.
Women in Namibia are being sterilised without their consent after being told the procedure is a routine treatment for HIV/Aids, a lawsuit will claim.
Norwegian customs officials carrying out a routine check were shocked to find a live alligator in luggage on board a train bound for Oslo.
Generally speaking the implementation of adult education policy has been weak and the ministerial report to remedy this falls short
When President Barack Obama wasn’t concerned with swatting flies or wrestling with Congress last week, he had something else on his mind.
The Eastern Food Bazaar thrives in spite — or because — of the recession.
News agencies subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to work in Tehran have been resorting to innovative ways in reporting the crisis.