Barack Obama has urged North Korea to cancel a planned rocket launch, warning the regime it had nothing to gain from ‘threats or provocations’.
Toulouse gunman Mohamed Merah’s brother is under investigation on suspicion of being an accomplice to the killing spree that left seven people dead.
A fan has been shot to death and three had to be hospitalised after a fight between rival supporter groups in Brazil broke out on Sunday.
Vernon Philander continued an astonishing start to his Test career with 6-81 to pass 50 wickets in his seventh Test, seeing New Zealand out for 275.
Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has said his latest victory on the campaign trail shows he can beat frontrunner Mitt Romney.
An Israeli military court has rejected the appeal of a Palestinian woman who has been on hunger strike for 39 days.
A Turkish shampoo commercial featuring Adolf Hitler has drawn outrage from Jewish groups worldwide and calls for it to be withdrawn immediately.
A brace from Nyasha Mushekwi has helped Mamelodi Sundowns to a 2-0 victory over Wits in their Nedbank Cup last 16 match at Bidvest Stadium.
Embattled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema says he will seek redress in the courts if he is expelled from the party.
Malian soldiers have repelled a new attack by Tuareg rebels in the north as Kenya and Zimbabwe evacuates their ambassadors.
Bangladesh have reacted too late in trying to have the result of the Asia Cup final overturned, according to a Pakistan Cricket Board chief.
Fiji have won the Hong Kong Sevens in a tight match against New Zealand 35-28 that takes them just two points off top spot in the overall standings.
Signs have mounted that the brother of a radical Islamist gunman who killed schoolchildren and paratroopers in France may have helped him.
Force of 5 000 troops from Central African countries to be formed to "stop Kony with military hardware", envoy says.
SA business needs to take advantage of the commercial opportunithe Brics, Business Unity SA said (Busa) on Sunday.
Jeffrey Mathebula boxed his way to the IBF junior-featherweight title against Takalani Ndlovu on Saturday night.
A black man claims he was spat on by a white gym member at the Virgin Active in Hatfield, Pretoria, according to a report on Sunday.
Suspended national police commissioner Bheki Cele signed off on a dodgy R26-million World Cup tender, a media report said on Sunday.
World Health Organisation leads calls for urgent action as inadequate treatment allows disease to build up new resistance.
Nathaniel Raymond is the first to admit that he has an unusual job description. "I count tanks from space for George Clooney," he says.
The coup in Mali has strengthened nomad-rebels, threatened foreign aid, endangered the country’s World Cup bid and left South Africans stranded.
Blade Nzimande has compelled SACP members to take the lead in the national democratic revolution and not to be distracted by their Cosatu detractors.
The Blitzbokke finished as runners-up in pool B heading into the quarterfinals after losing to NZat the Hong Kong Sevens tournament.
Government plans to cut HIV infection rate in half by 2017 and completely end the scourge in just 20 years.
Self-confessed killer and former boxer Mikey Schultz is being investigated for an alleged on-going crime spree spanning across Johannesburg.
The older brother of the radical Islamist Mohamed Merah who killed seven people in France has told police he is "proud" of his brother.
Suspended ANC Youth League president Julius Malema has apologised to all those he has offended in the past but insists his ideas won’t change.
President Barack Obama is returning to the threat to US security that he calls the gravest of all: terrorists getting material for a nuclear bomb.
George Luca, the man accused of killing strip club owner Lolly Jackson, has been arrested in Cyprus after being on the run since 2010.
Human Rights Watch wants an investigation into claims that the bodyguard of Iraq’s fugitive Sunni vice-president was tortured before dying.
The consortium planning to build the world’s most powerful radiotelescope is still debating whether SA or Australia should host the $2bn project.
Some 450 000 litres of fuel have been delivered to the crisis-hit Gaza Strip through Israel’s Kerem Shalom border crossing.