Predominately white trade union Solidarity is taking South Africa’s government to court, alleging racial discrimination in the police force.

Ethiopian rebels have launched a wide offensive in the southeastern Somali ethnic Ogaden region and recaptured seven towns from government forces, they claimed Saturday...

Authorities have announced charges against the owner of a beauty clinic that allegedly performed a botched buttock job on Mexican rock star Alejandra Guzman. The...

A Guinean court has charged a second son of the late President Lansana Conte with drug trafficking. Moussa Conte and his three alleged associates deny importing...

A former leader of Congo’s Ninja militias has died in Paris, aged 76. Bernard Kolelas was an MP in Congo at the time of his death and was a popular politician in...

Saudi Arabia has evacuated 240 villages because of fighting with Yemeni rebels, the UN children’s fund has reported. The Unicef statement said more than 50...

Doctors in Iraq’s war-ravaged enclave of Falluja are dealing with up to 15 times as many chronic deformities in infants and a spike in early life cancers that may...

U.S. Army Specialist Alexis Hutchinson, a single mother, is being threatened with a military court-martial if she does not agree to deploy to Afghanistan, despite...

In a cavernous warehouse amid rolling hills and dairy farms, a group of farmers recently gathered around a buyer in a conversation heralding a sea change in the United...

Algeria’s team bus was attacked by stone-throwing fans in Cairo on Thursday ahead of Saturday’s highly-charged World Cup qualifier against Egypt, police officials...

A circus lion went on a night-time odyssey in Germany when thieves stole the van carrying him and then abandoned it after crashing into a road sign.

Sarah Palin’s new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven’t become any truer over time. Ignoring substantial parts of...

Girls’ expectations that they can “have it all” may be overly ambitious and they should not feel guilty for taking time out of future careers to raise...

Florida police say a man arrested for repeatedly calling 911 looking for sex claimed it was the only number he could dial after running out of cell phone minutes. Tampa...

Depletion of the Amazon Rainforest is not a new concern facing environmentalists, biologists, ecologists, and a growing number of the Amazonian indigenous peoples. For...

A species of snail fish–the deepest living fish in the world–have been captured on camera n the southern hemisphere for the first time. These strange,...

Colombian stocks and bonds will fall if market-friendly President Alvaro Uribe is barred by the courts from running for a third term next year, a ruling that would...

A new diplomatic row has erupted between Peru and Chile after a Peruvian court ordered the arrest of two Chilean military officers over alleged spying. The court...

The document calls for a “combination of carrot and stick” to encourage Taliban commanders and foot soldiers to lay down their arms and rejoin Afghan...

After a month, viz. 13th December, 2009 the world leaders will gather in Copenhagen to voice their concerns over the ‘Global Warning’. Taking the opportunity at...