The US and UK have decided to suspend all "non-lethal assistance" for Syrian rebels. A US embassy spokesman in Ankara…
Pope Francis has been named Person of the Year 2013 by Time magazine after only nine months in office. The…
Clashes have erupted between Ukrainian protesters and riot police outside city hall in Kiev. The clashes follow a night of…
Nelson Mandela’s coffin arrived at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, where his remanis will lie in state for three days.…
The US Congress budget committee has reached an agreement to fund federal services, after October government shutdown. The proposed deal…
The White House said President Barack Obama and Cuba’s President Raul Castro's handshake at Nelson Mandela's memorial service was unplanned.…
Jean-Claude Mas, the founder of French company PIP, which distributed defective breast implants around the world, has been sentenced to…
General Motors has promoted product development chief Mary Barra to the post of CEO. Mary Barra replaces Daniel Akerson, and…
Thousands of South Africans have joined dozens of world leaders for the national memorial service for Nelson Mandela. The service…
Brazil’s ex-president Juscelino Kubitschek was murdered by the 1970s military regime, an investigative commission has found. The Sao Paulo truth…