Government condemns 'sisterly' Nigeria for recall of its envoy

South Africa reacted angrily on Sunday to Nigeria's decision to recall its ambassador from Pretoria over a wave of mob attacks on African migrants that killed at least seven people.

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Republic of Korea's President Park Geun-hye accepted the resignation of her prime minister on Monday over a widening bribery scandal that has tainted senior members of her faltering administration.

Operation Babylift recalled 40 years later

As the United States was pushed out of Vietnam in 1975, and the Viet Cong were making a final push to capture Saigon, the fate of thousands of Vietnamese orphans was uncertain until then-US president Gerald Ford ordered the remaining US forces to evacuate the children.

High court weighs gay marriage

The lengthy fight to allow gay marriage across the United States may soon be at an end with the Supreme Court set on Tuesday to consider whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to wed.

Superheroes liven up election

There's something about a British general election that brings out oddballs, loons and eccentric buffoons who dream of making it to parliament.

Drug smugglers face firing squad

Indonesia has notified nine foreigners and a local man convicted of drug trafficking that their executions will be carried out within days, ignoring appeals by the UN chief and foreign leaders to spare them.

President confident as country goes to polls

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev was set to renew his 26-year grip on power on Sunday, offering the multiethnic Central Asian state economic and social stability in return for what rights groups described as systematic suppression of opposition.

Putin considers raising retirement age to 65

Taking care of pensioners who are his bedrock of support has been a key feature of President Vladimir Putin's rule, but as the country's economy shrinks, the Russian government is considering an idea that has been taboo for 80 years: raising the retirement age.

Brother: Accused boat pilot was forced

The Tunisian man accused of piloting a migrant boat that sank off Libya, killing more than 700 people, is himself a migrant who was forced at gunpoint to captain the ship because of his experience as a fisherman, his brother said on Saturday.

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Baltimore protests turn violent

Protesters rampaged through downtown Baltimore, Maryland, on Saturday, as the city's biggest demonstration thus far turned violent over the death of a young black man in police custody.

Flights disrupted as resurgent volcano spews more ash

Ash from Chile's spewing Calbuco volcano threatened on Saturday to make travel miserable as it triggered the cancellation of domestic and international flights in several cities.