Thousands of people from all walks of life converged at South Africa's Union Building to witness President Jacob Zuma's inauguration on Saturday.
A plainclothes police officer chased a scam artist through sidewalks crowded with holiday shoppers and tourists in the heart of Times Square on Thursday, killing the suspect after a gunfight.
The Tiger Woods sex scandal has been a boon for online publications, even though it hasn't generated the same amount of Internet traffic as Michael Jackson's death or President Barack Obama's inauguration.
US President Barack Obama will confront the Afghan war "head-on" when he accepts the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday and address criticism he does not deserve it so early in his presidency, officials said.
After fighting his way across Europe during World War II, John Pistone was among the US soldiers who entered Adolf Hitler's home nestled in the Bavarian Alps as the war came to a close.
A Florida Highway Patrol trooper suspected golfer Tiger Woods had drunk alcohol on the day of his car accident last month, according to a subpoena request by the officer rejected by a state prosecutor.
Former BBC anchor Susan Osman is moving to Beijing to host a breakfast show and escape the ingrained "culture of ageism" in the country's broadcasting industry.
The 15-year-old was one of the two youths who approached the man as he was walking back to work from a laundromat in Footscray, in Melbourne's west, on November 29, according to police.
Tiger Woods and his marital problems proved a tempting target for "Saturday Night Live."
An 86-year-old retired firefighter is due to return Monday to Pearl Harbor for the first time since World War II to attend a ceremony marking the 68th anniversary of the Japanese attack.
US Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus defended recommending his girlfriend for appointment as Montana's US attorney, saying his one-time staff member and the former state prosecutor is "highly qualified" but eventually withdrew her nomination.
Italians fed up with Silvio Berlusconi are rallying in Rome to peacefully push for the premier's resignation.
Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, making his first public comments since being hospitalized, marked his 82nd birthday Saturday with a call for peace and stability in a country that has been rocked by anti-government protests.
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