Thousands of people from all walks of life converged at South Africa's Union Building to witness President Jacob Zuma's inauguration on Saturday.
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a new hearing for death row inmate Troy Davis, giving the condemned killer a chance to present evidence his lawyers say could clear him in the murder of an off-duty police officer almost 20 years ago.
A woman was sentenced to 99 years in prison on Monday for cutting off her infant's genitals in the US state of Texas.
A US boy has set up a video website that specializes in all good news in the world because he think today's news is too depressing, according to media reports Monday.
SEOUL: Former President Kim Dae-jung, who survived assassination attempts during his years as a dissident and won the Nobel Peace Prize for his reconciliation efforts with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), died Tuesday. He was 85.
He was once the toast of the town, a charming, urbane Afghan tribal leader voicing Jeffersonian ideals in perfect English, gliding effortlessly through the halls of power in Washington and the baking tents of the Afghan desert.
More than 20,000 supporters of former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra rallied in the historic heart of Bangkok on Monday, seeking a royal pardon for the fugitive billionaire and illustrating a deep political divide.
Nur Azlin Mohamed Yasin spends several hours a day trawling the Internet, but she is not your typical young surfer.
Polish fans joined together in song to wish Madonna a happy birthday at a concert in Warsaw Saturday evening -- just hours before she turned 51.
A Massachusetts judge has issued an arrest warrant for Grammy Award-winning R&B singer Bobby Brown for failure to pay child support, local media reported on Friday.
A Seoul court ruled Friday that former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee was guilty of breach of trust and handed him a suspended prison sentence in another legal blow to the South Korean tycoon.
Baltimore police say Olympic gold medal swimmer Michael Phelps has been in a two-car collision but not injured.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney believes his old boss, President George W. Bush, gradually turned away from his advice during their second term in the White House, showing a surprising independence as he started taking more flexible positions on a range of issues, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.
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