Thousands of people from all walks of life converged at South Africa's Union Building to witness President Jacob Zuma's inauguration on Saturday.
Aung San Suu Kyi's sentence was commuted to 18 months house arrest after a district court sentenced her to three years in prison Tuesday for violating her terms of house arrest.
Love him or loathe him, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has earned himself celebrity status -- at least on Facebook, where a good 20 forums are dedicated to the Lebanese Shiite militant leader.
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso hinted Monday that he will not make a visit to the Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo for those killed in the World War II on Aug 15, Kyodo News reported.
Al-Qaida is reorganizing its activities in northwest Pakistan and seeking to appoint a new chief of Pakistan Taliban after the claimed killing of Baitullah Mehsud, local TV channel reported Monday.
President Barack Obama's national security adviser says the United States thinks Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud is dead.
A British tabloid reported Saturday that the godfather of Michael Jackson's three children claims to be the father of the singer's daughter Paris.
An obese inmate in Texas has been charged after officials learned he had a gun hidden under flabs of his own flesh.
John F. Kennedy's sister remains at a Massachusetts hospital with her family by her side.
Japanese actress Noriko Sakai turned herself in to Tokyo police and was arrested on drug charges Saturday evening, according to local broadcaster NHK.
Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in Saturday as the Supreme Court's first Hispanic justice and only third female member in the top U.S. court's 220-year history.
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi made one of his strongest denials yet in a scandal over alleged relationships with young women, insisting on Friday he has nothing to hide and nothing to apologize for.
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela at his office in Houghton, Johannesburg on Friday afternoon, said the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
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