Thousands of people from all walks of life converged at South Africa's Union Building to witness President Jacob Zuma's inauguration on Saturday.
An Australian judge on Friday sentenced a 70-yr-old man life term in prison for murdering his wife and two grandchildren and attempting to kill his daughter with an ax.
Two in New York City's Chinatown neighborhood have been indicted for scheming to defraud a Chinese immigrant attempting to bring members of his family to the United States.
Sam the Koala, who won the hearts of the world when video footage of her rescue from Australia's deadly bushfires six months ago hit the Internet, died on Thursday after losing a second battle for survival.
A Malaysian man who forced his wife to have sex has been sentenced to five years in jail, in what is the country's first successful prosecution under a new law against marital rape.
Two American journalists freed by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) returned home to the United States on Wednesday.
President Barack Obama proclaimed the US government "extraordinarily relieved" Wednesday over the release of two American journalists and praised former President Bill Clinton and former Vice President Al Gore for their roles.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) release of two American journalists was separate from nuclear non-proliferation talks and reiterated a US appeal for it to return to negotiations.
Japanese pop singer Noriko Sakai has gone missing after her surfer husband was arrested on a drug possession charge, media reports quoted her agent as saying on Wednesday.
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the two journalists released from Pyongyang are "extremely excited" to be on their way back to the United States.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will send no congratulatory message to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad when he is inaugurated as president of Iran on Wednesday, Sarkozy's office said on Tuesday.
Former US President Bill Clinton on Tuesday met Kim Jong-il, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Yonhap news agency reported.
The White House on Tuesday described former President Bill Clinton's visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) a "solely private mission" to secure the release of two US journalists held by Pyongyang.
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