Thousands of people from all walks of life converged at South Africa's Union Building to witness President Jacob Zuma's inauguration on Saturday.
State officials in Hawaii on Monday said they have once again checked and confirmed that President Barack Obama was born in Hawaii.
The professor, the policeman and the president are ready to share a beer - and a few thoughts about race and law enforcement in the US. 'Time to Move on'
The top elected official in Indian-controlled Kashmir resigned Tuesday after the opposition alleged that he was involved in a sex trafficking scandal three years ago.
Hotel worker Roshinante has no interest in actively pursuing women, is nonchalant about a career and finds cars a bore - and he is not alone in opting for a quiet, uncompetitive lifestyle.
Michael Jackson's personal doctor administered a powerful anesthetic to help him sleep, and authorities believe the drug is what killed the pop singer, The Associated Press reported by quoting a law enforcement official on Monday.
Rock legend Jimi Hendrix's first recording contract worth $1 and erotic audio and video tapes sent by Madonna to her old bodyguard went on sale in an online auction on Monday.
Nicolas Sarkozy has been discharged from the military hospital where he spent the night and his office says the French leader's collapse while jogging was due to heat and overwork.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to leave hospital on Monday, having spent the night there to undergo cardiological tests after falling ill while jogging.
Shari Arison is Israel's richest woman, presiding over a financial empire that includes the country's second-biggest bank. She also claims in a memoir to see visions of the future. But one thing she apparently didn't envision is the puzzlement, laughter and even nervousness that have greeted her book.
Police said they found a 3 1/2-week-old infant stabbed and decapitated in a Texas home on Sunday and his mother "screaming that she killed her baby" after the devil told her to do it, authorities said.
One hundred years to the day after Louis Bleriot claimed his place in aviation history, a restored original of his plane successfully crossed the Channel from France to England.
Failed presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton said on Sunday she hoped there would a female US president in her lifetime but ruled out the chance she would run again.
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