Thousands of people from all walks of life converged at South Africa's Union Building to witness President Jacob Zuma's inauguration on Saturday.
On her second trip to Asia as US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton is carrying a no-nonsense message about American intentions. "The United States is back," she declared Tuesday upon arrival in the Thai capital.
Honduras' interim government ordered Venezuelan diplomats on Tuesday to leave the country as the international community threatened new sanctions on the Central American nation if negotiations fail to resolve the crisis.
A scandal linking Italy's Silvio Berlusconi to a call girl deepened Tuesday with the posting of a new audio clip seemingly proving the liaison, as the flamboyant prime minister's approval rating sank.
This October, Kelly Hildebrandt will vow to share her life with a man who already shares her name.
Japanese marathon runner Keizo Yamada has hung up his sneakers at the grand old age of 81 -- although he could be tempted back to run the odd half marathon.
The world's oldest man, 113-year-old World War I veteran Henry Allingham, died Saturday after spending his final years reminding Britain about the 9 million soldiers killed during the conflict.
A South Florida man says he was denied a hair transplant because he is HIV positive.
The top US diplomat for East Asia on Friday said it's not too late for the Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK) to return to international nuclear disarmament talks and urged the country to fulfill its obligations to end its nuclear programs.
A man faces criminal mischief charges after he allegedly defecated on a downtown Elgin sidewalk and smeared feces on the door of a building.
A senior official in the volatile Russian province of Ingushetia was shot dead on Friday, police said, in the latest high-profile killing in the mainly Muslim North Caucasus.
Judy Chu was sworn in as the first Chinese-American Congresswoman in US history here on Thursday.
Ailing former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, a Nobel laureate, has been put on a respirator because of complications from pneumonia but is not in "immediate danger," hospital officials said Thursday.
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