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 chief privacy officer of networking Web site Facebook says he's considering running to be California's attorney general in 2010.
World record sprinter Usain Bolt of Jamaica suffered minor injuries on Wednesday when he crashed his BMW sports car on the outskirts of his Caribbean homeland's capital, authorities said.
A special education teacher and former police officer was honored by US President Barack Obama at the White House on Tuesday as the 2009 National Teacher of the Year.
Senior Republican Senator Arlen Specter announced Tuesday that he was becoming a Democrat, boosting US President Barack Obama's ability to drive his audacious agenda through the US Congress.
An American journalist jailed in Iran for allegedly spying for the US is vowing to remain on a hunger strike until she is freed even though she is "very weak," her father said Monday.
South Korean prosecutors will summon former President Roh Moo-hyun for questioning this week on suspicion that he took money from a detained businessman.
Sgt. Darron Mikeworth had just come out of a drug-induced coma -- his mind was still in a fog and he was so weak he could barely stand.
Marc Torchi and his family have been getting death threats since South Carolina officials blamed him for the wildfire that has causing an estimated $16 million in damage.
Australian police released a startling X-ray photograph showing that a murdered Chinese immigrant was repeatedly shot in the head with a nail gun.
First lady Michelle Obama pulled back the curtains a little bit on life in the White House, revealing that she and her staff like to sneak out to eat at fun places.
Australia's Miss Universe contest was thrown into controversy on Thursday with doctors and dieticians complaining a leading finalist was "skin and bones" and dangerously malnourished.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, known as the "banker to the poor" for making small loans in impoverished countries, is now doing business in the center of capitalism - New York City.
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