Thousands of people from all walks of life converged at South Africa's Union Building to witness President Jacob Zuma's inauguration on Saturday.
Support for Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has fallen to its lowest point since his November election victory, while a change of leader has seen opposition hopes surge, a poll showed on Monday.
Joe Biden has a “bad habit” of telling voters what he thinks, he told a gymnasium full of Montana supporters recently.
Ivo Zdarek was a month into his new posting as Czech ambassador to Pakistan.
Canada's farm minister has apologized for making tasteless jokes about a fatal listeriosis outbreak and saying he hoped it had killed off his main political rival.
A Spanish politician's public description of how he lost his virginity in a brothel has angered his female counterparts, who accused him of encouraging prostitution.
The mother of a Marine who witnesses say covered a grenade with his body to save comrades in Iraq plans to appeal to Congress to award her son the nation's highest military honor after learning it was denied by Defense Secretary Robert Gates because of questions about his final act.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates is the richest person in the United States for the 15th year in a row, but economic woes have claimed some members of Forbes magazine ranking of the 400 wealthiest Americans.
The wife of Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama has been given a dramatic makeover by a US sculptor.
Israel's foreign minister won a narrow victory early Thursday to be head of the country's governing party, giving her the chance to be the nation's first female leader in 34 years and sending a message that peace talks with the Palestinians could likely continue.
The world's oldest man celebrated his 113th birthday on Thursday, telling reporters at his home in southern Japan about his joyful life and healthy appetite.
Hackers broke into the Yahoo! e-mail account that US Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin used for official business as Alaska's governor.
Steve Oswald isn't getting back the $156.94 he charged the city for cleaning a public bathroom. However, he did get the attention of city officials who promised to take better care of the bathroom — and honored his efforts Tuesday with the Golden Plunger Award.
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