Lockerbie bomber Megrahi dies
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, the only person convicted over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing over Scotland in which 270 people were killed, has died, says his brother.
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, the only person convicted over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing over Scotland in which 270 people were killed, has died, says his brother.
A Yemeni soldier blew himself up in the middle of an army battalion in Sanaa, killing 96 troops.
Robert Mugabe told a former minister that he wants to retire but fears his party will disintegrate.
Panicked people rushed into the streets when a powerful earthquake struck northern Italy.
Zimbabwe's justice minister said that reports of torture against political activists were "lies".
Senior US, South Korean and Japanese officials have begun talks on North Korea amid new concerns.
Nationalist Tomislav Nikolic has pulled off a surprise victory in the Serbian presidential polls.
Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng praised Beijing's "restraint and calm" after his US flight.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he was no longer "a hard-charging horse of before".
An autopsy report on Trayvon Martin revealed that there were traces of marijuana in his body.
A Sri Lankan man is to undergo surgery after his wife bit off his penis during a row, a doctor said.
Syria's regime forces fired on protesters who took to the streets of Aleppo on Friday.Zimbabwe's justice minister said that reports of torture against political activists were "lies".
"It's rude, it's crude, it's disrespectful, it's racist," the ANC's Gwede Mantashe said.
Helen Zille says the Western Cape aims to draw a tenth of its power from renewable sources by 2014.
Khulubuse Zuma reportedly owes the eThekwini metro police R28 950 in outstanding traffic fines.
Acting police chief Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi says he signed a notice of suspension for Richard Mdluli.
Derek Hanekom has reportedly asked businessman Cyril Ramaphosa to run for president.
A penguin on the run from a Tokyo aquarium has given Japan's well-equipped coastguard the slip.
If you're ready for a zombie attack, then you're ready for just about anything a campaign says.
A mugger who attacked a woman in Japan fled empty-handed... and with part of one finger missing.
Police are hunting for a gang of street robbers who throw faeces at their victims to distract them.
