India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a lower court’s ruling that had decriminalized gay sex, a surprise setback for the gay-rights movement in this largely conservative country. In 2009, the…

International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane arrived in Paris, France, yesterday morning, 04 December 2013, where she is leading a South African Government delegation to the France-Africa Summit taking…

The United Nations officials see the launch of the much-anticipated deployment of unmanned surveillance drones in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as a major game-changer. The primary role…

France has provided maps from its archives on African borders to the African Union. France was one of the top colonisers of Africa and was involved in creating borders of…

She’s about to become one of the most influential financial leaders in the world, but a classmate who sat in front of Janet Yellen at Brooklyn’s Ft. Hamilton HS says…

Some 1,000 anti-government protesters in Bangkok have broken into the compound of the Royal Thai Army headquarters in their bid to topple the current government. The largely non-violent action has…

A court ruling that the SA Police Service (SAPS) can investigate alleged Zimbabwean crimes against humanity was described as a landmark decision on Wednesday. “The court’s decision makes it clear…

South Africa’s top appeals court on Wednesday ordered the police to investigate Zimbabwean officials who are accused of carrying out torture in the neighbouring country. The case was brought before…

Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo were Tuesday on the offensive against youth gangs in the capital, long accused of robbing, beating up and even murdering residents, police said….

Two American B-52 bombers flew over a disputed area of the East China Sea without informing Beijing, challenging China’s claims to an expanded air defense zone, officials said Tuesday. The…