PARIS, Apr 1 – France's new Prime Minister Manuel Valls faced a delicate balancing act Tuesday as he set about forming a new government tasked with reviving the economy and reining in public finances. President Francois Hollande nominated the ...

PRETORIA, March 28- The judge overseeing Oscar Pistorius's murder trial on Friday adjourned the case for more than a week just before the star Paralympian was expected to take the stand for the first time because a senior court official was sick. “One of my ...

PRETORIA, March 28- The judge overseeing Oscar Pistorius's murder trial on Friday adjourned the case for more than a week just before the star Paralympian was expected to take the stand for the first time because a senior court official was sick. “One of my ...

PRETORIA, Mar 17 – Oscar Pistorius was in the process of buying six guns at the time he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, more than usually allowed under South African law, his murder trial heard on Monday. Gun licenser Sean Rens testified that ...

JOHANNESBURG, Mar 7 – South Africa and Rwanda issued tit-for-tit diplomatic expulsions on Friday, as a row escalated over the attempted assassination of an exiled Rwandan general in Johannesburg. Kigali expelled eight South African diplomats, after ...

VIDIC-HURT MILAN, March 5- Italian giants Inter Milan on Wednesday confirmed that Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic will join the club this summer. No details of the length of contract agreed with the 32-year-old Serbian defender were revealed.

HARARE, Mar 3 – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has thrown his weight behind Uganda's draconian anti-gay laws and hinted at a crackdown on gays in his own country, state media reported Monday. He castigated the West for punishing Kampala ...

RONALDO-ATLETICO MADRID, March 2 – Cristiano Ronaldo equalised eight minutes from time as Real Madrid remained on top of La Liga thanks to a pulsating 2-2 draw against Atletico Madrid at the Vicente Calderon. Karim Benzema had fired Real into a ...

MAIDUGURI, Mar 2 – At least 35 people were killed following two explosions in a crowded neighbourhood of Nigeria's restless northeastern city of Maiduguri, a stronghold of Boko Haram Islamists, police said Sunday. “We are still counting. So far we have ...

NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 27 – Kenyans visiting South Sudan will from now apply for visas at border control points following a deal struck by President Uhuru Kenyatta during his visit to Juba on Wednesday. President Salva Kiir agreed to a request that Kenyans ...

Kano Feb 25- Suspected Boko Haram Islamists killed 29 people on Tuesday when they opened fire on secondary school students as they slept in a dormitory, the latest school massacre in Nigeria's troubled northeast, security forces said. Gunmen stormed the ...

MEXICO CITY, Feb 24 – US authorities announced plans to seek the extradition of Mexico's most powerful drug lord after his capture in a US-backed operation that included a drone, cellphone intercepts and elite Mexican marines. As prosecutors in New York ...

MOGADISHU, Feb 13 – At least six people were killed and many others wounded on Thursday in a bombing near the entrance of Mogadishu's heavily-guarded airport complex, Somali police said. “At least six people, most of them civilians, died in the car ...