South Africa yesterday charged extradited British businessman Shrien Dewani with ordering his wife's murder during their 2010 honeymoon in Cape Town and remanded him to a psychiatric hospital. After losing a three-year extradition fight, Dewani, 34, ...

Rwanda yesterday told France to face up to the "difficult truth" of its role in the 1994 genocide, amid a major diplomatic spat between the two on the eve of commemorations marking the 20th anniversary of the killings. The French government has decided to ...

Nigeria's claiming of the title of Africa's biggest economy is being shrugged off by South African economists, who say their nation remains the driving force of the continent. The change came on Sunday after the Nigerian government announced a ...

Kumar Sangakkara shone in his 20-over International swansong to help Sri Lanka break their jinx and lift a maiden World Twenty20 title with a comfortable six-wicket victory over former champions India on Sunday. The departing duo of Sangakkara (52 not ...

A new version of the final words supposedly spoken in the cockpit of missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 before it vanished from radar has been released by Malaysia on Tuesday. The new manuscript now appears to show that the final words from the flight ...

Leaders protective of their power have no love of a free media or open public debate. Silencing critics or potential opponents through censorship becomes an obsession. But the deep penetration of social media into the everyday life of increasingly ...

Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel and swimming star Missy Franklin were named Laureus sportsman and woman of the year on Wednesday night in a ceremony in Kuala Lumpur that was tinged with tragedy over the MH370 plane disaster.

North Korea reportedly test-fired two medium-range ballistic missiles today in a challenge to a rare three-way summit of its rivals Seoul, Tokyo and Washington which focused on the North's security threat. The launch of the Rodong missiles, the first time since ...

US President Barack Obama yesterday vowed Western unity in punishing Moscow, as Ukraine ordered its outnumbered troops to withdraw from Crimea after the peninsula's seizure and annexation by Russia. The dramatic but seemingly inevitable ...

Malaysia appealed for help from countries with radar and satellite data yesterday as the unprecedented search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet expanded, with Australia, China, Indonesia and Kazakhstan deploying military and civilian resources.

Paris authorities are making public transport free for three days to encourage drivers to leave their vehicles behind due to severe pollution caused by unusually warm weather. The French capital has been under maximum pollution alert for days, and the air is ...

Russia has taken us back to imperialism by occupying a neighbouring country, but is Moscow's support for a vote for Crimeans to determine their own destiny such a terrible idea? It is if you're the government of China. Some misplaced arguments contend that ...

Frustration over Malaysia's handling of the search for a missing airliner is growing amid conflicting accounts surrounding the biggest aviation mystery in recent history. At a delayed press briefing yesterday, an array of officials from various agencies failed to ...

A major air and sea search was underway as darkness fell Saturday night following the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 239 people. The aircraft relayed no distress signal, indications of bad weather or technical problems before vanishing ...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said his government was breaking diplomatic relations with Panama after the country called a meeting of North and Latin American nations over protests in Caracas. Writing on Twitter, Panama President Ricardo ...

An Uygur community in Kunming has been placed under heavy police presence after a gory attack at the city's main railway station by knife-wielding assailants left 29 civilians dead and more than 140 injured on Saturday night. Residents of Dashuying, a ...

Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew was fined and warned by his club after he was sent off for headbutting a Hull City player while Chelsea and Liverpool claimed convincing away wins in the Premier League on Saturday. Pardew was fined £100,000 ...

The once dominant virtual currency exchange Mt Gox, now a shadow of its former self, was keeping silent over the theft and mismanagement of US$350 million worth of bitcoins as its website went offline yesterday. A price rout followed as major industry ...

Venezuela's opposition has agreed to meet President Nicolas Maduro as anti-government protesters and security forces clashed in Caracas for an 11th straight night. Governor Henrique Capriles, standing with the wife of jailed opposition leader Leopoldo ...

The relationship between Facebook and WhatsApp started in the spring 2012 over coffee at a German bakery. It was consummated on Valentine's Day with chocolate-covered strawberries, after just five days of talks. Facebook, the world's largest online social ...