Oscar Pistorius to be moved to house arrest
Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, jailed for killing his girlfriend, is to be freed from prison to house arrest next Tuesday, a South...
Casualties feared in US Afghan mission
An unknown number of US Special Forces have been either killed or wounded in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, US officials have said.
The forces were...
Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen nominated to lead EU Commission
EU leaders have put forward their nominations for the bloc's top jobs, with a woman for the first time proposed as European Commission chief.The...
Russian hacking claims: Joe Biden tells Trump to ‘grow up’
US Vice-President Joe Biden has told President-elect Donald Trump to "grow up" and criticised his attacks on the intelligence community.
On Friday, Mr Trump will...
Samsung’s Lee to backstop engineering affiliate’s rights issue
The heir apparent of Samsung Group will buy up to 300 billion won worth of shares to be sold by affiliate Samsung Engineering Co...
Houston battles ‘unprecedented’ floods
The US city of Houston is in the grip of the biggest storm in the history of the state of Texas, officials say.
A record...
President Obama: Libya aftermath ‘worst mistake’ of presidency
US President Barack Obama has said failing to prepare for the aftermath of the ousting of Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi was the worst...
US lawmaker commits suicide over sex scandal
A lawmaker in US state of Kentucky Dan Johnson is reported to have committed suicide following reports that he sexually assaulted a woman when...
Kenyan sues quality control body after ‘condom burst’
A Kenyan man is seeking damages from the country's quality control body, the tax revenue authority and pharmaceutical company Beta Healthcare after alleging that...
World’s richest man Jeff Bezos and wife divorce
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, are to divorce after a 25-year marriage.
The pair announced the move in a joint statement on...