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South Africa's government will appeal Oscar Pistorius' six-year murder sentence because it was ``shockingly lenient’’, state prosecutors said on Thursday....

  Twitter Inc said it had moved permanently to suspend a number of user accounts for abuse and harassment of...

The brother of a murdered Pakistani celebrity said on Sunday he is "not embarrassed" to have killed her, as Qandeel...

  Fauzia Azeem, known on stage as Qandeel Baloch and popularly called Pakistan’s Kim Kardashian by her fans, is dead,...

  A sweeping campaign to arrest renegade military officers, soldiers and other suspects linked to a failed coup plot in...

  Three officers are confirmed dead and three others wounded after a shooting in Baton Rouge, the United States (U.S.),...

Some 2,839 soldiers, including high-ranking officers, have been arrested after an attempted coup that is now over, says Turkey's PM...

Friday night's coup attempt was a black mark on Turkish democracy but the nation has given the "best response" to...

Thousands of civilians take to the streets to protest against the coupists in Istanbul, Turkey...on Friday night.

After a night of explosions, gunfire and tanks rolling along the streets, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Turkey on Saturday...

  Turkey's military said on Friday it had seized power but President Tayyip Erdogan vowed that the attempted coup would...

  British Minister for Scotland, David Mundell, said on Friday that Scotland should not hold a second referendum on independence...

  Donald Trump has chosen Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his running mate, adding political experience and conservative bona fides...

  A man was killed in southern Nepal as he tried to take a selfie with a wild elephant, Parsa...

  The parents of eight babies found dead in a house in southern Germany went on trial in Coburg on...

  Three people, including a Russian national, have stolen 70 million Taiwan dollars ($2.17 million) from 34 ATMs in Taiwan....

Global oil and shipping markets said they did not expect an immediate impact on shipping as a result of the...

  Two Italian commuter trains collided head-on Tuesday in the southern region of Puglia, killing at least 20 people and...

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) said that foreign nationals from African Union (AU) member states can now travel to Ghana...

  Theresa May is to become UK's prime minister on Wednesday evening - after David Cameron announced he would quit...