Girl, nine, shot and killed outside SA school
A nine-year-old girl has been shot dead in what local media are calling a "botched hijacking" outside a school in South Africa.
The incident took place outside Marklands Secondary School in Shallcross, south of Durban,...
Mamoudou Gassama: Mali ‘Spiderman’ to be made French citizen
A Malian migrant, hailed as a hero after mounting a daring rescue to save a small boy dangling from a balcony in Paris, is to be made a French citizen.
Mamoudou Gassama won widespread praise...
Italy crisis: Call to impeach president after candidate vetoed
Italy is mired in fresh political turmoil, with the president facing impeachment calls after he vetoed a choice for finance minister.
In a rare move, President Sergio Mattarella said he could not appoint the Eurosceptic...
Alan Bean, moon-walking astronaut dies at 86
Former US astronaut Alan Bean, who was the fourth man to walk on the Moon, has died in Texas aged 86, his family has said.
In later life he became an accomplished artist, producing paintings...
Raped Sudan teen challenges death sentence
Sudanese teenager Noura Hussein, who was sentenced to death for killing her husband after he allegedly raped her, has filed an appeal.
"Today, we filed an appeal in the appeals court against the lower court's...
Trump cancels Kim summit amid North Korea ‘hostility’
US President Donald Trump has cancelled a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, saying the world had "lost a great opportunity for lasting peace".
He said his decision was because of "tremendous anger and...
Nigeria troops ‘rape starving women’
Nigerian soldiers have raped women and girls who fled the insurgency by militant Islamist group Boko Haram, Amnesty International has said.
Troops separated women from their husbands and raped them, sometimes in exchange for food,...
SA president gives half his pay to Mandela charity
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that he will be donating half of his salary to charity.
Mr Ramaphosa said the gesture was aimed at encouraging the wealthy to dedicate some of their pay...
Luther King daughter attacks ex-Trump aide
The daughter of civil rights icon Martin Luther King has debunked a claim that the civil rights icon would have been "proud of" Donald Trump.
Steve Bannon - formerly President Donald Trump's top strategist -...
North Korea calls Pence comments ‘stupid’
A senior North Korean official has dismissed remarks by US Vice-President Mike Pence as "stupid", casting further uncertainty about a planned meeting between the two countries' leaders.
Choe Son-hui said Pyongyang would not "beg" for...