Prime Minister David Cameron came under growing pressure on Sunday to halt Rupert Murdoch's bid for pay-TV operator BSkyB, at least until an investigation into phone-hacking at the media magnate's newspapers has been completed.
Israel recognised South Sudan on Sunday, offering the new state economic help after it seceded from the mainly Arab Muslim north, which has no relations with the Jewish state.
Thousands of thrill-seekers have run with the bulls on a crowded fourth day at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona. Eight people were injured but no one was gored.
The UN Security Council urged all parties in the Central African Republic (CAR) to take the "necessary measures" to address electoral issues so that the region can work towards national reconciliation, said a Council's press statement issued here Thursday.
The United Nations is sparing no effort to assist the Central African Republic (CAR) in confronting serious challenges, including poverty, corruption and impunity, the Secretary-General's Special Representative in the country told the Security Council here Thursday.
As a nationwide strike by metal workers in South Africa entered its fourth day on Thursday there were reports of violence in industrial areas east of Johannesburg.
Here are the main events in the long-running phone-hacking scandal which brought down the 168-year old News of the World tabloid on Thursday.
The Murdoch media empire unexpectedly jettisoned the News of the World Thursday after a public backlash over the illegal guerrilla tactics it used to expose the rich, the famous and the royal and remain Britain's best-selling Sunday newspaper.
Monaco's new princess took a break from her South African wedding reception Thursday to share a kiss with her prince for the cameras.
In an astonishing response to a scandal engulfing his media empire, Rupert Murdoch shut down the News of the World on Thursday, Britain's biggest selling Sunday newspaper. Timeline: New hacking revelations
A large section of the roof of a football stadium collapsed during off-season construction work Thursday, killing one person and leaving 10 hospitalized.
A controversial IVF lottery will launch in Britain this month giving prospective parents the chance to win thousands of pounds towards expensive fertility treatments in top clinics.
Polar icebreaker Snow Dragon arrives in Antarctic
Xi's vision on shared future for humanity
UN's top environmental honors go to three in China
German trains collide near Duesseldorf, several people injured
China beats Germany 7-4 in men's curling Olympic qualification
Bayern beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 in UEFA Champions League
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