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South African official hints country is looking to source more of its oil imports from Nigeria instead of Iran.

South African president Jacob Zuma's attempt to have The Spear banned received a set-back after a judge said a ban would be difficult to implement.

Human Rights activists seek to prevent Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifa from attending London 2012 Olympics.

Nigerian officials dismiss US plans to include Boko Haram on its watch list of foreign terrorist organisations.

Gina Rinehart, an Australian mining tycoon has leap-frogged Walmart heiress Christy Walton as the world's richest woman with a daily income of £32m.

The inquiry revealed Fred Michel's communications with Jeremy Hunt's aide included 191 phone calls, 158 emails and 799 texts between January 2010 and July 2011.

In a rare case of “vehicle versus pedestrian traffic collision” in the city of Burbank in Los Angeles County in Southern California, a 101 year old man was killed by a 91 year old woman driver on Tuesday.

A clay seal found during an excavation in Jerusalem is said to be the first and only object to have the mention of Bethlehem outside Bible. Bethlehem is cited as the birth place of Jesus Christ in the Bible.

Violence surged in the streets of Tel Aviv as a 1000-strong protest launch 'pogrom' against African immigrants seeking asylum in Israel.

A 45-year-old man known as Park first person to be chemically castrated in South Korea.

Opposition leaders Sergei Udaltsov and Alexi Navlny freed after serving 15-day prison sentences for roles in anti-Putin inauguration rally.

NASA has created more than 1,600 other products in computer technology, environment and agriculture, health and medicine, public safety, transportation, recreation, and industrial productivity.

During transition, people on earth will see Venus as a small dot gliding slowly across the sun.

Scientists from Technion-Israel Institute of Technology come up with breakthrough technique.

Plane reportedly carried nuclear negotiator at the time of Bush administration Joseph Di Trani and current National Security Council advisor to President Barack Obama Sydney Seiler.

Attack took place in tribal region, near Afghan border in North Waziristan, hub of mlitant activity.

Israeli defence minister Ehud Barak says his country would not seek anybody's consent if it perceives the nuclear threat from Iran as real.

The dog-bite victim is receiving treatment in a London hospital but officials rule out risk to the general public.

EU leaders ask Greece to commit itself to austerity and stay the course on reforms.

Talks focus on threat perception of Tehran's present enrichment-level uranium.

Largest package of military aid to Israel to be discussed at US Senate Committee

Saudi Arabia has pledged $3.25bn in aid to Yemen as fears mount that Al-Qaida is gaining foothold in country.

A toddler had a narrow escape after they he pedalled his toy trike down a hectic major city road in Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province.

Injuring or even killing animal poachers in India's state of Maharashtra will no longer be a crime.

Secret Service boss rejects accusations that his officers' involvement in a prostitution scandal in Colombia has put President Obama's life in danger.

Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah called for calm after the kidnapping of 13 Shia Muslims in Syria's northern province of Aleppo.

United States fails to make the top ten happiest countries in the world, while countries like Australia, Israel and all of the Scandinavian nations do. Denmark is the happiest country in 2012.

Egyptians are heading to the polls for their first free presidential elections, 15 months after mass protests ousted former leader Hosni Mubarak.

Egyptians have begun casting their votes to elect the first president since the fall of former leader Hosni Mubarak. The ballot will be the first real presidential election to take place in the country.