A British woman could face the death penalty in Indonesia after being arrested for allegedly smuggling crystal methamphetamine into the country.

“For me, he is like (former French president) Francois Mitterrand or Pope John Paul II. I never said this to journalists before, but this is what I think.”

Nigeria's military imposed a round-the-clock curfew in parts of the northeastern city of Maiduguri, the home base of Boko Haram Islamists.

The office of Syria's deputy foreign minister says gunmen have abducted his elderly father in the southern Daraa province.

Ridwan Mia has probably realised many of his life-long dreams. But there is still one thing he wants to accomplish.

The Energy Office has put together a detailed list that people can use this winter to save energy and reduce their bills.

Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt, who is in jail for arms possession, is being held in a cell built for militants where he cannot see daylight.

A 12-year-old girl has been found after she went missing two weeks ago in Mpumalanga, police said.

“I caused the accident when I lost control of my vehicle, and the family lost their loved one… Please understand and believe me that I had no reason or intention to harm you or anyone.”

Guptagate is but the latest scandal for a government that seems skilled in generating media fodder, writes Stefan Gilbert.

Electioneering ahead of the 2014 general elections is already in full swing in the hotly contested Western Cape.

Elderly residents at a retirement centre on the beachfront have become prisoners in their own homes.

A lecturer at a university in Zimbabwe has been jailed for labelling President Robert Mugabe “a rotten old donkey,” lawyers said.

Plans to screen a documentary about a corrupt apartheid deal at a fringe event during the Franschhoek Literary Festival were halted.

While a fresh wave of gang warfare rocks the Cape, alleged senior leader of the 28s gang Ernie “Lastig” Solomons has “skipped” the country, bound for Cannes.

An agreement that saw cleaners forgive their tormenters after the infamous racist Reitz video five years ago, was left hanging by a thread.

The HPCSA) wants Mveleli Namgamso Gqwede, who came under fire for allegedly misappropriating funds meant for Bara TV, to stop using the title “Dr” because he is no longer fit to use it.

A grey cloud hung over a scrapyard after the killing of a manager, whom staff fondly called "Mkhulu", outside the premises.

One of the victims of an alleged paedophile ring that operated at a circus school in the 1970s is probing the possibility of laying charges.

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“The police’s organised crime unit has narrowed down possible suspects. We are feeling positive because the evidence is very good.”