AT LEAST THREE DEAD AND 10 HURT AFTER PASSENGER TRAIN DERAILS IN ITALY

At least three people have been killed and 10 seriously injured after an eight-car passenger train derailed on the outskirts of Milan, Italy... READ MORE›

SERIAL KILLER ROBERT PICKTON FILMED ADMITTING TO 49 MURDERS SAYS HE 'WANTED TO DO ONE MORE'

Serial killer Robert Pickton filmed admitting to 49 murders says he 'wanted to do one more'... READ MORE›

SKIERS FILMED TRAPPED IN WILDLY SWINGING CHAIRLIFT AS STORM ELEANOR SWEEPS ACROSS EUROPE

Storm Eleanor has swept across northern Europe, killing at least four people and cutting power to tens of thousands of homes... READ MORE›

FOUR DEAD IN NEW YEAR SHOOTING IN NEW JERSEY

A New York apartment fire killed at least 12 people, including a baby, with four more critically injured... READ MORE›

'PEOPLE WERE SCREAMING': EYEWITNESSES DESCRIBE WORST NEW YORK CITY APARTMENT FIRE IN DECADES

New York Fire latest Witnesses of Bronx apartment block blaze describe hearing residents screaming... READ MORE›

CCTV SHOWS SUSPECTED ST PETERSBURG SUPERMARKET BOMBING SUSPECT

Russia's President Vladimir Putin called the bombing an act of terrorism... READ MORE›

COUPLE AND TWO YOUNG CHILDREN FOUND DEAD IN NEW YORK BASEMENT WITH THROATS SLASHED IN 'POSSIBLE QUADRUPLE HOMICIDE'

A couple and two young children have been found dead in a basement in Troy, New York State with their throats slashed... READ MORE›

WOMAN ARRESTED AFTER KNIFE PULLED DURING MASS BRAWL AT CHRISTMAS TOY GIVEAWAY

Police in Detroit reportedly made the arrest after the fight broke out the City's Town Centre Mall on Saturday... READ MORE›

FIVE KILLED AFTER MOSCOW BUS DRIVES INTO PEDESTRIAN UNDERPASS

Moscow bus drives into pedestrian underpass, killing five... READ MORE›

FAMILY 'ASKED TO TAKE 'OFFENSIVE' JESUS SIGN DOWN FROM CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS BY NEIGHBOUR'

Mark and Lynn Wivell said their homeowner's association had made the request after they put up the display outside their home in Adams County, Pennsylvania... READ MORE›

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A MAN WAS KILLED YESTERDAY IN A HORRIFYING ATTACK YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT

He had travelled to New York before the weekend and had been staying in a Manhattan hotel in anticipation of the attack, police said... READ MORE›

REALITY CHECK: TRUMP'S VIEW OF STATE OF BLACK AMERICA REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WRONG

But in 1921, marauding white mobs, some dropping dynamite from airplanes, killed scores of black people... READ MORE›

CALL TO REMOVE GANDHI STATUE OVER 'RACIST VIEWS'

The truth about the South African Gandhi is uncomfortable, Desai said... READ MORE›

ANTI-APARTHEID ICON AHMED KATHRADA DIES

Kathrada, beloved by millions of South Africans, spent 26 years in jail, many of them alongside Nelson Mandela... READ MORE›

GERMAN SUPERMARKET CHAIN EDEKA RELEASES TEARJERKER OF A CHRISTMAS AD

And they seem to agree with this, because then it cuts to a happy family dinner... READ MORE›

MEN THINK THEY DO EQUAL WORK AT HOME WHEN FACTS SHOW OTHERWISE

Men, it seems - despite doing less work than their female partners - feel quite confident that they're in equal relationships... READ MORE›

PROTESTS OVER BLACK GIRLS' HAIR REKINDLE DEBATE ABOUT RACISM IN SOUTH AFRICA

Outrage over the Pretoria girls' claims is part of a broader debate that has gained traction in South Africa in the past year... READ MORE›

FIDEL CASTRO, A SOUTH AFRICAN HERO

Angola survived in large part because Cuba sent its soldiers to give their lives for the freedom of the people of Angola, Namibia and South Africa... READ MORE›

MIDDELBURG: PROTESTS OVER SOUTH AFRICA COFFIN ASSAULT

Hundreds of South Africans condemned the white men's behaviour on social media under the hashtag coffinAlive... READ MORE›

SA APARTHEID ASSASSIN GIVEN PAROLE

Related Stories South African apartheid-era death squad commander Eugene de Kock has been granted parole after 20 years in jail... READ MORE›

USING SOUTH AFRICAS VERSION OF THE N-WORD MAY SOON MEAN JAIL TIME

JOHANNESBURG -- After thieves broke into her car, a white South African motorist lashed out at the responding black police officers... READ MORE›

De Klerk, South Africa's last white president, but neither of them alluded to the Dalai Lama... READ MORE›

REMEMBERING THE ANTI-APARTHEID GIANT AHMED KATHRADA

OPINION The Mandela legacy Jacob Zuma's absence Noticeably absent from the funeral was South African president Jacob Zuma... READ MORE›

JOHN LOWE GUILTY OF FARNHAM PUPPY FARM MURDERS

John Lowe, 82, from Farnham, denied the murders and a firearms charge, claiming the deaths of Christine Lee, and Lucy Lee were a terrible accident ... READ MORE›

SOUTH AFRICA: WHITE MEN IN COURT OVER COFFIN ATTACK

The degrading attack sparked demonstrations and caused outrage on social media with hundreds of South Africans condemning the men's behaviour under the hashtag coffinAlive... READ MORE›

SOUTH AFRICA BARS AMERICAN PASTOR WHO CALLS GAY PEOPLE 'PERVERTS'

After the outcry from the LGBT community, Anderson said he didn't plan to focus on the issue of homosexuality while in South Africa... READ MORE›

15 OF NELSON MANDELA'S MOST INSPIRING QUOTES

Mandela Day 15 of Nelson Mandela's most inspiring quotes... READ MORE›

ROBERT MUGABE ISN'T SLEEPING WHEN HE CLOSES HIS EYES DURING MEETINGS, SPOKESMAN SAYS

If you happen to spot Robert Mugabe with his eyes closed for long periods during a high-level meeting, don't worry... READ MORE›

WHITE SCHOOLS VS BLACK HAIR

Until we dismantle the continued white domination of post-apartheid South Africa, Mr. Mandela's children will not find freedom in the Rainbow Nation... READ MORE›

ROBERT PITTENGER SLAMMED OVER CHARLOTTE PROTESTS REMARK

Charlotte police have said that Scott was shot to death on Tuesday by a black officer after he disregarded loud, repeated warnings to drop a gun... READ MORE›

THE ANC IS MANDELA'S LEGACY. NOW HIS GRANDDAUGHTER HAS RENOUNCED SOUTH AFRICA'S RULING PARTY.

Ndileka Mandela, the eldest granddaughter of the late former South African president, arrives at the Johannesburg Magistrates Court in 2015... READ MORE›

'FEAR' IN US HOSTAGE'S LETTER HOME

Share this page A video released onto the internet claims to show that Islamic State militants have killed the captured US aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig... READ MORE›

JACOB ZUMA DROPS BID TO BLOCK CORRUPTION REPORT

The surprise move on Wednesday came as thousands of people began to take to the streets of the administrative capital, Pretoria, to demand his departure... READ MORE›

'I'M BLIND, I NEED MY CANE'

John, a former civil servant, told the Irish Sun that the family 'have been treated worse than animals'... READ MORE›

PARIS MAYOR CALLS FOR BLACK-FEMINIST FESTIVAL BAN

Social media users slam mayor's call for a ban as attempt to prevent black feminists from organising against racism... READ MORE›

HOW A UK POP SONG HELPED FREE ICON

'Free Nelson Mandela' was effective for two reasons, Gambaccini said... READ MORE›

REMEMBER THAT TIME YOU WERE A PERFECT PARENT EVERY MINUTE?

Or that afternoon when my entire extended family lost my cousin's young daughter at the beach... READ MORE›

CHINESE COMMUNITY JOINS S. AFRICANS IN MARKING MANDELA DAY BY HELPING THE POOR

The Chinese community in Cape Town joined South Africans on Tuesday in marking the Nelson Mandela International Day by helping the poor... READ MORE›

SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE AND ANTI-ZUMA PROTESTERS CLASH IN PRETORIA

South African police and anti-Zuma protesters clash in Pretoria... READ MORE›

S AFRICA PHOTOS SHOW MEYIWA SUSPECTS

Related Stories South African police have released composite images of two men suspected of killing national football captain Senzo Meyiwa... READ MORE›