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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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›

CAN THULISILE MADONSELA SAVE SOUTH AFRICA FROM ITSELF

Madonsela was appointed South Africa's public protector by Zuma himself in 2009 and is used to controversy... 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›

WEAK POWER GRIDS IN AFRICA STUNT ECONOMIES AND FIRE UP TEMPERS

South Africa, which has the continent's only nuclear power plant, has around half of sub-Saharan Africa's power generating capacity, roughly 44 gigawatts... 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›

PROTESTING STUDENTS CLASH WITH POLICE IN SOUTH AFRICA

South African police have used tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades against students protesting for free education in Johannesburg... READ MORE›

FIRST BLACK LEADER OF SOUTH AFRICAS OPPOSITION SEEKS TO UNSEAT THE ANC

He grew up in Soweto, South Africa's best-known black township, his father working for a company that makes locks and his mother as a cashier... 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›

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›

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›

JACOB ZUMA CALLS FOR ANC UNITY, ADMITS MISTAKES

President Jacob Zuma calls for end to ANC infighting as South Africa's ruling party marks 105 years since its formation... READ MORE›

STUDENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA PROTEST SLOW PACE OF CHANGE

Mr. Mahapa 23 grew up in a village with only black South Africans and he graduated at the top of his high school class... 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›

ANC SUFFERS MAJOR ELECTION SETBACK IN SOUTH AFRICA

Under its first black party leader, Mmusi Maimane, since last year, the Democratic Alliance appears to have made inroads even in A.N.C... READ MORE›

HOW A UK POP SONG HELPED FREE ICON

'Free Nelson Mandela' was effective for two reasons, Gambaccini said... 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 AFRICA'S ANC MARKS 105 YEARS AMID DEEP DIVISIONS

South Africa's ruling African National Congress is marking 105 years since it was formed but there are deep divisions in the ranks of Africa's oldest liberation movement... READ MORE›

SOWETO UPRISING 40 YEARS ON: THE IMAGE THAT SHOCKED THE WORLD

But Zongezile Makhubo insists that, despite all the problems facing South Africa and Soweto 40 years after the uprising, he is hopeful... 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›

ALLISTER SPARKS, DAUNTLESS SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNALIST, DIES AT 83

Allister Haddon Sparks was born in Cathcart, in South Africa's Eastern Cape province, on March 10, 1933... READ MORE›

HARRY POTTER ACTOR ROBBIE COLTRANE RUSHED TO HOSPITAL AFTER SUFFERING SEVERE FLU SYMPTOMS ON FLIGHT

It's mixed feelings, which is something we've gotten used to as South Africans, Makue told The Associated Press in a telephone interview... READ MORE›

SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE USE FORCE TO DISPERSE ANTI-IMMIGRATION PROTESTERS

A statement issued by President Jacob Zuma's office said South Africans should not blame all crime on foreign nationals... READ MORE›

AHMED KATHRADA, ANTI-APARTHEID ACTIVIST, DIES

Ahmed Kathrada was one of South Africa's revered anti-apartheid activists... READ MORE›

THE LEAFLET BOMBERS: THE BRITISH RECRUITS WHO FOUGHT APARTHEID FROM WITHIN

He would also tell them that they should not socialise with black South Africans so as not to arouse suspicion... READ MORE›