Category : LIFE & STYLE

 Ahmed Mansour was sentenced in his absence at an Egyptian court in 2014 after being accused of torturing a lawyer in Tahrir Square in 2011...

OPINION By Greg Mills The fact Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir could snub an arrest warrant on his trip to South Africa is a symptom of...

New research has added to tentative evidence that eating chocolate in modest quantities may be good for the heart, its investigators say. Scientists in Britain...

by MARY CHASTAIN Authorities in Enugu State, Nigeria, discovered a “baby factory” and have arrested owner Ikechukwu Onoh during a raid. The “factory” consisted of nine pregnant...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has been condemned by Human Rights Watch for “flagrant human rights abuses” during his first year in power. The Obama...

The World Food Programme (WFP) has said that the funding for its cash and voucher assistance is facing a severe shortfall with a complete break...

Record-breaker Xavi Hernandez says it will be tough to leave Barcelona after lifting the Champions League trophy on his final appearance in the famous strip....

Serena Williams will have two obstacles in her path in Saturday’s French Open final in Paris – her opponent Lucie Safarova and a nasty dose...

After nearly two years of frustration, several hundred American families now have reason to hope that children they are adopting from Congo may finally be...

Pastor Kayanja (C) introduces Jackie Parker to President Museveni Written by Samson Baranga huge crowd of youths turned up on Friday at Mandela National stadium,...

  Tunis (AFP) – Tunisia, birthplace of the Arab Spring, faces a dilemma as it struggles to reconcile national security and media freedom in a...

Ceremony to be held on Clifton beach, Cape Town, near recently discovered wreck site of Portuguese ship which went down with slaves on board  ...

Pictured (L to R) are cyclists, Colette Kon, Trudy Lennon and Sylvia Scullion, with legal entrepreneur, Chris Newton, whose firm, Newtons Solicitors, is supporting their...

DON SAWATZKY / UNDER THE SAME SUN Mwigulu Matanange survived a machete assault by a poacher and lost his arm in the struggle. By: Emily...

Elderly men who do 30 minutes of physical activity six days a week are likely to have a 40-percent lower risk of death compared to...

  Japan’s famously healthy diet emphasises a variety of fresh ingredients including raw seafood and lots of plant-based foods. Picture: THINKSTOCK IN THE past half-century,...

The African Children’s Choir enjoying the view in Sydney. Photo: Edwina Pickles Those who happened by Mrs Macquarie’s Point on Wednesday were treated to the...

AFP Photo/Jekesai Njikizana  by FRANCES MARTEL A new study on typhoid fever, an infection spread through unsanitary food and water, and prominent in parts of Asia...

The journalist Mohamed Fahmy, who faces a retrial in Egypt on terrorism charges, says he has filed a lawsuit in Canada against his employer, Al...

Gambia has released the former head of naval staff after the Supreme Court overturned his conviction of treason and conspiring to overthrow the West African...