A third explosion has rocked the Turkish town of Reyhanli, but the incident was unrelated to twin blasts there that killed at least 40 people and injured dozens earlier in the day.

The Gambian government says that it has released a Muslim cleric who had been in detention for five months.

Egypt's interior minister says police have arrested members of an al-Qaeda-linked cell that plotted to carry out a suicide bombing against a Western embassy.

Reporters and photographers have been evacuated from the West Wing of the White House because of smoke from a faulty piece of equipment.

Year after year, the clock ticked by and the calendar marched forward, carrying the three women further from the real world and pulling them deeper into an isolated nightmare.

One person has been killed and three others have been injured in an accident near Taylor's Halt in KwaZulu-Natal, paramedics say.

Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has called for co-operation between farmers and farmworkers, a report says.

The Springbok Sevens suffered a shock loss at the hands of the USA in their third Pool A game of the London Sevens.

Mamelodi Sundowns have beaten Orlando Pirates to end their hopes of successfully defending their Absa Premiership crown.

An immigrant from Ghana has gone on a rampage with a pickaxe in Milan, killing a passerby and wounding four others in an apparently random attack, police say.