South Africa

A 1.6km-wide tornado has churned through the Oklahoma City suburbs, destroying homes for the second day in a row.

US President Barack Obama will be heading to South Africa as part of his first major African tour since taking office, the White House says.

Real Madrid president, Florentino Perez has said that Jose Mourinho was not sacked, after he confirmed Mourinho's exit from the club.

A SA Revenue Service tax auditor was unhappy over having to reverse her tax assessment of Durban businesswoman Shauwn Mpisane, the Durban Regional Court has heard.

Almost R1bn in financial compensation has been paid to land claimants in the last financial year, the department of land reform says.

The Constitutional Court will hear argument on the arrest of a motorist who did not stop at a roadblock because he feared the officers were impostors.

An opposition leader, rights activist and long-time dissident in Syria's rebel-held city of Raqa has been abducted, a watchdog says.

Unilever has claimed bragging rights to the most-watched internet commercial of all time - a three-minute study of women's self-perception that stars a forensic artist.

Tighter state control over the sale of minerals will not only hit Amplats and Implats, but also scare foreign investors, says Zimbabwe's mining chamber.

Perched at the tip of an Arctic barrier reef in harsh northwestern Alaska, a tiny village took on big oil for causing the climate change that is eroding its shores, but has lost its court fight.