'You should be afraid of me': S.Africa's MalemaSouth Africa's fiery young politician Julius Malema told a rally of his new party on Sunday that a "giant" has been born which should be feared and will fight for the poor.
Online video use surges: US surveyAmericans are using the Internet more for video, both to post their own snippets and to view videos of others.
12 October 2013
Prehistoric Brazil artifacts star in exhibit, spark debateIt's no secret humans have been having sex for millennia -- but recently discovered cave art suggests they were doing it in the Americas much earlier than many archeologists believed.
Typhoon Fitow slams into ChinaTyphoon Fitow barrelled into China's east coast early Monday, packing winds of more than 200 kilometres an hour after hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated.
07 October 2013
44 dead as Egypt Islamists try to galvanise protestsAt least 44 people were killed in clashes between Islamists and police in Egypt on Sunday, as thousands of the military's supporters marked the anniversary of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.
07 October 2013
Japan dolphin-killing town to open marine parkThe Japanese town made infamous by the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove", will open a marine mammal park where visitors can swim with dolphins, but will not end its annual slaughter.
07 October 2013
Malala picks up another award as Nobel beckonsMalala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' schooling, added another award to a growing list on Friday.
06 October 2013
Protesters clash with police in Mexico City demoProtesters clashed with riot police in Mexico City on Wednesday, leaving dozens injured as thousands of people marched to mark the anniversary of the 1968 massacre of students.
Survey finds US Jews losing their religionJews in the United States are overwhelmingly proud to be Jewish, yet nearly one in five of them describe themselves as having no religion.
01 October 2013
Thousands of Romanians protest Canadian mine plansThousands of people marched against a Canadian company's plans to open Europe's largest gold mine at Rosia Montana, in what has become one of the longest-running protests in post-communist Romania.
Malaysian protesters rail against security proposalAround 30 people protested Monday against a Malaysian parliamentary proposal that critics say allows detention without trial, denouncing it as a broken promise by the government to scrap oppressive laws.
Indonesia to host Miss World final despite Muslim angerThe Miss World final takes place on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Saturday after weeks of protests from Muslim hardliners and warnings that extremists could attack the pageant.
26 September 2013
Pakistan quake death toll nears 350The death toll from a huge earthquake in southwest Pakistan this week has soared to around 350 people with more than 500 injured, officials said Thursday, among fears the toll could still rise.
26 September 2013
Naked protest as Spanish king undergoes hip operationSpain's King Juan Carlos underwent a hip-replacement operation Tuesday, his eighth operation in just three years, but this time with the spectacle of a naked protester outside his Madrid hospital.