Nobody seemed to notice the huge fashion faux-pas of the new women's kit until the blunder was laid out bare for all to see. As the six athletes took to the stage in their red and yellow team colours, all eyes were drawn to the unusual nude-coloured...
June and Barry Steenkamp told NBC News of their "disbelief" that the court had believed Pistorius's version of events. Judge Thokozile Masipa found him guilty of the lesser charge of culpable homicide, saying the state had failed to prove he...
Mr Thabane fled to South Africa on Saturday after accusing the army of staging a coup, which it denies. He has been holding crisis talks with South Africa's President Jacob Zuma and other regional officials in Pretoria. Lesotho, a mountain kingdom,...
Speaking to the BBC, Thomas Thabane said he would return from South Africa, which surrounds Lesotho, "as soon as I know I am not going to get killed". Reports say the capital, Maseru, is now calm after soldiers seized buildings. The army denied...
Health Minister Felix Numbi told the BBC that tests on two people had confirmed the disease in Equateur province, where 13 had already died. But he said the deaths occurred in an isolated area and the disease seemed a different strain to West...
Dr Kent Brantly, 33, thanked supporters for their prayers at a news conference in Atlanta. Nancy Writebol, 59, was discharged on Tuesday. The two were brought to the US for treatment three weeks ago. The outbreak has killed more than 1,300 people...
The militants said the killing was revenge for US air strikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq. Foley's mother Diane said on Facebook she was proud of her son: "He gave his life trying to expose the world to the suffering of the Syrian...
Kenya was vulnerable because it was a major transport hub, with many flights from West Africa, a WHO official said. This is the most serious warning to date by the WHO that Ebola could spread to East Africa. Health experts are battling to contain...
One prisoner was killed, five were injured and two guards were also hurt. Ukrainian government artillery has been pounding areas on the outskirts of the city, held by pro-Russian separatists. Ukraine's prison service says 34 of the escaped inmates...
Gaza's only power plant was hit as Israel carried out air strikes targeting sites linked to Hamas, the Islamist group which controls Gaza. Israel intercepted rockets over central and southern parts of the country. Later, Hamas turned down a...
The rebels vowed to secure the site and allow the recovery of bodies, the Organization for the Security and Co-operation in Europe said. The plane, carrying 298 people, crashed in rebel-held territory on Thursday. The two sides in Ukraine's civil...
It turns out that Japanese football fans have a tradition of cleaning up the stadium after matches at home, a practice which the fans vigorously undertake in Brazil. “It's our tradition. Living without waste is much better,” said...
It said Ugandans involved in human rights abuses against gay people would be banned from entering the US. The White House is also cutting funds to a number of programmes it is running with the Ugandan authorities, and cancelling a military...
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Freedom From Torture said medical reports of 34 women showed many of them had been brutally gang-raped. The women - who included traders and professionals aged between 18 and 62 - are seeking asylum in the UK. Democratic Republic of Congo...
The leader of the Democratic Progressive Party urged the 11 other presidential candidates to "join me in rebuilding the country". Outgoing President Joyce Banda had alleged ballot fraud but has now admitted defeat. Malawi is one of the world's...
Speaking on the the 15th anniversary of the end of military rule, he said "international terrorism" threatened Nigeria's democratic gains. Boko Haram has waged an increasingly bloody insurgency since 2009 to create an Islamic state in Nigeria. Its...
The Bluefin-21 submersible robot had finished its search of the area and found nothing, they said. Efforts would now focus on reviewing search data, surveying the sea floor and bringing in specialist equipment. Flight MH370 went missing on 8 March...
He hailed Angelou, who has died aged 86, as "a brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman". She made her name with the memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which charted a childhood of oppression and abuse in the Deep South in...
Meriam Yehya Ibrahim Ishag married a Christian man and was sentenced to hang for apostasy earlier this month after refusing to renounce Christianity. She is allowed to nurse her baby girl for two years before the sentence is carried out. Born to a...
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