CAPE TOWN, Fran Blandy- Jazz icon Hugh Masekela is still mixing politics and music, warning that South Africa could lose the musical magic conjured up during the creative explosion under apartheid....

A US judge has given the green light for more than 2,000 belongings of music legend Michael Jackson taken from his Neverland Ranch to be auctioned off in a new blow to the pop star. Jackson's...

WASHINGTON ((AFP) - The main chemical in marijuana appears to aid in the destruction of brain cancer cells, offering hope for future anti-cancer therapies, researchers in Spain wrote in a study...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A chemical used in explosives, fireworks and rocket fuel has been found in powdered baby formula in the United States, the non-profit Environmental Working Group (EWG) said...

BRATISLAVA (AFP) - Incumbent Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic was re-elected in Saturday's runoff election with 55.55 percent of the vote, the statistics office said after 99 percent of ballots had...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama expressed shock and sadness over Friday's shooting deaths of at least 12 people at an immigration center in New York state, adding he was following the...

SAN FRANCISCO, Glenn Chapman - The Conficker worm's April 1st trigger date came and went without the bedeviling computer virus causing any mischief but security specialists warn that the threat is...

ASHGABAT, Anton Lomov - His smiling face is the first you see when boarding a plane to Turkmenistan. His portrait adorns every government building and even a brand of chocolates has been moulded to...

LONDON (AFP) - Britain's Prince Charles raised the issue of Tibet during talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao in London on Thursday, a spokesman at his Clarence House office said. It was the...