SOUTH AFRICA

Comedy Central officially says the 31-year-old contributor to “The Daily Show” will take over as host when Jon Stewart steps down.

The imam of a Cape Town mosque is challenging the idea that Islam bans interfaith marriages.

The global market for Islamic financial services is estimated at $2 trillion.

By the time Ebola was declared an emergency in August last year, about 1,000 people had died from the virus.

Didier Reynders' actions have raised questions about the country's lack of a national anti-racism plan.

China has employed diplomacy, and more unorthodox measures, to secure the return of fugitives who have fled abroad.

A deadly attack in Tunisia "strengthens our determination" to fight global terror, the European Union's Federica Mogherini says.

Collins Chabane was a minister in the President's office and a member of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee.

The operation drew on surgical techniques similar to those used in some facial transplants.

Without a new Gulfstream plane, the ministry says, trips to African nations, Australia and other destinations will be called off.

Prosecutors want a stiffer sentence for the Olympian over the 2013 killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

The deal with Russia aims to expand Hungary's sole Soviet-era nuclear reactor, which provides around 40 percent of its electricity needs.

The Rev. Willie T. Barrow, a Chicago civil rights leader known as the "Little Warrior" for her small stature and determination to fight for equality, died on Thursday at age 90.

Traders who have stashed oil supplies in recent months are selling some of the fuel, threatening to push prices down again.

Ivana Hoffman, 19, was part of the Kurdish Peoples Protection Units fighting the militant group in Syria.

Holi, which marks the start of spring, is famous for its celebrations involving colored powder.

“Chappie” opens nationwide March 6, 2015.

Lesotho's government collapsed last August after a vote of no confidence was brought against Prime Minister Thomas Thabane.

Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and India remain the top teams at the 2015 Cricket World Cup.

Cultures around the world have put their own spin on Valentine's Day traditions.

Opposition MPs were forcibly removed from President Jacob Zuma's State of The Union address Thursday after accusing him of corruption.