SOUTH AFRICA

As one of the world's fastest-growing smartphone markets, Africa is seeing a rise in demand for gray-market smartphones.

Eugene de Kock has been granted parole in the interests of "nation building," South African officials say.

The Nigerian military "woefully and repeatedly failed in their duty to protect civilians," Amnesty International said this week.

A federal lawsuit filed Monday accuses the ride-sharing firm of using false claims to promote safety and security.

ISIS may have lost Kobani, but now it's going after a major energy and agricultural hub.

Police have made arrests in a recent wave of attacks on foreigners though they have avoided framing the incidents as hate crimes.

One-day, six-continent event is designed to pressure negotiators at the U.N.'s upcoming climate change conference in Paris.

Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson became the first to climb the 3,000-foot Dawn Hall in a single expedition.

Even as India continues to woo its wealthy expats to attract investments, the latter may not oblige.

Roughly 16 percent of the world’s Catholics now live in Africa, where the Catholic population grew almost 21 percent between 2005 and 2010.

Another brutal ISIS video shows that the group wants to strike fear in the heart of Iraqis.

At least 500 children got lost on crowded beaches in Cape Town, South Africa, on New Year's Day.

Over 30,000 people were reportedly present on Cape Town beaches on New Year's day, and more than 1,000 police officers were deployed.

India plans to make health care a fundamental right. But, funding the effort will be a challenge for the revenue-strapped government.

From throwing furniture out of windows to banging bread on walls, New Year's traditions take many unique forms around the world.

A tough fiscal situation may have forced the Narendra Modi government to cut spending on public health. But, this has happened before.

The new law will ease prohibitions on abortion regulations in the country, allowing women to electively terminate their pregnancies during the first 12 weeks.

The case was dropped after the judge heard six weeks of prosecution evidence, which was entirely based on witness testimonies.

Pierre Korkie, a South African national being held by al Qaeda militants since May 2013, was killed in a failed attempt to rescue Luke Somers.

Al Qaeda’s Yemen affiliate said in a video that Luke Somers would meet his "inevitable fate" if their demands were not met by U.S. authorities.

According to a study conducted by scientists from Oxford University, HIV is slowly evolving into a much milder, less virulent form.