A powerful tornado pulverised an Oklahoma City suburb, hitting at least two schools and wiping out blocks of homes.

The life-sized house offers visitors to try on Barbie's clothes in her walk-in closet, tour her living room and her kitchen.

Guests arrived from India to attend the lavish wedding of Vega Gupta and Aakash Jahajgarhia at Sun City's Palace of the Lost City.

Houses and shops were flooded, and manhole covers looked like miniature fountains as heavy rains lashed Cape Town.

Thousands of people lined the streets of London to say farewell to Britain's first female prime minister.

The bombs that exploded at the Boston Marathon were likely heavy, carried to the scene in dark nylon bags, and fashioned out of pressure cookers packed with shrapnel to make them more lethal, authorities said.

Two bombs ripped through the crowd at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people.

A spring snow storm has brought a slushy mix of snow and rain to the United States East Coast.

It was a race against time from the moment 20 pilot whales beached in Noordhoek and residents and rescue teams scrambled to save the animals’ lives.

Lathmar Holi is a local celebration of the Hindu festival of Holi. It takes place well before the actual Holi in the town of Barsana. The name means “that Holi in which [people] hit with sticks.

Tens of thousands of Catholics flocked to the Vatican City to witness Jorge Mario Bergoglio's unveiling as Pope Francis.

Latin America mourned the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday.

Tens of thousands of pilgrims cheered and whooped on St Peter's Square as Pope Benedict XVI gave his final general audience before resigning.

Murder accused Oscar Pistorius has returned to the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court, where proceedings for his bail application are continuing.

Family and friends mourn the death of model Reeva Steenkamp.

Oscar Pistorius appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court to apply for bail after being charged with the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.

The State intends charging Oscar Pistorius with premeditated murder after the death of Reeva Steenkamp, the Pretoria Magistrate's Court heard.

One Billion Rising is a global campaign by women, for women. The movement calls for an end to violence, and for justice and gender equality.

In keeping with Valentine’s Day, red was very much in evidence at the opening of Parliament.

It's the one day of the year when receiving a dozen red roses is an expectation for any woman with a man in her life.