Johannesburg-based indie rockers BLK JKS are proving to have global appeal, but they say their roots are firmly in South Africa.

"Don’t be nervous. People can tell, so just go out, be comfortable and be yourself," the season 8 champ says. "Jumping jacks always help."

A British newspaper's interview quoting Nelson Mandela's ex-wife bitterly criticizing the anti-apartheid icon has prompted outraged headlines in South Africa.

But the TV host is fully prepared to testify at trial, says his attorney

North Korea said Sunday it would no longer move forward with nuclear disarmament in response to a planned U.S.-South Korean joint military exercise.

Most of the area targeted in a major offensive against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan is now under government control, the nation's military officials said Monday, amid resistance from militants ...