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US President Donald Trump has imposed sanctions on Russia’s top oil firms to pressure Putin on a ceasefire in Ukraine.

Proliferation of cheap and deadly drones used by both sides makes reporting from front line increasingly dangerous.

FIFA confirms change of name to Afghan Women United, dropping ‘refugee’ from the team name ahead of the tournament.

After 53 years of controversy and campaigning, the criminal process has ended with no conviction.

Equal Education called for adequate psychosocial support for learners involved in bulling incidents.

The mass shooting happened at the Better Life informal settlement in Philippi East last Friday.

The city is under mounting scrutiny over the reported expenditure.

Vice President Vance’s scathing remark came as he wrapped up an Israel trip, as the Trump administration attempts to keep up momentum on the U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

The theft from the Maison des Lumières in Langres is the latest in as string of cultural institution heists in France.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with European Union leaders Thursday as they prepare massive new financing for Kyiv’s war effort.

NPR’s Steve Inskeep speaks with Washington Post columnist David Ignatius about what influence President Trump wields with Russian President Vladimir Putin on ending the war in Ukraine.

Rayno Nel is the first African to win the prestigious title of World’s Strongest Man.

Iain Wares, 86, has been accused by 65 former pupils of Edinburgh Academy and Fettes College in the 1960s and 70s.

All the victims and those rescued were from sub-Saharan African countries, an official says.

The fervour of presidential campaigning belies concerns about the political landscape in Ivory Coast.

Introducing their 21st development, ELEVENONB, located at 11 Buiten Street in the West City of Cape Town’s Central Business District (CBD).

South Africa is likely leaving the grey list tomorrow, 24 October, but South Africans should not expect any major changes in markets.

Sources from Airbus said “doing nothing would be the biggest risk at this stage”.

Former Police Minister Bheki Cele is appearing before Parliament’s Ad Hoc committee.

Former Police Minister Bheki Cele has kicked off his testimony before Parliament’s Ad hoc committee.

Witness B is testifying at the Madlanga Commission, probing corruption in the justice system.

Former Police Minister Bheki Cele appears before the Ad hoc Committee.

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk says he called a squad meeting on Monday to discuss the club’s poor form – but insisted it was not a “crisis” summit.

The South African teams in the URC will be hoping to reap full reward from their Springbok players this weekend before national duty resumes.

The 2025/26 Betway Premiership season is nearing its one-third mark and there’s a mad scramble for bragging rights as SA’s top goal scorer.

BBC Sport looks at the emerging wonderkids that announced themselves as Europe’s brightest stars in the Champions League this week.

A major new retail hub is rising in eMalahleni in Mpumalanga, with construction officially underway on the 37 000m² Jumbo Mall.

Fred Jordan, co-founder and co-CEO of FinalSpark, gives insight into “wetware” and what it means for the future of computing.

Humans have been selectively breeding animals for millennia. If we can help species survive by tweaking their DNA in a lab, I say bring it on

Do you think we should genetically modify wildlife? What if we could make seabirds resistant to the flu that has been exterminating them en masse, just by tweaking their DNA a smidgen? Or make fish that can shrug off pollution, or coral that can survive...

A “faulty automation” was at the core of the issues that caused knock-on effects for more than one thousand sites on Monday, an expert told the BBC.

Press Pulse’s latest online media sentiment report revealed that Huawei achieved the best score in the mobile vendor category, followed by ZTE, Nokia, and Ericsson.

Senior sibling of the Junior receives a handful of exterior changes, as well as revisions to its powertrain.

As is well-known by now, the new Mitsubishi Triton-based Navara will, initially, be exclusive to Australasia and won’t be coming to South Africa.

The final rounds of this year’s National Extreme Festival Presented by Coca-Cola will be hosted by the Zwartkops Raceway near…

Families had been calling for Sir Julian’s resignation over poor maternity care at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

British UFC fighter Nathaniel Wood opens up on his struggles with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and anxiety, detailing how it has affected his MMA career.

Pelvic organ prolapse affects around one in 12 mothers, but many people have never even heard of it.