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Iran’s president warned Tehran’s residents they may soon need to pick up and leave because of a worsening drought.

Thieves have stolen six Roman-era statues from Syria’s National Museum in Damascus.

IOM chief calls for ceasefire to allow aid groups to reach Sudanese civilians trapped in war-torn Darfur region.

Police carry out hundreds of raids in Indian-administered Kashmir after deadly attack near the Red Fort in Delhi.

EMS Media Liaison Officer Xolile Khumalo says crews are still on site.

The municipality records around 2 000 unplanned power outages each month

Illegal chrome mining in Modderspruit causes community rift, property damage, and safety fears.

Absolom Zungu denied making a statement to Brigadier Gininda lead investigator in the Meyiwa case.

The bus was carrying 60 passengers when it collided with a truck and careered off the road in the Arequipa region.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR’s international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

The air strike comes after the US accused the Colombian president of allowing the drugs trade to expand.

Trump said it was a “total disgrace” that South Africa was hosting this month’s summit.

The confrontation struck a chord with many Nigerians because of Nyesom Wike’s political stature.

Speaking before Nigeria face Gabon in African play-offs for the World Cup, Alex Iwobi says Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was his “big brother” at Arsenal.

Thousands had turned up to El-Wak stadium, in the capital Accra, with hopes of being enlisted.

The brewer said the change could lead to cheaper pints.

The company plans to spend two-thirds of that to upgrade wiring and increase high-voltage grid capacity to get power from the north to customers in the south.

The Port Elizabeth Flying Squad is operating with just one response vehicle, an old bakkie with 300,000 kilometres on the clock, to serve 1.2 million residents.

Steenhuisen requested the President to sack George over alleged underperformance.

Mkhwanazi’s testimony was that Nkabinde told him that Mchunu and Brown Mogotsi were very close.

Shivambu says that there is a need for South Africa to focus on development.

Matt Jarvis says a return to Molineux would have been a “huge pull” for former Wolves team-mate Rob Edwards, who has been confirmed as their new manager.

Former England assistant coach Paul Farbrace has defended Ben Stokes after he appeared to call a number of former England captains ‘has-beens’, following comments about England’s limited preparation ahead of their Ashes series against Australia.

Felix Auger-Aliassime puts a “weird start” aside to beat Ben Shelton and register his first victory of this year’s ATP Finals.

Oswin Appollis’ agent Lance Davids has explained how Kaizer Chiefs lost out on Oswin Appollis despite showing interest.

Skye Tucker fell from a nappy changing table at Little Clouds Nursery in Altens, Aberdeen, in January this year.

New uniform guidance to schools has been issued from the Department of Education.

Springbok captain Siya Kolisi is once again using his platform to spread awareness about important issues – this time the scourge of GBV…

Influencer Sarah Langa has cheekily backtracked after fuelling a rumour she was engaged to Springbok Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu…

France have blamed an English company for its disastrous spraypainted pitch over the weekend, which stained the Springboks white away kit.

Anthropic believes AI models will increasingly reach into the physical world. To understand where things are headed, it asked Claude to program a quadruped.

Many took aim at the high price online, while others made fun of its striking likeness to a piece of footwear.

The twin of the Hyundai Palisade has always been restricted to left-hand drive markets in spite of interest from, largely, Australia to have it with right-hand drive.

First completely new generation Tiggo 8 in eight years seats five and retains the same engines as before, but with significantly more grunt.

The health secretary launches strongest criticism yet of the union ahead of Friday’s strike by resident doctors.

Psychologist Kimberley Wilson explains why it can be a more peaceful way to live.