PONCE, Puerto Rico/HOUSTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Two oil tankers seized this month by the U.S. in its campaign against Venezuela were near Puerto Rico on Wednesday, a Reuters witness and Tankertrackers.com data said, the first sightings almost since their capture and a possible hint at their destination.

WELLINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Several people were missing following a landslide near a campsite in New Zealand’s North Island on Thursday, as heavy rains caused widespread damage, with homes being evacuated, thousands without power and roads closed.

WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) – A Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives panel on Wednesday recommended former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton be found in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify about ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which could lead to criminal charges.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that the world should stop appeasing Donald Trump. The South African government has railed against the post-war international order, but could the country have a role in a new order of middle powers?

While the political headline of this year is likely to be the outcome of the local elections, there are now signs of significant turmoil inside some of the regional structures of various parties. Recent decisions by structures in the ANC and Action SA suggest that the next few months could see much internal disruption in at least two of our parties. This may turn out to have a big impact on the...

Lesedi Mabiletja, appointed as chief of staff to the minister of social development at the age of 22 and without the necessary qualifications, has resigned.

In this episode of the Readiness Report, Redi Tlhabi traces a familiar and dangerous pattern in modern leadership: paranoia as power. From Silvio Berlusconi to Jacob Zuma to Donald Trump, she unpacks how leaders who see criticism as personal attack begin to govern through grievance, blurring the line between policy and vendetta, statecraft and self-image. Tlhabi argues that when leadership...

Former police watchdog head Robert McBride has spoken in Parliament about several political scandals, including how a former head of the Hawks was allegedly targeted for giving the thumbs-up to an investigation into renovations previously made at former president Jacob Zuma’s residence.

Nigerians are grappling with rising inflation, particularly in food prices, driven by subsidy cuts. President Bola Tinubu’s government hopes that such measures will improve the situation in the long term.

The 350 basis point gap between the repo or monetary policy rate and the prime rate has been fixed since 2001. Lenders use it as a baseline depending on the risks and the credit record of borrowers.

Countering violent extremism must be reframed as a governance renewal project — investing in accountable institutions, empowering civil society as an early warning system, institutionalising interfaith and intercultural dialogue, protecting media freedom and addressing structural exclusion.

A conversation with a man proud to be a fisherman, but who is watching the profession slip away from his community, posing problems of survival.