Lebanon said Israel struck central Beirut without warning, killing at least six people, as the Israeli military announced it was targeting the country’s south.

Senegal say they will appeal after they were sensationally stripped of the Africa Cup of Nations title on Tuesday and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) instead declared Morocco champions, two months after their chaotic final.

NEW YORK, March 17 (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have granted approval for multiple Chinese companies to purchase H200 AI chips from Nvidia, according to a person familiar with the situation.

WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) – A top security official in U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration resigned over the war in Iran on Tuesday, saying the country had posed no imminent threat to the United States.

Suspended Inspector General of Intelligence Imtiaz Fazel recommended that national police commissioner Fannie Masemola and Crime Intelligence boss Dumisani Khumalo be criminally charged over R120m property deals. The President is seeking a legal opinion on whether he can testify, but the ad hoc committee is wrapping up proceedings.

It’s been a year since SA’s ambassador was expelled from Washington. President Ramaphosa appears to have decided to do without one.

More than 2.5 million foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine doses have landed on South African soil since late February, with millions more scheduled. The government is footing the bill, the storage facilities are prepared and the roll-out is under way. Yet on farms across the country, frustration is mounting because the distance between a dose in a warehouse and a needle in an animal turns out...

On Tuesday, the NHLS reported an ongoing system failure affecting its information service. The outage, which started late on Monday, affects laboratory results for South African public health facilities.

The Gauteng Provincial Government’s latest cybersecurity disaster exposes a critical failure of basic infrastructure. Yet, as experts warn of escalating human and systemic risks, this breach was merely a warning shot. How long can its luck hold?

WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the United States had been informed by most of its NATO allies that they did not want to get involved with the country’s military operation in Iran, a move he described as a “very foolish mistake.”

Given the state of our industry, and that we are dependent on a Middle East conflict we have nothing to do with, you could argue that we must go hard-renewable, but equally that we should produce our own oil. My gut says one thing and my head another.

FIFA announced an agreement Tuesday making YouTube a “preferred platform” for this summer’s World Cup.

The SA Revenue Service on Tuesday executed search-and-seizure operations as part of its investigation into a scheme involving some of its employees to manipulate physical inspections in exchange for cash bribes.