LONDON, April 14 (Reuters) – King Charles will have tea and a private meeting with President Donald Trump during his U.S. state visit later this month, as the British government hopes his “soft power” can heal a damaging rift between the allies caused by the Iran war.

In the heart of the Cape Flats, a 6-year-old girl is proving that age is no obstacle to making a meaningful impact.

ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON/DUBAI, April 14 (Reuters) – Talks to end the Iran war could resume in Pakistan over the next two days, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, after the collapse of weekend negotiations prompted Washington to impose a blockade on Iranian ports.

The Department of Basic Education is seeking to permanently end the quiet expulsion of pregnant learners. Draft regulations propose an ironclad academic safety net and mandatory reporting laws, though legal advocates warn that schools are still actively finding ways to push expecting teens out of the system.

OSLO, April 14 (Reuters) – Norway and Ukraine will strengthen their bilateral defence cooperation, including by producing Ukrainian drones in the Nordic country, the Norwegian government said on Tuesday.

JOHANNESBURG, April 14 (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has chosen Roelf Meyer, a chief negotiator during the talks to end white minority rule in the 1990s, to be his country’s next ambassador to the United States.

Security failures left Despatch’s roads and stormwater depot unsecured, leading to multiple thefts and arson of assets worth more than R403,000 and disrupting disposal processes.

Soldiers have been deployed to gang hotspots in the Western Cape to help police quell violence. They may serve as a visual deterrent, but do little to deal with the hold gangsterism has on communities and ongoing suspicions of state collusion.

Demanding that the council chair step down does not shut down a crucial conversation about ‘a transformative institutional culture’. If we do not publicly demand and then secure trustworthy leadership, any transformation will founder on crumbling foundations.

The father of tech billionaire Elon Musk is working on a project to grant refugee status in Russia to South African farmers, he told AFP on Tuesday, a project similar to one by the US government.

A Nxuba insurance broker has joined his client in the dock as a funeral policy fraud case widens, with the pair now facing dozens of charges linked to allegedly fraudulent policies worth nearly R900,000.

Iranians in South Africa are united against war propaganda. They reject foreign intervention, emphasising that pro-war voices do not represent their views. Together, they advocate for peace and Iranian sovereignty.