THURSDAY, 26 JUNE 2025, 12:58
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the US has not given up its maximum pressure on Iran — including restrictions on sales of Iranian oil — but signalled a potential easing in enforcement to help the country rebuild.
Deputy president Paul Mashatile says electing an outsider to lead the ANC will not help the party unite its members and revive its electoral fortunes.
Ukrainian leader signs an accord with the Council of Europe to set up a special tribunal to try top Russian officials.
Commissioner Patrick Jaca is leading an initiative to target crime and grime in the Pan Africa area.
The Eastern Cape Karoo, arguably the unsung hero of all South African travel destinations, is famous for its country hospitality, its adventure options, and its historic old farmsteads full of stories and friendly faces.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his journalist fiancée Lauren Sanchez arrived in Venice on Wednesday ahead of three days of lavish VIP parties in the romantic lagoon city to celebrate their wedding, despite protests from locals.
South African ballad king Vusi Nova returns with Phendula, a heartfelt single for the broken-hearted while building his independent music empire.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not travel to next week’s Brics summit in Brazil because of an outstanding arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC), Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday.
Frustration and anxiety continue to grip the people of Hammanskraal as residents say they are no closer to accessing the clean water they were promised.
ANC veterans Mavuso Msimang and Snuki Zikalala say the promise that “The people shall share in the country’s wealth” enshrined in the Freedom Charter, which was adopted 70 years ago, has yet to be meaningfully realised.
Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte on Wednesday likened President Donald Trump to a “daddy” intervening in a schoolyard brawl after the US leader repeatedly berated Middle East foes Israel and Iran this week including with a profanity.
Trump extolls Israeli leader as a ‘warrior’, says the US will be the one that ‘saves Bibi Netanyahu’ from trial.
Bucket toilets that are emptied twice a week, shacks that are built so close to each other that there is no space between them, young unemployed people standing in corners, no electricity and bad roads everywhere.
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BEIJING, June 26 (Reuters) – A tropical depression made landfall on China’s island province of Hainan early on Thursday, the country’s National Meteorological Centre said, bringing more rain to a region still reeling from Typhoon Wutip two weeks ago.
Here are the key events on day 1,218 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
The rebellion against the prime minister’s proposed welfare cuts grows and
Asian stocks pause as investors assess trade deals and geopolitical tensions. Dollar weakens amid Trump’s Fed comments.
SEOUL, June 26 (Reuters) – North Korea has completed construction of a massive tourist zone on its east coast, state media reported on Thursday, a key project driven by leader Kim Jong Un for years to promote tourism.
BOSTON, June 25 (Reuters) – A Russian-born scientist at Harvard University accused of smuggling frog embryos into the United States was indicted on Wednesday on additional charges nearly two weeks after her lawyers secured her release from U.S. custody.
Zohran Mamdani won New York’s primary race because of his support for Palestine, not in spite of it, progressives say.