SUNDAY, 18 JANUARY 2026, 05:13
More than 3,000 people have died in Iran’s nationwide protests, rights activists said on Saturday, while a “slight rise” in internet activity was reported in the country after an eight-day blackout.
He’s a big political character adapting to a new political tribe, but his move could be swallowed by a poisonous row.
Seven people have been killed in a mass shooting in Phillipi, Cape Town, with police investigating links to an extortion racket.
The Conservative Party leader says telling voters their “country is finished” only “drags them down”.
BAT’s Heidelberg plant closure highlights how South Africa’s government policies, high excise taxes, and failure to curb illicit trade are undermining legitimate industries.
The Ministry of Justice said the decision to block Jake Farhi’s transfer was made for ‘public protection’.
The Free State has a notorious reputation for its roads, yet a provincial office tasked with improving its road network is in disarray, and parts of it have been burned down.
The White House has released the names of those who will oversee the next phase of the US president’s peace plan for Gaza.
Authorities deliberately triggered the avalanche on Mount Elbrus to release a build up of snow.
Meri-Tuuli Auer told her counsellor things about her life she didn’t want her closest family to know.
Food systems transformation depends less on technology than on power. Durable change requires shifting influence towards those who grow, process and distribute food every day. Women and girls sit at the centre of that reality.
Former Conservative shadow minister Robert Jenrick’s defection to Reform UK after his sacking by Kemi Badenoch continues to lead the papers.
She has millions of Spotify listeners, but fans don’t know what to believe about whether she’s real.
Fibre is making a comeback and this is a wellbeing trend nutritionists are getting excited about.
Dan Armstrong joined Scottish League 1 side Queen of the South as a player – now he is chief executive.
The city-state wants to stamp out e-cigarettes with harsh penalties including caning and fines.
The former UK prime minister and US secretary of state will sit on the “founding executive board”, the White House says.
Police said firearms officers were among those who responded to reports of youths carrying bladed weapons
The BBC’s Europe Editor Katya Adler has been reporting from Greenland and dissects why the island has so much value in the eyes of President Trump.
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