Asian markets struggle amid escalating Israel-Iran conflict and uncertainty over US involvement. Oil prices poised for a third weekly rise.

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Israel and Iran's air war entered a second week on Friday and European officials sought to draw Tehran back to the negotiating table after President Donald Trump said any decision on potential U.S.

A decade after a landmark U.N. report concluded North Korea committed crimes against humanity, a U.N. official investigating rights in the isolated state told Reuters many abuses continue, exacerbated ...

Floyd Shivambu is charting a path similar to the one Jacob Zuma once took, as he looks to establish a new political party, despite still holding membership in the uMkhonto Wesizwe (MK) party. This ...

Less than a month after Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi announced that his highly criticised Nasi Ispani employment recruitment initiative would be relaunched, more information on the initiative’s ...

NPA boss Shamila Batohi continues to face criticism over her leadership, with ActionSA protesting in Tshwane on Thursday, calling for her removal.

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The Romanian case demonstrates that courts and election management bodies cannot shy away from assessing whether social media and campaign funding influence elections unfairly. Piercing veils of ...

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