Insurgents fund their activities through stealing cows – making it more difficult to address organised crime and terrorism.

All types of foodborne illnesses – whether from eating germ-infected, pesticide-tainted or fake food – are putting South Africans’ health in danger. Could a single agency to oversee food safety be the ...

VATICAN CITY- Pope Francis called on Thursday for new international agreements to reduce the debt burden faced by low-income countries and shift spending from arms and military equipment to the ...

The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)’s 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) concluded in a swirl of debate, promise and disappointment on 24 November in Baku, Azerbaijan. The ...

SEOUL- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Thursday he would "fight to the end" as his own political party shifted closer to voting with the opposition to impeach him over his short-lived ...

JERUSALEM/CAIRO- Israelis and Palestinians are signalling new efforts to forge a ceasefire deal, their first in a year, to pause the fighting in Gaza and return to Israel some of the hostages still ...

A forensic audit into R500-million corruption in the Department of Social Development was hidden, and nonprofit organisations paid the price.

In South Africa alone, pit toilets put more than 1 million children at risk – not only in over 4,000 schools but also in their homes and communities.

Moving, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past three days.

Australia's centre-left government on Thursday will unveil new rules that could impose fines on Big Tech companies if they refuse to continue to pay Australian media firms for news content hosted on ...

The European Central Bank is all but certain to cut interest rates again on Thursday and signal further easing in 2025 as inflation in the euro zone is nearly back at its target and the economy is ...

Some Canadian premiers are urging Ottawa to respond robustly to the threat of tariffs from incoming US President Donald Trump and have highlighted critical minerals and metals as products that the US ...