South Africa's government said on Thursday it had received distress calls from 17 citizens who had joined mercenary forces in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and was working to bring them home.

Taiwan said it welcomed a senior Fijian diplomat this week who met with Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim - a highly unusual trip, given the Pacific island state only has formal relations with Beijing, and ...

France's Louvre Museum began a security audit a decade ago but the recommended upgrades will not be completed until 2032, the state auditor said in a report on Thursday compiled before a spectacular ...

The ANC retained both wards it was defending in the latest round of by-elections. The party was dominant in Fetakgomo Tubatse in Limpopo and held on in Govan Mbeki in Mpumalanga after a strong ...

JacarandaInYourPocket season from mid-October to mid-November is a month-long love letter to Johannesburg, captured through the lenses of hundreds of photographers.

After a volatile yet rewarding year for commodities, gold and platinum group metals (PGMs) have once again taken centre stage in the global market narrative — with South African mining equities ...

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Unionised Starbucks baristas voted to authorise an open-ended strike ahead of Starbucks' high-traffic holiday season, announced Starbucks Workers United on Wednesday.

A Spanish-language immersion daycare in a leafy residential neighbourhood on the North Side of Chicago was raided by federal immigration agents on Wednesday and a teacher was taken away, panicking ...

US President Donald Trump's administration has revoked around 80,000 non-immigrant visas since its inauguration on January 20 for offences ranging from driving under the influence to assault and theft ...

North Korea slammed the US President Donald Trump's administration for imposing sanctions that "antagonise" it, and vowed to ...

The Democratic Alliance will push for South Africa’s foreign policy to be ‘genuinely non-aligned’ and not ‘ideological’, says the party’s leader.