ANC describes NEC lekgotla as one of the best it’s ever had
Politics
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Taiwan opposition candidate Han Kuo-yu concedes defeat
Tsai Ing-wen was out in front as votes were being counted on Saturday after an election battle dominated by the democratic island's fraught relationship with China.
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Hundreds mourn reporters shot dead after covering Iraq protests
Ahmad Abdessamad, a 37-year-old correspondent for local television station Al-Dijla, and his cameraman Safaa Ghali, 26, were killed late Friday, the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory said.
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Sultan Qaboos ushered in Oman renaissance, quiet diplomacy
He became sultan in July 1970 after deposing his father in a palace coup with the aim of ending the country’s isolation and using its oil revenue for modernization and development.
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Angry Iranians question authorities for concealing truth on plane incident
Many Iranians asked why authorities did not close down Tehran’s airport and the country’s airspace at a time when they would have been on alert for retaliation after the missile strikes.
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Amazon boss Bezos to face protests from traders during India trip
CAIT, a group representing roughly 70 million brick-and-mortar retailers, said it will protest across 300 cities during Bezos’ stay in the country.
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Duchess Meghan's Disney deal
News of the deal comes after the couple recently announced their plans to step down as senior members of the Royal Family.
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Iran Guards commander accepts responsibility for downed plane
Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Saturday accepted full responsibility for the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger jet that killed all 176 people on board.
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China reports first death from mystery pneumonia outbreak
Forty-one people with pneumonia-like symptoms have so far been diagnosed with the new virus in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, with one of the victims dying on Thursday.
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Ukraine demands punishment, compensation for airliner downed by Iran
Tehran admitted Saturday that it accidentally downed the Ukraine International Airlines plane, killing all 176 people on board on Wednesday.
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Downing of Ukraine jet 'unforgivable mistake', says Iran's Rouhani
Iran's armed forces said Saturday they unintentionally shot down the Ukrainian airliner that crashed this week blaming 'human error'.
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Australia protesters call for climate action amid deadly bushfires
At least 26 people have died and more than 2,000 homes have been destroyed in the unprecedented blazes.
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Ramaphosa appeals to Rouhani for peaceful resolution to Iran, US tensions
President Cyril Ramaphosa called Iran President Hassan Rouhani from Kimberley where the ANC president is leading the party's 108th anniversary celebrations.
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Fresh US sanctions target top Iran officials, metals industry
Additional sanctions have been announced against eight top Iranian officials Washington accused of working to destabilise the region.
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Iran denies missile downed Ukrainian plane
The Boeing 737 crashed on Wednesday shortly after Tehran launched missiles at US forces in Iraq in response to the killing of a top Iranian general in a US drone strike.
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Prince Harry's wife Meghan returns to Canada amid royal storm
An unnamed source was quoted as saying by the duchess had travelled to the UK "to attend some meetings" before returning to Canada.
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Iran wants to handle black box data after plane crash blamed on missile
Iran said it could take one or two months to extract information from the voice and flight data recorders.
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'A long way to go': Australians flee as heat, winds fan huge bushfires
Fire conditions are expected to become extreme later in the day in several places, accompanied by high winds.
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India's top court says indefinite Kashmir internet shutdown is illegal
Indefinite suspension of the internet violated India’s telecoms rules, the court said, ordering authorities to review all curbs in Kashmir in a week.
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Fearing war, nuclear proliferation, Europe scrambles to calm Iran tensions
The simmering tensions have highlighted Europe’s struggles to influence either side and play a mediating role with powerhouses Britain, France and Germany desperately trying to pressure Iran to stick to a 2015 nuclear pact and pullback from further escalation.
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From Thor to Fleabag, stars dig deep for Australian bushfire relief
Twenty-six people have died since the start of the disaster in September, more than 2,000 homes have been destroyed, and some eight million hectares (80,000 square kilometres) has burned - an area roughly the size of Ireland or South Carolina.
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Brazil supreme court sides with Netflix over gay Jesus comedy
The film depicts Jesus returning home with his boyfriend Orlando after 40 days in the desert, as Mary and Joseph plan a surprise party for Jesus's 30th birthday.
