Mokgoro inquiry report praised for its credibility
Politics
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Netanyahu lauds US terror designation for Iran Revolutionary Guards
Israeli prime minister says Donald Trump responded to 'another important request of mine, which serves the interests of our countries and countries of the region.'
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Top aide says Democrats will 'never' see Trump tax returns
Trump is the first US president since Richard Nixon to refuse to divulge his tax information.
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Zuckerberg confident of stopping interference in 2020 campaign
Mark Zuckerberg said the social media giant had implemented a lot of different measures since 2016 to verify any advertiser who is running a political ad.
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US 'clamouring for avocados' after Trump threat to shut Mexico border
Avocado prices have jumped nearly 50% over the last week alone as a consequence of the threat made by US President Donald Trump.
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White House defends aid cuts to Central America
Trump announced the aid cut-off to El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala last week and threatened once again to close the US border with Mexico in response to the migrant surge.
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Trump threatens to close US-Mexico border
President Donald Trump’s latest tweets ramp up the tension between the neighbours, putting a specific timeframe to his repeated threats to shut the border.
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Trump says North Korea suffering, doesn’t need new sanctions
President Trump’s announcement last week on the sanctions raised eyebrows as he said he was reversing sanctions that had been announced that day but which had not.
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A defiant Russia ignores Trump's calls to 'get out' of Venezuela
President Donald Trump has called on Russia to 'get out' of Venezuela following reports of military planes arriving in that country.
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Trump weighs in on Smollett case as Chicago demands reimbursement
Jussie Smollett said two men attacked him on the street at night in January, yelling homophobic and racist slurs.
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Twitter may tag rule-breaking Trump tweets
The one-to-many messaging platform used extensively by Trump to fire off comments, some of them inflammatory, said it is exploring ways to add context to tweets considered to be of legitimate public interest but which violate its terms of service.
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FBI, US Justice Dept to review Jussie Smollett case
The actor claimed two masked men physically attacked him while expressing support for Trump and shouting racist and homophobic slurs.
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Trump says Russia election probe amounted to ‘treason’
President Trump insists that the probe led by former FBI director Robert Mueller was concocted for political reasons by Democrats upset at his surprise 2016 election defeat of the favourite, Hillary Clinton.
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Trump: Media is 'Enemy of the People'
Donald Trump has previously used 'enemy of the people' - echoing a Stalinist phrase used to describe political enemies - to describe the media.
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Pentagon authorises $1bn for Trump's border wall
The Department of Homeland Security asked the Pentagon to build 92 kilometers of 5.5-meter fencing, build and improve roads, and install lighting to support Trump's emergency declaration as concerns the border.
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Netanyahu cuts short Washington trip amid Gaza tension
Tensions have risen dramatically since a rocket fired on Monday morning from Gaza destroyed a house in central Israel, leaving seven people wounded.
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Trump jubilant after Mueller finds no collusion
Late Sunday, Attorney General William Barr said in a brief summary of the just-finished report that Mueller had found "no collusion with Russia."
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Mueller finds no Trump-Russia conspiracy but some questions left unresolved
US Special Counsel Robert Mueller did not reach a conclusion on whether Trump broke the law by interfering with the various probes into the 2016 election, but presented his evidence to Attorney General William Barr to make a determination.
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Israel says Trump to recognise Golan as its territory on Monday
Donald Trump said on Thursday that the United States should acknowledge Israeli sovereignty over the strategic plateau it seized from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War.
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IS loss affirms Pentagon plan, but end game vague as US pulls out
But Islamic State still has thousands of battle-hardened fighters across several countries, and questions loom over whether the group's territorial loss is an enduring defeat.
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Islamic State '100%' defeated in Syria - Trump
Donald Trump made the comment as he showed reporters maps of the region, one showing the large areas once held by the group and a second that showed the situation on Friday with no presence.
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UN rights chief steps up criticism of Trump's Venezuela sanctions
Michelle Bachelet also renewed her tough criticism of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government, accusing it of a violent crackdown on dissent.
