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President Hassan Rouhani of Iran (stage-C) speaks at a meeting with the heads of Iran’s diplomatic missions in world countries, in Tehran, on July 22, 2018. (Photo by president.ir) President Hassan Rouhani of Iran says the United States should know that peace with Iran will be the mother of all peace while war with the […]

Eleven people were killed when a minibus taxi was set upon with automatic rifles in an ambush in central KZN on 22 July 2018. Image: SUPPLIED Eleven people were killed and four others wounded in a night-time massacre on the R74 near Colenso in central KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday. It is understood that a minibus taxi carrying passengers […]

© Eitan Abramovich, AFP | French Finance and Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire offers an interview to AFP in Buenos Aires on July 21, 2018, in the framework of the G20 meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors. French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Saturday the European Union could not consider negotiating […]

A view shows Saudi Aramco’s Abqaiq oil facility in eastern Saudi Arabia © Reuters Even if the current OPEC/NOPEC oil production cut deal goes to pieces, Saudi Arabia and Russia will be willing to go it alone. The two largest oil producers in the agreement said that on Thursday ahead of the much-talked-about OPEC meeting […]

The White Helmets came to prominence in 2012 for their work rescuing those trapped in rubble after air raids by Syrian government and Russian warplanes [File: Reuters] Israel has evacuated 800 White Helmets rescuers and their families from Syria to Jordan overnight at the request of the United States and European countries. On Twitter, the Israeli military […]

AP Photo Donald Trump said Saturday he finds it “inconceivable” that a lawyer would tape a client, as the U.S. president weighed in after the disclosure that in the weeks before the 2016 election, his then-personal attorney secretly recorded their discussion about a potential payment for a former Playboy model’s account of having an affair […]

© Credit: Zee Hindustan / YouTube Indian authorities have arrested a Muslim cleric who came to blows with a local rights activist amid a heated televised debate over how Sharia law governs divorce and women’s rights. An Indian Muslim cleric, identified as Mufti Ejaz Arshad Qasmi, has been put under arrest following a complaint by […]

Jean-Claude Juncker (l) and Italian PM Giuseppe Conte don’t see eye-to-eye on migration. Photo: Yves Herman/AFP/POOL. The European Union’s migrant strategy suffered a major new setback Friday July 20th with Italy refusing to freely accept people rescued at sea and Libya spurning a proposal for asylum processing centres. The salvoes follow a fractious EU summit […]

Two Japanese national research institutes said Saturday they have succeeded in using artificial intelligence to identify early-stage stomach cancer with a high accuracy rate. The breakthrough may help extend the lives of more cancer patients in Japan, where stomach cancer is one of the leading causes of death. According to Riken and the National Cancer […]

Sweden Democrats party leader Jimmie Akesson in Visby, Sweden [Staff/Reuters] Concerns over migration drive support for the far right, which is also anti-EU, ahead of September 9 elections. Sweden’s far-right party has gained support in the polls as it pushes an agenda focused on refugees and migrants. The Sweden Democrats polled at a record high 20 percent in […]