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Tanzanian authorities charged three of Acacia's local subsidiaries, an employee and a former staffer with money laundering and tax evasion this week

Even Donald Trump acknowledges the journalist is probably dead, but Turkey says the UN doesn’t have the right ‘expertise’ to get involved

South Korean President Moon Jae-in relays the invitation during a visit to the vatican

Several thousand Honduran migrants travelled this week through Guatemala headed to Mexico, with some hoping to cross into the US  to escape violence and poverty

Hundreds of traditionalists defy an order to allow women of all ages to pray at Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala

A former whistleblower from Save the Children  demands systematic change at NGOs

The postponement of the Imara Zimbabwe investment conference is a blow to the ‘Zimbabwe is Open for Business’ campaign

A deadlock over the border with Northern Ireland persists with only limited ways to salvage an agreement

Several hundred armed soldiers descended on the palace with 'nefarious aims' to stop reforms

The US treasury secretary’s decision puts the high-profile event in doubt in the wake of   journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance

Lundin Oil is suspected of funding the Sudanese army and several militias to chase away local populations from regions it wanted to explore for oil

Company leaders risk losing lucrative business with the kingdom by shunning an investment conference, and countries such as the US, Britain and France have several defence deals at stake

Supporting Saudi Arabia’s lukewarm reforms sends a signal of consent to a murderous regime

No one, not even seemingly principled South Africa, can resist selling weapons to a warring, rogue state

As global uncertainty increases, so the Republic of China’s future becomes more uncertain

Saudi-Turkish probe into disappearance represents a front to negotiate interests between the two nations, analysts say

Organisers aim to draw 100 000 people to large-scale protest calling for an outright independence vote from China

Canada is now the second nation after Uruguay to legalise cannibis

Tuesday's fine comes on top of total costs in fines, buybacks and refits of more than 27 billion euros that Volkswagen has had to pay

Macron hopes the reshaped government will signal a fresh start after a torrid few months

Trump's lawyer Charles Harder called the ruling a "total victory for President Trump and total defeat for Stormy Daniels."

Uruguay legalised the production, distribution and sale of marijuana for recreational purposes in December 2013

Americans on November 6 will pick all 435 members of the House of Representatives and just over one third of the 100-member Senate

Spain's justice minister is the latest high-profile personality to be embarrassed by leaked recordings of a past conversation with the "blackmailer"

US President Donald Trump praised a US congressman who assaulted a reporter, making light of the attack.

French police have found the mummified body of a man who died a decade ago in the flat of his deceased 79-year-old son, police say.

A Paraguayan hot dog seller has become famous for his resemblance to US President Donald Trump and admits the similarities between the two have helped him to boost his business.

Another Manhattan building strips Trump's name from its entrance in the latest example that the president's brand may be losing its luster.

Day two of legal recreational cannabis in Canada saw more long lineups outside pot stores and supply shortages in parts of the country.

Authorities are cleaning up black pellets of oil from the beaches of the French Riviera after two ships collided off the island of Corsica causing a fuel tank to leak into the sea.

US President Donald Trump says it "certainly looks" as though missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead.

The 18-year-old student who carried out a mass shooting in Crimea has been captured on CCTV buying up to 150 shotgun shells four days earlier, according to Russian media.

Kleenex says it will re-brand its "Mansize" tissues in Britain after consumers complained the name was sexist.

Prosecutors say a man suspected of going on a stabbing rampage at a children's party, killing a little girl celebrating her third birthday and wounding eight others in Idaho, will face the death penalty.

The United States will give ally Saudi Arabia "a few more days" to probe its alleged murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, again delaying a US response to the mounting scandal.

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Riyadh strongly denies the allegations and said it is investigating the disappearance of the journalist, who was critical of Saudi rulers, calling for reforms.

A dispute, centred on just €50,000 in cash, is believed to be the cause of the failed attempt, according to the report.

Trump has made his call for a wall on the southern border a signature issue of his two-year presidency, but Thursday's tweet storm was especially fierce.

Pro-Israel advocates hailed the decision, saying it confirmed the US recognised the whole of Jerusalem as part of Israel.

Ordinary Brazilians told AFP that some in their families or entourage swallowed some misinformation from WhatsApp but denied they themselves were being influenced.

Expectant Meghan put on a summer dress and set aside her high heels, while Harry ditched his usual suit for chinos as the couple lapped up cheers from Australian fans and enjoyed Bondi's surf.

A Brussels summit wrapped up without progress after British PM Theresa May offered no new proposals, beyond suggesting she could accept a longer transition period after Brexit.

Most consumers were exuberant about the end of prohibition, but a few expressed disappointments over not being able to buy cannabis on the first day.

Officials from some of Saudi Arabia’s leading Western allies joined a slew of corporate bigwigs who are now shunning an investment conference.

Jamal Khashoggi, a legal resident of the United States who wrote for 'The Washington Post', disappeared after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October.

The decision coincides with concern internationally about Africa's mounting debts with China, fears that are sometimes voiced by individual Africans, but rarely their governments.

US-based Albemarle Corp and Chile’s SQM operate just 5 km apart in Salar, a basin in the Atacama that is home to one of the world’s richest deposits of high-grade lithium.

A former FBI agent who leaked internal documents showing how the agency used racial profiling in counter-terror investigations was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday. The post FBI leaker jailed for four years appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's […]

Several rights groups have called on Turkey to urgently ask Secretary General Antonio Guterres to establish a United Nations investigation into possible extrajudicial execution of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The post Call for UN probe into Jamal Khashoggi disappearance appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of […]

United Sates President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to send the military to close its southern border if Mexico fails to stem the "onslaught" of migrants from Central America, in a series of tweets that blamed Democrats ahead of the midterm elections. The post Trump threatens to close US-Mexico border over migrant ‘onslaught’ appeared first on […]

Russian investigators on Thursday rushed to establish the motives of a teenage gunman who opened fire in a Crimean technical college leaving at least 19 people dead and dozens injured, with the press dubbing the rampage "Russia's Columbine." The post Russian investigators seek Crimea teenage gunman’s motive appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, […]

Tens of thousands of people demonstrated against corruption Wednesday in Haiti, with some even shoving the unpopular president at a public ceremony. Police fired in the air to get President Jovenel Moise away from a ceremony at which he laid flowers at the tomb of one of the destitute Caribbean country’s founding fathers. People in […]

Sexual and gender-based violence comes under the spotlight at the One Young World Summit currently under way at The Hague, Netherlands. The post One Young World Summit opens in The Hague appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader..

EU lawmakers are expected to back a 35 percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions from new trucks by 2030, EU sources said ahead of a vote on Thursday over new rules... The post EU lawmakers to back 35 pct CO2 cut for trucks by 2030-sources appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, […]

United Nations Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Wednesday that he would step down at the end of November for personal reasons, but would usehis final month to push for the formation of a committee to rewrite the Syrian constitution. The post UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura to step down at end of […]

Eighteen people were killed and dozens injured at a college in the Black Sea region of Crimea on Wednesday when at least one attacker set off a bomb in the cafeteria and went through the building shooting at random, officials said. The post Eighteen people killed in armed attack on Crimean College appeared first on […]

A rocket was fired on Israel from the Gaza strip early Wednesday, the Israeli army and police said, causing damage in a southern city. It is one of the first projectiles fired in recent weeks from the Palestinian territory under Israel’s blockade and comes at a time of renewed tensions between Israel and Palestinian armed […]