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FPO leader Heinz-Christian Strache apparently offered to fix state contracts; a snap election is expected in September

While some Facebook users found Die Partei’s stunt funny, others argued it was taboo

The odds do not look good as many MPs have already decided not to vote in June for the Withdrawal Agreement Bill

Emerson Mnangagwa's stumbling government reversed a call earlier in the day banning fuel hikes

Cohen had denied purchasing the work at Christie’s postwar and contemporary art evening auction last week

Detelina Subeva was involved in a $2bn fraud and money-laundering scam tied to loans to the African country

Energy secretary Rick Perry warns in Kiev that  the sanctions bill will target companies building the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline

Mateusz Morawiecki says restitution for property seized during World War 2 would be a posthumous victory for Adolf Hitler

Prime minister’s Bharatiya Janata Party is projected to win between 339 and 365 seats in the 545-member lower house of parliament

Huawei still barred from buying US goods to make new products as China rebuffs Trump’s claim that his tariffs are causing companies to move production away from the country

Tensions have ratcheted up but some experts doubt the crisis will lead to a full-on war

High commission says the majority of those leaving the country are in need of international protection

An unexpected victory by Scott Morrison's centre-right coalition has dashed hopes and set off a wave of self-harm including several hospitalisations

Investigators believe the group also used social media private messenges to keep in touch without being noticed by the authorities

Nepali mountain guide Kami Rita Sherpa has set a new world record by climbing Mount Everest for a 24th time

Israel also lifted restrictions on civilian movements in communities around the Gaza border on Monday morning

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused Trump of allowing his team to "trash diplomacy" and "abet war crimes"

Tensions in Venezuela have been ratcheted up after Juan Guaido announced on January 23 that he was the acting president under the constitution.

51 charges of murder, 40 of attempted murder and one charge under the Terrorism Suppression Act have now been filed against Brenton Tarrant

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were mobbed by media as they stepped out of Yangon's notorious Insein prison after their lengthy detention

Australia's ruling Liberal-National coalition claimed a shock victory in Saturday's election

Curacao said it would do what was needed to prevent measles spreading from a Scientology cruise ship, after a crew member came down with the disease

A month on from Zelensky's election win, details of what he will actually do in power, or who will make up his core team, are hazy

WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson said on Wednesday that all efforts would now be focused on preventing Assange's extradition to the US

At least four refugees in Australia's offshore Pacific camps have attempted suicide since the conservative government's shock re-election, according to refugees, advocates and police.

The European Union is explained in five figures.

A Polish woman has given birth to sextuplets with each newborn weighing about 1kg, the University Hospital in the city of Krakow announced.

Gunmen killed at least 11 people in a bar in northern Brazil, officials said.

Sri Lanka has tightened security ahead of the reopening of some Catholic schools for the first time since the Easter bombings that killed 258 people, the army chief said.

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party said that exit polls from the country's marathon election showed an "overwhelming" vote in favour of a second term for the Hindu nationalist leader.

French doctors began switching off the life support of a quadriplegic man who has been in a vegetative state for the last decade, in a hugely controversial case that has divided France.

The Eiffel Tower has been closed to visitors as a man is seen scaling the side of the landmark.

The warrant, if granted, would be the first step in a process to have WikiLeaks founder Assange extradited from the UK.

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Talk about flying horror stories, this passenger's exit from the plane was definitely a very welcome one.

Tehran and Washington have escalated rhetoric against each other in recent weeks as the United States has tightened sanctions.

A kilogram is equal to the mass of the 'grand K', a cylinder of platinum and iridium preserved since 1889 at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris in France.

Last year he ascended Everest for the 22nd time, breaking the previous record of 21 summits he shared with two other Sherpa climbers, both of whom have retired.

The charge, which came under the country’s terrorism suppression legislation, was filed against Brenton Tarrant, police said in a statement.

Trump increased tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports to 25% from 10% earlier this month.

Huawei’s founder Ren Zhengfei told state broadcaster CCTV that Huawei’s 5G would not be affected and predicted that no other parties would be able to catch up with the company in 5G technology in the next 2-3 years.

Since Britain voted to leave the European Union three years ago, London’s financial services industry has been jolted by the prospect of ending four decades of regulatory integration and losing access to the bloc in one fell swoop later this year.

The US Commerce Department will allow Huawei Technologies Co Ltd to purchase American-made goods in order to maintain existing networks and provide software updates to existing Huawei handsets.

In another tweet, Mohammad Javad Zarif accused Trump of allowing his team to 'trash diplomacy' and 'abet war crimes - by milking despotic butchers via massive arms sales'.

The prison in Vakhdat, 17 kilometres east of the capital Dushanbe, holds 1,500 inmates.

The esplanade underneath the monument was also evacuated.

For three years Leaf Botanicals has been hard at work securing a licence it will now use to export organic dagga to Canada after an agreement was signed with a fully-licensed cannabis producer in Canada.

President Donald Trump warned Iran would be met with “great force” if it attacked US interests in the Middle East. The post US will respond with ‘great force’ if Iran attacks interests: Trump appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news […]

Thousands of soldiers fanned out across Jakarta on Tuesday after the surprise early announcement of official results in Indonesia's election showed Joko Widodo re-elected leader of the world's third-biggest democracy. The post Indonesia’s Joko Widodore-elected President as rival cries foul appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of […]

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday proposed early elections for the National Assembly, which is headed by opposition leader Juan Guaido and is the sole body recognized as democratically legitimate by most Western nations. The post Venezuela’s Maduro proposes early elections for opposition-run congress appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, […]

France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been campaigning since January with the head of state in her sights. The post Le Pen seeks Macron’s downfall in French European polls appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader..

India is in the penultimate phase of its elections and, so far, one of the issues that's been front and centre on the campaign trail is the rise of sectarian violence. The post Rise of sectarian violence a concern in India elections appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport […]

Television comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy took the oath of office as Ukraine's new president on Monday, promising that as hard as he had worked in the past to make Ukrainians laugh, he would now work to keep them from crying. The post High fives, selfies and a snap election as Zelenskiy takes power in Ukraine appeared […]

Thousands took to the streets in the southern US state of Alabama on Sunday to rally against the nation's most restrictive bans on abortions in decades. The post Thousands protest strict Alabama abortion law appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's […]

President Donald Trump issued an ominous warning to Iran on Sunday, suggesting that if the Islamic republic attacks American interests, it will be destroyed. The post Trump warns Iran appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader..

Austria’s president on Sunday recommended a new election be held in early September, saying he wanted to restore trust in the government after a video scandal led to the resignation of the vice chancellor. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz pulled the plug on the coalition and called for a snap election on Saturday after his deputy, Heinz-Christian […]

President Donald Trump has declared himself "strongly Pro-Life", days after two United States (US) states passed tough new restrictions on abortions but said exceptions should be made for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. The post Trump declares himself ‘strongly pro-life’ after abortion bans appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, […]