SA election set to end three decades of ANC dominance
Reuters : South Africa was set to end three decades of dominance by the party that freed it from apartheid on Saturday, as voters angry...
International
Iran condemns EU sanctions
AFP : Iran on Saturday criticised the EuropeanUnion’s imposition of new sanctions on high-ranking officials and the Revolutionary Guards for supplying drones to Russia and...
Indonesia ready to send peacekeepers, medical staff to Gaza
AFP : Muslim-majority Indonesia is ready to send “significant peacekeeping forces” as well as medical personnel to Gaza if Hamas accepts a new ceasefire proposal,...
‘Minority exclusion’: Are Indian Muslims facing voter suppression?
Aljazeera : Daily wage worker Mustagir Qureshi decided to cast his vote early in the morning to avoid queuing up under the scorching sun in...
Biden tip-toes deeper into Ukraine conflict with arms decision
Reuters : President Joe Biden’s decision to relax some restrictions on Ukraine’s use of US weaponry inside Russia is a small but significant step deeper...
Philippine president warns China against ‘acts of war’
BBC : Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has warned China not to cross a red line in the South China Sea, where a standoff between...
N Korea accuses US, S Korea of flying spy planes
Reuters : North Korea’s defence ministry accused the United States and South Korea of ramping up reconnaissance activities around the inter-Korean border, warning that it...
Iran opens registration for presidential race to replace late Raisi
Al Jazeera : Iran has begun the formal registration of presidential candidates ahead of a snap vote next month to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi,...
21 killed as bus falls into gorge in Jammu
Hindustan Times : Twenty-one people were killed and 40 injured after a bus carrying passengers from Kurukshetra in India’s Haryana veered off the road and...
4 held in major European cybercrime sting
Reuters : Four people have been arrested in Ukraine and Armenia and more than 100 internet servers taken down or disrupted in a major sting...
King Charles III to ride in carriage for birthday parade
AFP : King Charles III will participate in his annual birthday parade next month from a carriage rather than on horseback, as he battles cancer,...
Red Sea tensions: Yemen’s Houthis ‘attack’ US carrier after deadly strikes
Al Jazeera : Yemen’s Houthis say they have launched a missile attack on a United States aircraft carrier in the Red Sea in response to...