Johannesburg, Aug 24 — South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) pledged to improve local governance and service delivery as it launched its manifesto for the country's November 4 local government elections. ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday (local time) unveiled the party's 2026…
Helsinki, Aug 24 — More than 50,000 people marched through central Stockholm, the Swedish capital, to demand stronger action on climate change, organisers said, three weeks before Sweden holds national elections. Some 280 organisations took part in the demonstration on Sunday (local time),…
Tehran, Aug 24 — Iran has announced that it has discovered more than 212 billion cubic metres of natural gas reserves in the southern Fars province. Petroleum Minister Mohsen Paknejad told state television on Sunday (local time) that more than 160 billion cubic metres of the gas could be extracted…
Canberra, Aug 24 — South Australian authorities on Monday reported a second suspected case of H5N1 bird flu in a seal, one day after the state reported Australia's first case in a mammal. South Australia's Department of Primary Industries and Regions said on Monday that the long-nosed fur seal was…
Moscow, Aug 24 — Two children were killed and seven others wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's southwestern city of Krasnodar, Krasnodar Krai Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said Monday. "Drone debris fell on a private children's center in Krasnodar. Sadly, two children died. My deepest…
Tehran, Aug 24 — Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA), the body responsible for maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, announced on Sunday that vessels violating Iranian protocols for transiting the waterway will face restrictions on their future passages. It made the announcement in a…
Los Angeles, Aug 24 — Authorities said that at least six people were injured and 42,000 were ordered to evacuate as a fast-growing wildfire spread rapidly toward Reno, a city in northwestern Nevada near the Nevada-California border. The Hawk Fire, which began Saturday, has grown to more than…
Damascus, Aug 24 — Senior Syrian and Israeli delegations held talks in Jordan on Sunday under US mediation, focusing on de-escalation and efforts to revive negotiations toward a security agreement, Syria's state news agency SANA reported, citing a diplomatic source. The high-level Syrian…
Tehran, Aug 24 — A senior Iranian security official warned that the country will consider any state's participation in or support for the US anti-Iran economic operation as an "act of war." In a social media post, Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said, "If the…
Jerusalem, Aug 23 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz held a situational assessment on Sunday and warned Hamas of increased targeted strikes if the launch of balloons and kites from the Gaza Strip does not stop.The situational assessment was regarding the…
Washington, Aug 23 — A senior Trump administration health official said on Sunday that the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine was not lethal, clarifying remarks by President Donald Trump as US childhood vaccination rates fell below the threshold needed for herd immunity.Dr Mehmet Oz,…
Washington, Aug 23 — A senior Republican senator has accused China of fuelling opposition to artificial intelligence data centres in the United States as concerns over their heavy use of electricity and water spread across American communities.Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina said Beijing wanted…
Washington, Aug 23 — Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on Sunday that his state had paused new artificial intelligence data-centre projects amid growing public concern over their consumption of water and electricity.The decision marks a sharp shift for a Governor who had sought to make Texas the…
Washington, Aug 23 — US prescription drug prices are falling at their fastest rate in 63 years and are likely to decline further, the Trump administration's Medicare Chief said on Sunday.Mehmet Oz, Administrator of the Centres for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said the fall was accelerating as…
Washington, Aug 23 — US Democratic lawmaker Seth Moulton said on Sunday that his party urgently needs new leadership as he challenged veteran Senator Ed Markey in a closely watched Massachusetts primary contest.Moulton, a member of the House of Representatives, said the political and technological…
Washington, Aug 23 — Former US Vice-President Mike Pence said on Sunday that Ukraine was winning its war against Russia, crediting Kyiv's forces with fighting Moscow to a stalemate and transforming modern drone warfare.Speaking to CNN from Ukraine after meeting President Volodymyr Zelensky, Pence…
Sanaa, Aug 23 — Yemen's Houthi group said on Sunday it had shot down "a Saudi reconnaissance drone" over the northwestern province of Hajjah.The Houthi-run Saba news agency, citing a military source within the group, identified the drone as a ScanEagle, saying it was brought down while flying over…
Gwadar, Aug 23 — A leading human rights organisation on Sunday condemned the enforced disappearance of two brothers in Gwadar, Pakistan.Paank, the human rights department of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), condemned the enforced disappearance of two brothers, Sajid Baloch and Akeel Baloch, sons…
Port Louis, Aug 23 — Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri called on Mauritius Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam and discussed possibilities for furthering cooperation in the energy sector, the Indian High Commission said on Sunday."Hon'ble Minister called on Dr. the Hon.…
Gandhinagar, Aug 23 — Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, on seventh day of his US tour, visited the BAPS (Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha) Swaminarayan Akshardham temple in New Jersey on Sunday. The Chief Minister was warmly welcomed by the BAPS saints at the Akshardham…
Tehran, Aug 23 — Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said Sunday the country is in an "all-out" economic, military, and security war with the "enemies."Despite the US pressure, "we are standing and making efforts to serve the people in the face of this unequal war," Pezeshkian said in a televised…