The spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, the Dalai Lama, turned 90 on Sunday after a week of celebrations by followers during which he riled China again and spoke about his hope to live beyond 130 and reincarnate after dying.

Tonia Fucci, a Pennsylvania resident visiting her grandmother for the Independence Day weekend, woke early on Friday to the sound of heavy rain "coming down in buckets".

Leaders of the growing Brics group of developing nations were set to gather in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, calling for reform of traditional Western institutions while presenting the bloc as a defender of multilateralism in an increasingly fractured wo...

South Korea's presidential security adviser plans to visit Washington during July 6-8, his office said on Saturday.

At least 43 people, including 15 children, have been confirmed dead following flash floods in central Texas, authorities said on Saturday as rescuers continued a frantic search for dozens more campers, vacationers and residents who were still missing...

Cape Town police are investigating a triple murder in a shack in the Covid-19 informal settlement on Friday night.

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US President Donald Trump said on Friday he will start talking to China on Monday or Tuesday about a possible TikTok deal.

Al-Hilal's Ruben Neves and Joao Cancelo flew to Portugal for the funeral for their former teammate Diogo Jota after an emotional Club World Cup quarterfinal against Fluminense on Friday that saw them break down in tears during the minute's silence.

Three suspected cash-in-transit robbers died in a shoot-out with the police on the N3 on Friday.

A serial child rapist who asked for three life sentences to run concurrently was turned down to ensure he would not be eligible for parole after 25 years.

US President Donald Trump said he had signed letters to 12 countries outlining the various tariff levels they would face on goods they export to the US,, with the "take it or leave it" offers to be sent out on Monday.

The elderly Dalai Lama on Saturday said that he hopes to live for another 40 years until he is about 130 years old, days after he sought to allay speculation over his succession by saying he would reincarnate upon his death.

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Iran had not agreed to inspections of its nuclear programme or to give up enriching uranium.

Australian authorities on Saturday condemned what they said was an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue with worshippers in the building, the latest in a spate of incidents against the nation's Jewish community.

Torrential rains unleashed flash floods along the Guadalupe River in Texas on Friday, killing at least 24 people as rescue teams scrambled to save dozens of victims trapped by high water or reported missing in the disaster, local officials said.

Heavy downpours in Cape Town have resulted in thousands of residents being displaced after their homes were washed away by floods on Saturday.

Five people died, including two policemen, when a taxi plunged down a 50m embankment on the N3 near Shongweni west of Durban on Friday.

Hamas said it had responded on Friday in "a positive spirit" to a US-brokered Gaza ceasefire proposal and was prepared to enter into talks on implementing the deal, which envisages a release of hostages and negotiations on ending the conflict.

Two people were injured in an explosion that seriously damaged at least five homes in Slovo Park in, Springs on the East Rand on Friday morning.

The student representative council (SRC) of the University of Fort Hare has condemned what it termed the inhumane treatment of the university's  Rugby Blues team, whose members were evicted  on Thursday night from their Pretoria accommodation durin...

What began as a response to unemployment during the Great Depression has evolved into a lifeline for hundreds of people daily.

At least 15 Palestinians were killed overnight in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, according to local health officials, as US President Donald Trump said he expected Hamas to respond to his "final proposal" for a ceasefire in Gaza in the next 24 hours.

When more than 1,000 civil society representatives flocked to Seville this week for a UN conference on development financing, their expectations were already low — but the four-day event left many frustrated and feeling their voices were stifled.

American rapper Kanye West has been denied entry into Australia after the release of a controversial track in which he praises Adolf Hitler.

More women are buying property than men, according to a study by real estate investment company Lightstone.

Alphabet's Google has been hit by an EU antitrust complaint over its AI Overviews from a group of independent publishers, which has also asked for an interim measure to prevent allegedly irreparable harm to them, according to a document seen by Reute...

A 102-year-old woman has been raped and killed in her home in Butterworth.

South Africa recorded a preliminary trade surplus of R21.7bn in May, driven by a rise in exports and relatively stable import levels, Sars said on Friday.

The UN human rights office said on Friday it had recorded at least 613 killings both at aid points run by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and near humanitarian convoys run by other relief groups including the UN.