The mines minister says a state task team that intervened in Amcu’s wage negotiations has "done enough work" for the parties to continue.
Strike talks between government, platinum miners and Amcu are due to resume after reports the mineworkers’ union rejected a pay offer by government.
Amcu is considering a government proposal to resolve a five-month platinum strike and will put it to its members this week.
An area has been taped off in the Praia da Luz holiday resort in southern Portugal as the seven-year search for Madeleine McCann continues.
The country’s elections committee says it has dismissed Hamdeen Sabahi’s appeal against voting results that gave Abdel Fattah al-Sisi a win.
Ukraine’s next president, Petro Poroshenko, will not negotiate with armed separatists but is open to dialogue, provided they reject violence.
Security forces have been ordered to prevent militants from moving beyond China’s borders days after an attack which killed dozens in Xinjiang.
On his three-day trip to the Middle East, Francis delighted his Palestinian hosts by referring to the "state of Palestine".
Ukrainians to vote for new presidential candidates who have promised closer ties with the West.
Malawi’s electoral body says President Joyce Banda has no power to scrap elections, while her main political rival says the decision is "illegal".