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US court blocks sanctions on groups assisting ICC Gaza investigation
A US federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from sanctioning human rights groups that provide evidence to the International Criminal…
Pillay urges action against US sanctions on ICC
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay has called on world governments to take collective action to protect the International Criminal Court against sweeping sanctions imposed by…
Learning from Chinese socialism
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a landmark address marking the 105th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China (CPC). A South African expert lauded the CPC's…
UAE fast-tracks oil pipeline to bypass Strait of Hormuz
The project is expected to complement the existing oil pipeline of 1.8 million barrels a day to meet global demand
Iran is winning the social media war
Humour, provocation and localisation: Iran’s new digital diplomacy
Immediate ceasefire declared as US and Iran head to Islamabad talks
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced that the ceasefire would apply “everywhere including Lebanon and elsewhere”, positioning Islamabad as the central diplomatic…
SA strengthens agricultural trade amid Middle East tension
Analysts say that while trade diversification remains important, the Middle East provides key corridors to agricultural exports
Global wars and fuel shocks are putting pregnant women at greater risk of dying in childbirth
As wars disrupt fuel supplies and health systems, more women are being forced to give birth without timely access to skilled care
Khamenei killing puts limits of self-defence under UN Charter to the test
The United Nations Charter prohibits the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of another state, the only recognised exception being…
UPDATED: Iran hits US Gulf base in retaliation against attacks on Tehran
US President Donald Trump warned members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard to lay down their arms or face ‘certain death’.
UPDATED – US Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariffs, offering hope to countries such as South Africa
The Trump administration slapped South Africa with a 30% import tariff, effective last August
US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies aged 84, family says
The founder of the Rainbow/PUSH coalition — a US civil rights and social justice organisation — was an outspoken critic of apartheid in South Africa
US strikes on Venezuela, capture of Maduro will make world less secure: analysts
South Africa’s government said the US actions were a ‘a manifest violation of the Charter of the United Nations, which mandates that all member states refrain from the threat or…
At Hague Group meeting, frustration over failure of global institutions to constrain Israel’s conduct
Speakers described a system in which legal norms are applied selectively, allowing powerful states and their allies to evade accountability
G20 youth confront challenges of multilateral cooperation, national sovereignty
The Y20 summit revealed disparities in youth-driven calls for climate justice, inclusive growth and sovereignty between the Global South and North
Gulf states channel billions into Africa as China revamps financial model
Gulf sovereign wealth funds are rapidly expanding in Africa, filling a financing gap left by China’s strategic pullback and reshaping the continent’s development landscape
Pope Francis: The end of a radical papacy born in the south
Francis refused the version of Catholicism that ingratiates itself with the powerful while abandoning the poor
These are some of the executive orders Donald Trump signed on inauguration day
The withdrawal from the World Health Organisation will take one year to come into effect
Trump 2.0 sparks optimism in Africa and Asia, doubt in Europe and the rest of the West
The majority of poll respondents in South Africa, Brazil, Saudi Arabia and other countries believe China will outpace the US in global influence over the next 20 years
Los Angeles Palisades Fire threatens Getty Museum, death toll rises to 24
Teams from the sheriff’s department continue sifting through rubble, using dogs to search for human remains