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Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, gestures to the crowd as he concludes a campaign rally on October 19, 2024, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

What Trump’s re-election could mean for global security and American foreign policy

If Donald Trump re-enters the White House after the 5 November elections, countries like Russia, China, Iran and North Korea will be delighted

Archbishop Desmond Tutu delivers a speech during a conference for “One Young World”, the Worlds largest gathering of Young Leaders, in London on February 8, 2010. (Photo: Carl de Souza/AFP)

Archbishop Tutu — a man of God who liked to laugh

‘The Arch’ never stopped joking as he fought oppression locally and globally, writes Thembisa Fakude.

Khaya Sithole: The real weapons of mass destruction

Ratings agencies and derivatives caused the housing bubble, but where does the next financial crisis lurk?

The United States condemned the attack, with its UN envoy saying it had happened because President Hassan Rouhani has “oppressed his people for a long time”.

Iran points finger at US allies over deadly attack

Four militants attacked a parade commemorating the start of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war in the southwestern city of Ahvaz.

An Iraqi army soldier stands atop of an armoured vehicle as a smoke from a nearby sulfur plant set alight by Islamic State militants rises behind

Battle for Mosul’s soul and Iraqi identity

Mosul may no longer be a pillar of Iraq’s identity

Christmas in Baghdad: Tanks, pilgrims, and Santa Claus

Christmas for Iraq’s remaining Christian community means celebrating behind blast walls and barbed wire.

Attacks have multiplied in Iraq since the start of the year

Dozens killed in a series of bomb attacks in Baghdad

A series of car bombs in mainly Shi’ite areas of Baghdad has killed 60 people and wounded 140.

A US marine watches as a statue of Saddam Hussein falls in Baghdad after the start of the Iraq war. Future historians are likely to downsize President George W Bush as well.

Iraq: Counting the costs of war 10 years later

US policies have changed since it invaded Iraq and ousted Saddam Hussein a decade ago.

Thirty-five people were killed ahead of the first anniversary of the withdrawal of US forces.

Second day of violence leaves 35 dead in Iraqi attacks

A wave of attacks targeting both Iraq’s security forces and civilians killed 35 people, in a second day of deadly violence.

A series of apparently coordinated bombings across Iraq on the eve of the Islamic new year killed 15 people and wounded dozens.

Wave of attacks kills 56 in Iraq

A series of more than 25 attacks across Iraq have killed 56 people and wounded over 250 others with security forces and markets among the targets.

Firefighters hose down a ­building following a car-bomb attack in the Iraq city of Kirkuk in June.

Wrath of Iraq war lingers

Although the West is pulling out its armies, the war is by no means over for the Arab world, a former adviser warns. Nick Hopkins reports.

The real cost of the Iraq war

American military doctors are reporting that the number of suicides in the US army rose by 80% after the US launched the war on Iraq.

According to Mariette Liefferink

Obama promises troops will leave Iraq by year-end

President Barack Obama said on Friday the United States will fulfill its pledge to pull troops out of Iraq by the end of the year.

Powell demands answers over bioweapons lies

Powell demands answers over bioweapons lies

Former US secretary of state Colin Powell has asked why CIA failed to warn him over Iraqi defector who admitted fabricating Iraq bioweapons evidence.

UK inquiry probes Blair over Iraq invasion

UK inquiry probes Blair over Iraq invasion

Former UK PM Tony Blair promised he would back the US in taking action against Saddam Hussein almost a year before the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

UK inquiry probes Blair over Iraq invasion

Blair defends actions in new Iraq inquiry grilling

Tony Blair said on Friday he was determined to do whatever it took to disarm Saddam Hussein despite legal concerns.

US under pressure on WikiLeaks allegations

Washington on Sunday came under increasing pressure to investigate allegations in the leaked Iraq war documents published by WikiLeaks.

US accused of failing to probe Iraqi abuse cases

US accused of failing to probe Iraqi abuse cases

WikiLeaks released nearly 400 000 classified US files on the Iraq war on Friday, some detailing gruesome cases of prisoner abuse.

Mandela ‘breathed fire’ over Iraq War, says ex-UK minister

Nelson Mandela was so upset over UK invading Iraq that he called a government minister and "virtually breathed fire", the ex-minister has revealed.

Pentagon tries aromatherapy to ease combat stress

The US military is experimenting with aromatherapy, acupuncture and other unorthodox methods to treat soldiers traumatised by combat experiences.