DURBAN, Oct 16 — Gunmen opened fire on local government candidate Khethelo Mdluli outside his rural home as he was with his young children, one of a surge of suspected

ULAANBAATAR, Oct 16 — Inside a traditional Mongolian ger in the sprawling suburbs of Ulaanbaatar, children queue to have their teeth checked at a mobile dental practice that roams the

WASHINGTON, Oct 15 — One message told him to “go to hell.” Others said he deserved to be imprisoned. Death threats poured in. Asians who share a name with one

KYIV, Oct 15 — Ukraine will no longer abide by US President Donald Trump’s demands not to strike Russian oil refineries, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in remarks published today, amid

ISTANBUL, Oct 15 — Istanbul was today battling to recover from flooding caused by what officials said was the heaviest rainfall in the city since records began more than 80

ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER, Oct 15 — Israeli opposition politician Gadi Eisenkot, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main rival in upcoming elections, vowed today to defeat Hamas in Gaza if he becomes prime

RIYADH, Oct 15 — The Saudi-led military coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis today said it had intercepted a cruise missile in the Medina region — home to one of Islam’s holiest

  PESHAWAR, Oct 15 — Twenty-one pupils and a teacher were killed yesterday after a roof collapsed at a school in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar, a hospital official said.

  BRATISLAVA, Oct 15 — Slovakian lawyers Ivan Novotny and Metod Spacek got married in Austria in 2020, but their home country refused to register their marriage—a decision they are now

DILI, Oct 15 — East Timor began a three-day school closure today prompted by thick haze that has drifted over from raging forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia. In the capital Dili,