Trump’s summit with Putin set for 11 a.m. in Alaska on Friday – SABC News

US President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin will take place at 11 a.m. (1900 GMT) on Friday in Anchorage, Alaska, the White House announced in a press

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Trump open to security guarantees for Ukraine: Macron – SABC News

France’s President Emmanuel Macron says United States President Donald Trump has expressed willingness to European leaders that America and other allies should be part of giving Ukraine security guarantees to

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Rights groups HRW, Amnesty join SA in condemning US State’s Report – SABC News

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International are among global rights groups that have sharply criticised the US State Department’s annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, that was earlier rejected

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Tropical storm Podul drenches southern China – SABC News

Tropical storm Podul drenched southern China on Thursday, dumping more than 70 mm (2.76 inches) of rain an hour on parts of the provinces of Guangdong, Hunan and Jiangxi and

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South Sudan says no talks with Israel to resettle Palestinians – SABC News

South Sudan is not in talks with Israel to resettle Palestinians from war-torn Gaza, South Sudan’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the Associated Press, citing six people with

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EU-led bloc puts pressure on Israel to allow lifesaving aid into Gaza – SABC News

The European Union, joined by foreign ministers from 24 countries, declared that the humanitarian crisis gripping Gaza has reached unimaginable levels.  They issued a plea to Israel to immediately lift

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Solitary cell with mattress on floor for South Korea’s ex-first lady – SABC News

South Korea’s former first lady Kim Keon Hee will spend her first day in jail on Wednesday in a cell much like the one her husband and ex-President Yoon Suk

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DIRCO rejects US Human Rights Report, labels It ‘deeply flawed’ – SABC News

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has rejected the US State Department’s Human Rights Country Report on South Africa as inaccurate and deeply flawed. The US State Department

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Italian orienteering athlete dies at World Games in China – SABC News

Italian orienteering athlete Mattia Debertolis has died in hospital after competing at the World Games in Chengdu, China, organisers said on Tuesday. Debertolis was rushed to hospital after being found

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Gaza students’ ambitions replaced by desperate search for food – SABC News

Student Maha Ali was determined to become a journalist one day and report on events in Gaza. Now she and other students have just one ambition: finding food as hunger

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