World – Sowetan
Diplomatic sensitivities cited amid Nepal’s refusal to accept aid
South Korea supports US President Donald Trump’s efforts to resume dialogue with North Korea but aims to ensure its security posture is not weakened and that Seoul is not sidelined, South Korea’s national security adviser said on Friday
Eswatini said on Thursday it has received two more third-country nationals deported from the US under a bilateral agreement between the two countries
Indonesia has boosted security around parliament in the capital Jakarta and other major cities as demonstrators gathered for rallies on Thursday, a year after a wave of violent anti-government protests erupted across the country
A car deliberately rammed into a group of pedestrians standing in front of the train station in Caen, northern France, on Wednesday night, killing one and injuring 10, local authorities said
A federal judge on Tuesday again blocked a Texas law restricting public drag performances, ruling for a second time that the legislation passed in the heavily Republican state violated the US constitution’s free speech protections
France faces a particularly perilous annual budget battle in the coming months as political parties jockey for position ahead of next spring’s presidential election
US states secure strict new limits on teen use of social media platforms
Foreign nationals from more than 25 countries among those unaccounted for in deadly deluge
Prosecutors in Cologne are investigating three employees of a regional German bank on suspicion of bribery over the lender’s financing of one of Europe’s largest brothels, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said
Iran and Oman are negotiating a temporary corridor in the Strait of Hormuz
A massive flash flood in the Himalayan nation of Nepal washed away villages and project sites in a region bordering Tibet, authorities said on Wednesday, warning of heavy casualties.
Six Chinese nationals were killed and nine are missing after a fire broke out at a gas chemical complex in Russia’s far eastern Amur region, the plant said on Wednesday
Tragedy highlights persistent safety concerns in Pakistan’s under-resourced public hospitals
Measles has surged in the US this year, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting 2,777 confirmed cases nationwide by August 20