Sunday World News Updates

Iranian and Qatari officials reportedly held talks over the weekend on proposals to end the conflict with the United States, as Tehran reviewed a US diplomatic overture but said it had no immediate plans for direct negotiations with Washington. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday that Tehran would… Read more »

Russia and Ukraine have agreed to organise regular humanitarian missions in Oleshky, a town in the Kherson region, after the completion of a joint humanitarian operation, Russian Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova said on Saturday. The mission was the result of months of negotiations and joint efforts to help residents… Read more »

The eThekwini Municipality has placed its disaster management and emergency services teams on high alert after a severe thunderstorm warning issued for the region. The South African Weather Service has issued a Yellow Level 4 warning for severe thunderstorms, effective from midday until 11.59pm on Sunday, with residents warned to… Read more »

The state charged businessman Suliman Carrim with attempting to steal two BMW X5s weeks after Absa allegedly returned the same vehicles to his company and began restoring their monthly payment arrangements. The sequence, disclosed in Carrim’s bail affidavit on Friday, raises a question the prosecution has yet to answer publicly.… Read more »

Police in Limpopo have launched a murder investigation after the discovery of the body of a 33-year-old teacher at her home in the Tubatse policing area. The woman, who taught at Batau High SchoolBatau High School, was found dead at a residential property in Mashamothane 2, Mmamatipa, on Monday, October… Read more »

Two foreign nationals were arrested after police allegedly discovered explosives worth nearly R1 million during a stop-and-search operation on the N1 in Limpopo, the South African Police Service (SAPS) said today. The suspects, aged 30 and 43, were arrested in the early hours of Friday at the Kranskop Plaza after… Read more »

A North West man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape of a teenage girl who was 16 years old at the time of the attack. The Molopo Regional Court sentenced Tshepiso Tau, 34, after finding him guilty of rape for an incident that occurred four years ago.… Read more »

Senegalese lawmakers rejected, for a second time, a revised budget that is crucial to sealing a new programme with the International Monetary Fund, according to a statement from the country’s ruling party Pastef on Friday. The finance committee of Senegal’s National Assembly said last Tuesday it would review the revised… Read more »

Russia vetoed a US-drafted resolution on Western Sahara at the Security Council on Friday, leaving the UN peacekeeping mission there without a renewed mandate just a day before it expires. The resolution would have extended the mission for another year while cementing Morocco’s autonomy plan as the only basis for… Read more »

The African Export-Import Bank and the African Petroleum Producers’ Organisation have formally established the Africa Energy Bank, according to a statement from Afreximbank on Saturday. The bank, which has authorised capital of $5 billion (R84bn), aims to bridge a financing gap as traditional lenders withdraw funding from fossil fuels, even… Read more »