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Khanyisile NgcoboBBC News, JohannesburgUlrich Janse van VuurenUlrich Janse van Vuuren has made it his passion to share and showcase some of South Africa's best features with his legion of social media followers.The 38-year-old white South African often takes snapshots...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is not among the names listed by the Kremlin as being due to attend peace talks on the war in Ukraine in Istanbul on Thursday, despite calls from Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky for him to attend.Russia's...

Mark SavageMusic CorrespondentGetty ImagesIt's no surprise to learn that staging a live three-hour broadcast with thousands of moving parts is incredibly stressful. This year, organisers have introduced measures to protect the welfare of contestants and crew, including closed-door rehearsals,...

ReutersDuring a news conference at the White House on Tuesday the president berated a reporter who raised questions about the ethics of the transaction."What do you say to people who view that luxury jet as a personal gift to...

Nikhil Inamdar, BBC News, London & Archana Shukla, BBC News, MumbaiBBCIf India really wants to address its grievances, the right forum to present them would be the United Nations FATF (Financial Action Task Force), says Mr Haqqani. The...

Getty ImagesAt least 21 people have been killed in a road accident in central Mexico, according to a local official.The three-vehicle crash happened on the highway between Cuacnopalan and Oaxaca in Puebla state on Wednesday morning, said Samuel Aguilar...

Thai officials on Wednesday said they seized 238 tons of illegally imported electronic waste from the United States at the port of Bangkok, one of the biggest lots they've found this year.The waste, which came...

Donald Trump has said his administration is now exploring the possibility of normalising relations with Syria - his comments coming shortly after he met Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, whose forces ended the decades-long dictatorship of the Assad family.The...

President Trump on Wednesday told Gulf leaders he urgently wants "to make a deal" with Iran to wind down its nuclear program but said Tehran must end its support of proxy groups throughout the region...

A 2-year-old girl separated from her parents by deportation arrived on Wednesday in Venezuela, where her mother was deported from the United States — a move that the South American country has repeatedly denounced as...