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South Africa: US boycott of G20 ‘their loss’
AFP, Published on 12/11/2025
» JOHANNESBURG - President Cyril Ramaphosa said Wednesday the United States boycott of the G20 summit in South Africa later this month would not prevent the meeting of the world’s leading economies from going ahead.
Trump: US to boycott G20 summit in South Africa
Published on 08/11/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has said no US officials will attend this month’s Group of 20 summit in South Africa, the latest escalation in a rift that erupted over his claims that the country is mistreating White Afrikaners.
Exiled Afghan women footballers find hope on the pitch in Morocco
AFP, Published on 04/11/2025
» CASABLANCA, Morocco- Manoozh Noori said she "wanted to die" when the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021. That meant she could no longer do what she loved most: playing football.
Pro-Palestinian march, actions at Israel v Norway match
AFP, Published on 12/10/2025
» OSLO - Several hundred people demonstrated and expressed support for the Palestinian cause in Oslo on Saturday as Israel faced Norway in a football World Cup qualifier, AFP journalists reported.
Israel to deport Gaza flotilla activists
AFP, Published on 02/10/2025
» JERUSALEM — Israel said on Thursday it will deport pro-Palestinian activists on an aid flotilla intercepted at sea as they headed towards Gaza, adding that none of the vessels had successfully breached its maritime blockade.
South African envoy found dead outside Paris hotel
Published on 30/09/2025
» PARIS - South Africa’s ambassador to France was found dead on Tuesday at the foot of the Hyatt Regency hotel, a high-rise tower in the west of Paris, the Paris prosecutor’s office said.
Trump eyes N.Korea meet as he ambushes S.Korea leader
AFP, Published on 26/08/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said Monday he hoped again to meet North Korea's leaders as he fired off an extraordinary attack against the South's leader hours before opening talks with him.
ICC seeks arrest of Taliban leaders for persecuting women
AFP, Published on 08/07/2025
» THE HAGUE - The International Criminal Court on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for two senior Taliban leaders, accusing them of crimes against humanity for persecuting women and girls.
UN expert says firms 'profiting' from 'genocide' of Palestinians
AFP, Published on 04/07/2025
» GENEVA - UN rights expert Francesca Albanese on Thursday denounced companies she said "profited from the Israeli economy of illegal occupation, apartheid, and now genocide", in a report that provoked a furious response from Israel.
UN Charter: a founding document violated and ignored
AFP, Published on 26/06/2025
» UNITED NATIONS - Eighty years ago Thursday, 50 countries came together in the ashes of World War II to sign the United Nations’ founding charter in order “to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war”.