Published: 02:07 am,Friday 5 December 2025
No single G20 member has unilateral right to exclude South Africa: FM
No single member of the Group of 20 (G20) has a unilateral right to exclude South Africa, a founding member, from the bloc, South African International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola said Thursday, reported Xinhua. Lamola issued an open letter to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio
Published: 02:19 am,Friday 5 December 2025
9 killed in drone strikes in S. Sudan: volunteer group
At least nine people were killed and seven others injured on Thursday in drone strikes on southern Sudan's South Kordofan State by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its allied armed group, according to a volunteer group and a humanitarian organisation, reported Xinhua. The strikes launched by
Published: 03:07 am,Friday 5 December 2025
Man killed in targeted shooting in Australia's Queensland
A man has died following a targeted shooting in the Australian state of Queensland in the early hours of Friday morning, reported Xinhua. The Queensland Police Service (QPS) said that emergency services attended a property in the suburb of Slacks Creek, 20 km southeast of the state capital
Published: 02:49 am,Friday 5 December 2025
UN Security Council delegation makes rare visit to Syria
A United Nations Security Council (UNSC) delegation made a rare visit to Syria on Thursday, marking a high-level engagement with Syrian authorities since they took power following the ouster of former President Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, reported Xinhua. According to state news agency SANA, it is the
Published: 02:28 am,Thursday 4 December 2025
US, Russia discuss Ukraine's NATO accession
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. presidential special envoy Steve Witkoff discussed Ukraine's accession to NATO during their talks, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said Wednesday, reported Xinhua. Russia and the United States had reached a consensus, said Ushakov without elaborating. Ushakov said that the successful progress made by
Published: 02:21 am,Thursday 4 December 2025
5 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike in S. Gaza
At least five Palestinians were killed on Wednesday in an Israeli airstrike on a tent sheltering displaced people in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, according to Gaza's Civil Defense, reported Xinhua. Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Civil Defense, said the airstrike targeted the tent in the
Published: 02:36 am,Thursday 4 December 2025
Trump talks with Lula on fighting crime, trade during phone call
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday spoke by phone with his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, with the two sides focusing on fighting organized crime, trade and sanctions, reported Xinhua. "We had a great talk. We talked about trade. We talked about sanctions, because, as you
Published: 02:17 am,Thursday 4 December 2025
Macron arrives in Beijing for state visit
At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a state visit to China through Friday, reported Xinhua. It is Macron's fourth state visit to China and a reciprocal visit to Xi's historic state visit to France last year
Published: 02:52 am,Thursday 4 December 2025
Indonesia revises Sumatra disaster toll to 770 dead, 463 missing
Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) on Wednesday revised its casualty figures for the floods and landslides in Sumatra, confirming that 770 people have died and 463 remain missing across the three worst-affected provinces, reported Xinhua. The updated numbers came after data collected by field teams were re-identified
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