Taiwan has extended the length of its mandatory military service from four months to a year. Tsai Ing-Wen, the President of Taiwan, made the announcement

South Korea has claimed that drones from North Korea have violated its airspace. South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff said that a number of drones

Pope Francis devoted his Christmas Day message from the Vatican to a plea for amity, saying the world was suffering from a ‘famine of peace’,

Scientists say research into a frog that turns itself mostly transparent while sleeping could advance medical understanding of dangerous blood clotting, a common serious condition

Scotland has warned that it will resist attempts by the UK government to interfere with the controversial gender self-identification system, which makes it easier for

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has told Americans that US military aid to Ukraine was not charity, but an investment in security for the future. In

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have imposed an immediate ban on women going to university … ‘until a suitable environment’ is provided. It is not clear what

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The Eastern Cape High Court in Makhanda has ordered that Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula ‘immediately, and with the utmost urgency, develop and implement an action

Cyril Ramaphosa’s re-election as ANC president appealed to market sentiment, with the rand strengthening by more than 2% against the dollar, and some analysts pinning