Mon 22 June 2026: U.S. Vice President JD Vance stated Monday that Iran has agreed to allow International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear inspectors back into the country. Inspections of Tehran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium will possibly begin as soon as this week, following the first round of U.S.-Iran talks aimed at ending the […]
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Mon 22 June 2026: Keir Starmer on Monday announced his resignation as UK prime minister and Labour Party leader amid mounting pressure following poor results in last month’s local elections. “I will resign as leader of the Labour Party. I have spoken to His Majesty the King this morning to inform him of my decision,” […]
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Mon 22 June 2026: Civil aviation authority temporarily imposed restrictions on flights at several airports during attack Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said on Monday that Russian air defenses repelled another Ukrainian drone attack, with 84 unmanned aerial vehicles intercepted on approach to the capital overnight. Emergency service specialists are working at the debris fall sites, […]
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Mon 22 June 2026: US-Iran talks in Switzerland over weekend saw some tensions flare, but talks continued, fueling optimism over lasting peace in Middle East, driving gold prices up Global markets began the week that will see the release of key US macroeconomic data on a mixed trend after US-Iran talks continued to reach a […]
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Mon 22 June 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ SA struggles with migrant exodus and economic unrest: Moreover, foreign-born residents only account for an estimated 5.1% of South Africa’s population.“That is not an influx and it is not particularly high compared to global standards,” said Economist Duma Gqubule. “People are making up […]
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Sun 21 June 2026: United States President Donald Trump has pledged there will be no tolls for passage through the Strait of Hormuz, unless they are collected by his own country. Trump’s statement, made in a Saturday afternoon post on Truth Social, is the latest sign that a recently signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) may be […]
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Sun 21 June 2026: A government push to curb undocumented employment is exposing the dependence of many small businesses on migrant labour. Johannesburg, South Africa – In the narrow lanes of Fordsburg in central Johannesburg, Junaid Mohammed* stands behind the counter of a family shop that has been in his family for decades. His father started […]
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Sat 20 June 2026: Amnesty International’s South Asia Regional Office has raised alarm over what it describes as the mass and accelerating expulsion of Afghan refugees from countries around the world, warning that the situation is worsening day by day. In a statement, the rights group said millions of Afghans are being forced to leave […]
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Sat 20 June 2026: African and Caribbean nations on Friday demanded formal apologies from countries that benefited from transatlantic slavery, as well as debt relief and financial compensation, part of an increasingly forceful push for reparations. The demands were part of a 19-point reparations plan endorsed at the end of a three-day conference in Ghana, […]
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Sat 20 June 2026: The United Nations has warned that the world’s oceans are facing a rapidly worsening crisis, with marine ecosystems under “severe and intensifying” stress from human activities, while the rate of global sea-level rise has doubled over the past decade. Released to coincide with World Oceans Day, the UN’s third World Ocean […]
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