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Police release CCTV in hunt for man after woman sexually assaulted on Elizabeth line train
A woman was sexually assaulted on a crowded Elizabeth line train in central London, and British Transport Police have now released CCTV images of a

Four arrested in Limpopo driver’s licence cash scheme as investigators seize learner permits
Four people have been arrested in Limpopo after investigators uncovered an alleged cash-for-driver’s-licence scheme at the Marble Hall Driving Licence Testin...

Probe Finds Gauteng Agency Pushed Loans to Paul Mashatile’s Son-in-Law, Stirring Fresh Scrutiny of Ties and Taxpayer Risk
A Gauteng state-backed fund advanced R7.2 million to a company owned by Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s son-in-law, and investigators later said the lendin...

Sydney trophy home tangled in insolvency, mortgages and court fights
A $95 million mansion in Sydney’s Point Piper has ended up in a legal maze that now stretches from the NSW Supreme Court to insolvency

England to give students clearer warnings on loan terms after mis-selling row
University applicants in England will get clearer warnings about student loans before they sign up, after the government moved to tighten the way borrowing t...

South Africa parliament committee seeks more time to finish police corruption probe
Cape Town’s parliament committee investigating corruption and criminal infiltration in law enforcement wants more time. The Ad Hoc Committee on SAPS has aske...

Xi’s Delhi trip puts a rare spotlight on China’s armored Hongqi limousine
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s travel plans for New Delhi have drawn attention for more than diplomacy. He is expected to arrive for the 18th BRICS

Portsmouth Deploys New Face Mask Ban as Rival Protest Camps Clash Over Migration
Police arrested three people as anti-migrant and anti-racism demonstrators squared off in Portsmouth on Saturday, with authorities enforcing strict new power...

Trump meets Ireland’s leaders in Dublin before trip to his Doonbeg golf club
U.S. President Donald Trump met Ireland’s top leaders in Dublin on Saturday, a stop that came before he headed across the country to his oceanfront

Jimmy Kimmel releases James Talarico interview online as FCC dispute keeps it off ABC
Jimmy Kimmel has moved his interview with Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico off ABC and onto YouTube, saying regulatory pressure from the Fede...

Houthi strikes hit Saudi energy routes, rattling global oil markets
Flames tore through Saudi Aramco’s refinery in Jazan on the Red Sea after a Houthi missile and drone strike, putting fresh pressure on one of

Australia’s Queensland Faces Credit Downgrade as Debt Crisis Deepens
Australia's most populous state is bracing for a credit rating cut that threatens to worsen an already precarious financial position. Queensland's deteriorat...

South Africa fires pensions agency chief over procurement scandal tied to ‘ghost’ office deal
South Africa’s finance minister has fired Kedibone Madiehe as chief executive of the Government Pensions Administration Agency, ending her tenure after a dis...

Australia’s Labor takes aim at the internet’s gates, and the backlash test begins
Anthony Albanese and Anika Wells stood in the cool Canberra air this week and signalled a fresh confrontation with Silicon Valley. Their message was blunt:

Putin, Pezeshkian arrive in India as BRICS summit turns to war and trade
Vladimir Putin arrived in India on Friday for talks ahead of a BRICS summit that will be dominated by war, trade turbulence and oil. Iranian

Four Slovak Suspects Charged in Death of Newborn Found with 33 Stab Wounds in Sheffield
A newborn girl discovered on a washing machine in an outbuilding died from catastrophic injuries inflicted by multiple attackers, a UK court heard this week.

Trump’s Missouri redistricting push leaves voters, courts and lawmakers in turmoil
President Donald Trump’s push for a new House map in Missouri has done something far messier than redraw a district line. It has set off

Red-Laser Biden at Republican Convention Shows the Fight Is Still Against Democrats
The first face that greeted reporters at this week’s Republican convention in Texas was not Donald Trump’s. It was Joe Biden’s, blown up on stadium

CIA Declassifies 71 Pre-9/11 Intelligence Reports on Bin Laden, al Qaeda
WASHINGTON — The CIA on Friday released 71 intelligence reports tied to the years and months before the Sept. 11 attacks, opening a new window

Xi to visit India for 24 hours as Modi, Beijing weigh trade reset and border tensions
Chinese President Xi Jinping will land in India on Saturday for a tightly packed 24-hour visit that puts trade and the long-running Himalayan border dispute

Greens choose Zack Polanski to fight Holborn and St Pancras byelection on climate and gas drilling
Zack Polanski will contest the Holborn and St Pancras byelection for the Green Party, putting climate politics and a North Sea gasfield at the centre

Mamdani Stays on 9/11 Victims as Islamophobia Fight Breaks Out Over New York Times Coverage
Zohran Mamdani is trying to keep the focus on the dead, even as the politics around him pull hard in another direction. On the 25th

Memorial at Utah Valley University marks one year since Charlie Kirk’s killing, drawing a campus divide
One year after Charlie Kirk was shot dead while speaking in Orem, Utah, his name returned to the same campus in a memorial that drew

Vance Emerges as MAGA’s Millennial Face as Trump World Seeks a Softer Edge
JD Vance is being cast as MAGA’s millennial messenger at a moment when Donald Trump’s political brand is looking for a gentler edge. The vice