1+ hour, 26+ min ago  (287+ words) John R. Bolton was ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush and national security adviser under President Donald Trump. In the Biden administration's waning months, U.S. officials supported, indeed urged, Britain to cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Smack in…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (289+ words) A beloved Sydney-based chef has been tragically killed while holidaying in Bali. Italian national Davide Vulpis, who was working at Cibaria Italian restaurant in Manly on Sydney's northern beaches, was travelling with friends when he was involved in a motorcycle…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (484+ words) The leader of the second largest party in South Africa's government announced on Wednesday that he would not seek re-election, casting uncertainty over the direction of the country's fragile governing coalition. The politician, John Steenhuisen, is finishing his second term…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (915+ words) CARACAS, Venezuela "U.S. charge d'affaires Laura Dogu has arrived in Caracas to reopen the American diplomatic mission in Venezuela after seven years of severed ties. The move comes almost one month after a military attack ordered by President Trump that removed…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (505+ words) CAPE TOWN, South Africa'South Africa ordered Israel's deputy ambassador to leave the country within 72 hours on Friday, accusing him of undermining relations between the countries with social media posts that insulted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and violating diplomatic protocols....

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (323+ words) An attempt to troll critics by President Donald Trump's White House backfired spectacularly on Friday as observers gave the administration a geography lesson. Observers quickly pounced on the post, noting the massive island contains no penguins. Indeed, all 18 penguin species…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (289+ words) A South African court on Friday dismissed an appeal by the country's heritage body to prevent the sale and export of memorabilia belonging to the anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela. His fist sculpted in bronze, his iconic aviator-style sunglasses, signature shirts…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (943+ words) TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK, Tanzania " Our first day in East Africa is everything I envisioned. My 17-year-old daughter, Rachel, and I rise just after the sun, clamber into our guide's vehicle and track game. We're here for the great migration, when…...

4+ week, 12+ hour ago  (156+ words) Some of the United States" longest standing allies have scorned en masse a signing ceremony for Donald Trump"s new "Board of Peace" initiative. Not a single representative from a Western European country was present at the launch Thursday morning…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (841+ words) LONDON'A startled British government on Tuesday defended its decision to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after U.S. President Trump attacked the plan, which his administration had previously supported. Trump said that relinquishing the remote Indian Ocean archipelago, home…...