Film and TV producer Bongani Sibeko, 60, died at the Sandton Mediclinic in Johannesburg last week after being admitted with a respiratory infection, his family said at the weekend.

Taliban insurgents entered the Afghanistan capital Kabul on Sunday, an interior ministry official said, as the US evacuated diplomats from its embassy by helicopter.

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A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia late Saturday set a quick schedule to consider whether to allow a new Biden administration Covid-19 residential eviction ban to remain in place.

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The number of children hospitalized with Covid-19 in the United States hit a record high of just over 1,900 on Saturday, as hospitals across the South were stretched to capacity fighting outbreaks caused by the highly transmissible Delta variant.

Torrential rain lashed much of Japan on Sunday, submerging roads and buildings in the western part of the country, while three people were feared dead after a landslide in central Nagano prefecture.

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An Eastern Cape man has been arrested for the alleged murder of three relatives.

A municipal official from Mpumalanga has been arrested for selling RDP homes.

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani held urgent talks with local leaders and international partners on Saturday as Taliban rebels pushed closer to Kabul, capturing a town south of the capital that is one of the gateways to the city.

Corporal punishment continues to be widely used in SA schools more than 20 years after it was outlawed.

Iran is to impose a one-week lockdown and a ban on road travel amid a fifth Covid-19 surge in the worst-hit country in the Middle East, state television reported on Saturday.

Lebanon's central bank governor said nobody was running the country as he defended his decision to halt fuel subsidies that have drained currency reserves, saying the government could resolve the problem quickly by passing necessary legislation.

President Cyril Ramaphosa's testimony failed to impress readers, with 46% saying it was nothing more than "amnesia and giggles".

Arsenal fans are not alone in their disappointment at the north London team's woeful start to the Premier League after the president of Rwanda, the East African nation that is one of the club's sponsors, took to Twitter to blast their performance.

Authorities have recovered lion teeth and claws from a suspected illegal wildlife trader.

Families of those missing after Turkey's worst floods in years anxiously watched rescue teams search buildings on Saturday, fearing the death toll from the raging torrents could rise further.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Saturday he was consulting with local leaders and international partners on the situation in the country, as the Taliban continues its rapid advance.

Russia's daily Covid-19 deaths hit a new record of 819 on Saturday, a day after Moscow's health department reported the highest number of monthly deaths in the city since the start of the pandemic.

Tropical Storm Grace has formed over the Atlantic Ocean and is expected to reach portions of the Lesser Antilles by Saturday night, the US National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory.

The Western Cape town of Ashton was riveted by SA’s strangest-ever bridge event on Saturday.

Zambia's opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema took an early lead in the country's presidential election over incumbent Edgar Lungu, according to the first results from the electoral commission early on Saturday.

A man shot dead five people, including a 3-year-old girl, in violence that police in the southern English city of Plymouth believe began with a domestic dispute and the killing of his mother.

A prosecutor, a lawyer and a police officer have been hauled to court for allegedly demanding money from a man accused of rape in exchange for his release on bail.

The high court has thrown the book at a man who took part in a foiled cash heist at a Cape Town supermarket in 2017.

Lebanese President Michel Aoun called an emergency meeting to discuss a worsening fuel crisis on Friday but was rebuffed by the prime minister as political paralysis obstructed efforts to find a solution, even as much of the country grinds to a halt.

A couple who stole a government clerk’s life savings with promises to turn her into a multi-millionaire will serve eight years behind bars.

A bank manager who repeatedly failed a test on the regulations affecting the department she headed - then cheated in order to pass it - has failed in a court attempt to save her job.