A South African beauty pageant contestant has withdrawn from the competition after the government accused her mother of fraud and identity theft, following questions over
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Aukus pact will turn Australia into ‘51st state’ of the US, says Paul Keating
Australia’s participation in the Aukus defence pact risks handing military control of the country to Washington and becoming the “51st state of the United States”,
‘A climate of terror’: Maduro cracks down on Venezuelans protesting contested election win
Cristina Ramírez was readying her sofa bed in Buenos Aires for the arrival of her friend visiting from Venezuela when she received a text message
US judge derails Mexico’s $10bn trafficking suit against US gunmakers
A US judge has dismissed much of Mexico’s unprecedented $10bn lawsuit seeking to hold US gun manufacturers responsible for facilitating the trafficking of firearms to
Miss South Africa contest in turmoil as finalist’s mother accused of fraud
South Africa’s national beauty pageant has been thrown into turmoil, after the government accused the mother of a contestant who suffered a torrent of online
Thailand facing political upheaval as court set to rule on fate of progressive Move Forward party
Thailand’s constitutional court will decide on Wednesday whether the country’s most popular party should be dissolved over its election promise to reform the country’s strict
US plans more frequent bomber deployments to Australia amid China’s ‘escalatory behaviour’
The US says it plans “more frequent” deployments of bomber aircraft to Australia amid concerns over China’s “dangerous and escalatory behaviour” in the region. The
Evidence shows Venezuela’s election was stolen – but will Maduro budge?
It is not new for Nicolás Maduro to be accused of attempting to steal a presidential election – the US described his claim to have
Oilfield slowdown exposes political volatility in Libya and beyond
The political complexities of Libya’s oil industry were highlighted at the weekend when allies of the warlord Khalifa Haftar were said to have tried to
Tunisia court jails potential presidential candidates and bars them from upcoming election
A Tunisian court has sentenced a number of potential presidential election candidates to prison and banned them from running for office, according to local media,