South Africa
BRICS invites six countries including Saudi Arabia, Iran to join developing world bloc
Leaders of the BRICS group of developing nations have invited Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt, Argentina and the United Arab Emirates to join, in...
BRICS leaders meet in South Africa as bloc weighs expansion
Leaders of the BRICS nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - converged on Johannesburg on Tuesday for a summit where they...
South Africa defends naval exercise with Russia and China
South Africa defended its planned naval exercise with Russia and China next month amid criticism over its noncommital stance on the war in Ukraine,...
Europe and Asia, alarmed by COVID variant, tighten borders
Global authorities reacted with alarm on Friday to a new coronavirus variant detected in South Africa, with the EU, Britain and India among those...
Von der Leyen: EU ready to discuss COVID vaccine patent waiver
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday that the European Union is willing to discuss a proposal, now backed by the...