Zambia’s electoral commission has resumed the counting of votes from Thursday’s presidential, parliamentary and local elections after it was halted over alleged attacks on polling staff. The authority paused the process nationwide expressing concern about reports of violence that had “resulted in the theft of marked ballot papers in ballot boxes”. President Hakainde Hichilema is…
Major stock markets traded mixed in sparse summer trading Friday, with oil prices edging higher and the dollar slipping as investors assess the outlooks for U.S. interest rates and the war in the Middle East. Data this week showing cooler inflation in the U.S. has bolstered expectations that the Federal Reserve will not rush to…
Emmanuel Tzingakis, technical manager for Africa and venture markets at TrendAI. (Photo: Supplied) Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the economics of cyber crime, lowering the technical barrier to sophisticated attacks while creating new security and governance challenges for companies. This was a central message from speakers at TrendAI’s Spark 2026 event in Sun City last…
Yemen’s state-run Saba news agency reported on Friday that Houthi rebels had launched fresh missile and drone attacks on the eastern Yemeni city of Marib, a day after a series of strikes on government military positions left dozens dead and wounded. Yemeni armed forces shot down several Houthi drones over Marib, according to the report….
Ukraine continues to strike warehouses and logistics hubs run by Wildberries, which it says aids Moscow’s war efforts. Russia’s latest attacks on Ukraine have killed at least six people, local authorities say, as Moscow and Kyiv trade intensifying strikes targeting each other’s economic and energy infrastructure. A wave of Russian attacks killed two people and…
The United States and Iran will hold new talks Monday afternoon, President Donald Trump said, after announcing he called off intense new strikes to allow for a deal on the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran’s nuclear program. Iran said Monday it was not currently holding talks with the U.S. but was in discussions with Oman…
Israelis in the West Bank are still subject to Israel’s civilian law and enjoy widespread freedom of movement, while Palestinians are subject to Israel’s military occupation and military courts, and are tightly restricted by road closures and checkpoints – a system described by some prominent human rights groups as “apartheid”. Israel has rejected that label…
NewsFeed Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed at least two Palestinians and wounded at least 10 others, hours after Hamas agreed to a draft peace deal drawn up by US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace. The agreement would have Hamas disarm in phases, matched by Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. Published On 1 Aug 20261…
Nigeria said South Africa had agreed to bring to justice those responsible for attacks on foreign nationals, while Abuja was compiling compensation claims for losses suffered by Nigerians as both countries pledged to tone down rhetoric over the violence. The commitments followed talks in Abuja between Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Sola Enikanolaiye,…
Kyiv, Ukraine — A Russian ballistic missile and drone barrage across Ukraine overnight into Thursday killed at least eight civilians, including children, and wounded dozens of others, officials said. The blitz expanded Russia’s almost daily bombardment of Ukrainian cities as Moscow apparently looked to exploit Kyiv’s critical shortage of Western-supplied anti-ballistic missile defenses. NATO member…
