8+ hour, 27+ min ago  (514+ words) South Africa's trade sector is coming under mounting pressure as higher fuel and energy costs, linked partly to escalating conflict in the Middle East, begin to feed through into the domestic economy, according to the South African Chamber of Commerce…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (575+ words) NEW DELHI, May 15 (Reuters)Top diplomats from BRICS nations, including rivals Iran and the United Arab Emirates, failed to issue a joint statement on Friday after a two-day meeting in Delhi, leaving host India to release only a chair's statement…...

6+ day, 25+ min ago  (981+ words) China is eager to "help" peace negotiations between Washington and Tehran, U. S. President Donald Trump said Thursday, as he concluded a two-day presidential summit in Beijing. In an interview with Fox News on Thursday, Trump said his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago  (319+ words) DUBAI, May 14 (Reuters)Iran's foreign minister accused the United Arab Emirates of direct involvement in military operations against his country during a BRICS meetingin New Delhi on Thursday, Iranian state media reported. The spat comes a day after the UAEdenied…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago  (106+ words) CNBC Africa DUBAI, May 14 (Reuters)Iran on Thursday called on BRICS member states to condemn what it says are violations of international law by the United States and Israel, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said in a statement on his Telegram…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (234+ words) JOHANNESBURG, May 13 South Africa faces a double blow from domestic political uncertainty and external headwinds, S&P Global Ratings said, adding that it is monitoring whether the country's coalition government can hold together and sustain the reforms behind last year's…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (417+ words) NEW DELHI, May 13 (Reuters)The U. S. -Israeli war on Iranis set to cast a shadow over a two-day meeting of the foreign ministers of the BRICS grouping that kicks off in New Delhi on Thursday, testingthe bloc's ability to reach a…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (739+ words) U. S. President'Donald Trump'rejected Iran's counterproposal to end the 10-week war in the Middle East, calling it "totally unacceptable," while Tehran vowed to "never bow," prolonging a standoff that has choked the Strait of Hormuz and roiled global energy markets. "I have…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (317+ words) The U. S. military said it struck two Iran-flagged unladen oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Friday, preventing the vessels from entering an Iranian port in violation of a U. S. naval blockade. A U. S. fighter jet "disabled both tankers after firing precision…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (302+ words) U. S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that the U. S. is expecting a response on Friday from Iran on the proposal to end the war. "We should know something today" We're expecting a response from them," Rubio told reporters in Rome,…...