The surge in gold prices has turned Durban Deep, a decaying former mining suburb west of Johannesburg, into a chaotic battlefield of hunger-driven digging, ...

Head coach Gautam Gambhir arrived in Ranchi only two days ahead of the first ODI of the series. Gambhir, who is under ...

As G20 leaders gather for a global summit, residents are in despair over a metropolis that struggles to run itself ...

Hezbollah’s 200–500 operatives (2024 Paradigm Shift estimate) are Lebanese diaspora, relying on TBZ safe houses and encrypted ...

A huge fire razed Dhaka’s Korail slum, leaving 10,000 homeless. Parallels with Johannesburg’s hijacked buildings ignite calls ...

African big cities like Harare are characterised by contested narratives of world city ideals and urban informality. The ...

The Jamaican reggae star had a breakout performance in the 1972 film "The Harder They Come," playing a singer turned outlaw.

In Africa, artificial intelligence and data is being used to identify pollutants and clean up the air. On the outskirts of Cairo, the pyramids shimmer in a brownish haze. In gridlocked Nairobi, ...

November 13 is World Kindness Day. Its goal is to encourage acts of kindness. (After all, one kind day is better than none.) ...

The Straits TimesSharing renewable energy will be key to South-east Asia’s ability to deal with deadly heat without driving ...

An anti-migrant group called Operation Dudula is blocking foreigners from public health clinics in South Africa ...