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The Department of International Relations and Co-operation is attempting to establish whether any South Africans were among the victims of the coordinated wave of terror attacks in Paris. Its reported that more than 120 people were killed and

 A series of attacks targeting young concert-goers, soccer fans and Parisians enjoying a Friday night out at popular nightspots killed at least 120 people in the deadliest violence to strike France since World War II. President Francois

 Jordanian government spokesman says a Jordanian policeman opened fire Monday on foreign trainers at a police compound, killing two Americans and a South African before being shot dead. Mohammed Momani told the state news agency Petra that

A Russian airliner carrying 224 people crashed on Saturday in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula, Egyptian prime minister’s office said. The plane, carrying 217 passengers along with seven crew members, vanished from radar after taking

The Johannesburg High Court has postponed sentencing of convicted Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir to next month. Krejcir and five others were found guilty of kidnapping, attempted murder and attempted possession of drugs in August. Defence

PARIS (AP) Bacon, hot dogs and cold cuts are under fire: The World Health Organization threw its global weight behind years of experts’ warnings and declared Monday that processed meats raise the risk of colon and stomach cancer and that

Fumes from the emissions scandal choking Volkswagen have engulfed the nation and devalued ‘Brand Germany’ to the tune of US$191 billion, the international specialist brand and business valuation agency Brand Finance said on Monday

ZURICH (AP) — Sepp Blatter and UEFA President Michel Platini, the man who had been favored to take over as FIFA leader, were both suspended for 90 days Thursday, plunging soccer’s governing body deeper into crisis. Blatter and Platini

A Johannesburg father caught smuggling drugs into Malaysia is now facing the death penalty.  29 year-old Deon Cornelius has lost his appeal to have his death penalty sentence overturned after he was convicted in January.  Patricia