Asian shares tumble as Trump's tariff plans fuel fears of a trade war and gold hits a record high amid risk-off sentiment.

The European Union's top trade officials said on Wednesday the bloc was interested in making mutually beneficial trade deals with U.S. President Donald Trump, and was ready to discuss the potential ...

Around $99 million worth of cryptocurrency was withdrawn from the marketplace of a coin at the centre of a scandal in Argentina by eight digital wallets linked to the crypto token's creator, ...

The Pentagon said on Wednesday it was directing military leaders to draw up a list of potential cuts totaling about $50 billion from the upcoming budget for fiscal year 2026 to be redirected into ...

US President Donald Trump denounced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a "dictator" on Wednesday and warned he had to move quickly to secure peace or risk losing his country, deepening a feud ...

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday he will skip next week's meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 major economies in Cape Town, South Africa.

The failure to present the country’s Budget has exposed deepening divisions within the fragile Government of National Unity, with the ANC appearing to believe it still had the upper hand after ...

Democratic Republic of Congo has asked Chad for military support to help fight a spiralling insurgency by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in its eastern provinces, a Chadian official and a source at the ...

A joint Egyptian-British mission has identified an ancient tomb near Luxor as that of King Thutmose II, marking the first discovery of a pharaonic royal tomb in more than 100 years, Egypt's Ministry ...

The Nelson Mandela Bay Metro has until Friday to persuade the National Treasury not to withdraw R262m in grants that the city failed to spend on time. This is the second year in a row that the city ...

But the EU foreign minister acknowledges that Brussels cannot fill the gap if the US halts all its foreign aid to SA.

Budget left some commentators welcoming its postponement while many were wondering what it all meant for the Government of National Unity, for the country and for the cost-of-living crisis.