News24 | 'Blatant hoax': France slams Macron cocaine claim, blames Russia

12/05/2025 19:50 News 24

Condemning “fake news” and accusing Russia of seeking to undermine efforts to bring peace to Ukraine, France has slammed false claims on social media that European leaders including President Emmanuel Macron were seen taking drugs on a train.

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News24 | Zelensky says he will meet Putin after Trump tells him not to await truce

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would agree to meet Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin in Turkey on Thursday after US President Donald Trump told him immediately to accept Putin’s proposal of direct talks....

12/05/2025 10:24 News 24

News24 | Russia launches drone wave across Ukraine, EU calls for 30-day ceasefire

Russia launched 108 drones across Ukraine overnight and struck a civilian freight train, injuring its driver, Ukrainian authorities said, after European leaders joined President Volodymyr Zelensky in demanding a 30-day ceasefire....

12/05/2025 09:31 News 24

News24 | India claims Pakistan violated truce, says it is retaliating

India accused Pakistan of violating a fragile ceasefire agreement on Saturday and said it was retaliating, hours after US President Donald Trump announced that the nuclear-armed neighbours had stepped back from the brink of full-blown war....

10/05/2025 19:05 News 24

News24 | UN warns Gaza aid delivery impossible without UNRWA

It is “very difficult” to imagine any operation to deliver humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip without the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, a UNRWA spokesperson said on Friday....

09/05/2025 13:48 News 24

News24 | Hungary spy network found working for Russia in Ukraine, say spooks

Ukraine’s SBU security agency said it had uncovered a spy network being run by the Hungarian state to obtain intelligence about Ukraine’s defences....

09/05/2025 12:00 News 24

News24 | Ukraine urges Russia to ‘give diplomacy a chance’ as Putin three-day ceasefire takes effect

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order for a three-day truce with Ukraine took effect, a move the Kremlin said would “test” Kyiv’s readiness for peace, but that Ukraine has slammed as a farce....

08/05/2025 10:00 News 24

News24 | Order by Hegseth to cancel Ukraine weapons caught White House off guard

A secretive order from US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to halt military aid flights to Ukraine sparked confusion in Washington and Kyiv, exposing deep divisions and dysfunction within the Trump administration’s national security team....

08/05/2025 03:28 News 24

News24 | Kabul warns India, Pakistan that escalation 'not in interest of region'

Afghanistan’s Taliban government warned India and Pakistan on Wednesday that further escalation was not “in the interest of the region” after they exchanged artillery fire along their contested frontier....

07/05/2025 13:42 News 24

News24 | Pilots eject as second US jet falls into the Red Sea after failed aircraft carrier landing

A multi-million-dollar US warplane failed to land on the Harry S Truman aircraft carrier and plummeted into the Red Sea, the US military said, the second jet lost from the ship in just over a week....

07/05/2025 12:00 News 24

News24 | ‘Give a middle finger’: Trump administration crafting insular right-wing media bubble

From influencer-only briefings to memes of Donald Trump as the pope and a Star Wars Jedi master, the White House is creating its own alternate media reality....

07/05/2025 09:35 News 24

News24 | Hamas walks away from Israel truce talks over ‘hunger war and extermination war’ in Gaza

A senior Hamas official said the group was no longer interested in truce talks with Israel and urged the international community to halt Israel’s “hunger war” against Gaza....

07/05/2025 09:07 News 24

News24 | 2 killed in Kyiv as Russia and Ukraine strike at capital cities

Russia and Ukraine launched more overnight air attacks on each other’s capitals on Wednesday, with two people killed as a result of the strikes on Kyiv and swarms of drones destroyed on their approach to Moscow....

07/05/2025 08:18 News 24

News24 | 19 drones shut down Russia airports ahead of Putin parade

More than a dozen Russian airports had to restrict their traffic due to drone attacks overnight to Tuesday, Russian authorities reported, including in Moscow days before a planned military parade....

06/05/2025 10:22 News 24

News24 | Ukraine targets Moscow with drones second straight night, officials say

Ukraine launched an overnight drone attack targeting Moscow for the second night in a row, forcing closure of the capital’s three major airports, Russian officials said early on Wednesday....

05/05/2025 23:54 News 24

News24 | DEVELOPING | Israel plans broad Gaza attack, civilian relocation

Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023, setting off two wars and a series of changes across the Middle East....

05/05/2025 17:47 News 24

News24 | Israel strikes in Gaza kill 19 as military operations against Hamas escalate

Gaza's civil defence agency said two Israeli air strikes killed at least 19 people in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory's north....

05/05/2025 10:00 News 24

News24 | Russia shoots down Ukraine drones heading to Moscow, no nuclear weapons needed, says Putin

Russian authorities said defence forces had repelled four drones heading toward Moscow, days before foreign leaders are due to gather for a military parade on the capital's Red Square....

05/05/2025 08:00 News 24

News24 | 'We are increasing the pressure': Israel sets sights on Iran, Hamas in Gaza war expansion

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet has approved a gradual expansion of the offensive against Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza....

05/05/2025 05:30 News 24

News24 | Zelensky says won't play Putin's 'games' with short truce

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed a three-day truce ordered by Russian leader Vladimir Putin as theatrics but said Kyiv was ready for a full ceasefire....

03/05/2025 11:56 News 24

News24 | Apple expects tariff hit of R17bn, US iPhone supply shifts to India

Apple on Thursday reported first-quarter profit above expectations but warned that US tariffs could cost the company and were disrupting its supply chain....

02/05/2025 15:59 News 24

News24 | US press freedom declines as result of Donald Trump's 'authoritarian shift in government' - RSF

Media rights group RSF warned about "an alarming deterioration in press freedom" in the US under President Donald Trump as well as "unprecedented" difficulties for independent journalists around the world....

02/05/2025 10:50 News 24

News24 | 'There is no debt in the deal': Zelensky hails Ukraine-US mineral deal as 'truly equal'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday hailed a minerals deal that Kyiv had signed with Washington, saying the reworked agreement was "truly equal"....

01/05/2025 17:21 News 24

News24 | 600 North Korea troops killed, among 4 700 casualties fighting for Russia - South Korea official

Around 600 North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia against Ukraine have been killed and thousands more wounded, a Seoul lawmaker said....

30/04/2025 12:59 News 24

News24 | BRICS ministers fail to reach joint statement, Brazil warns against protectionism

Foreign ministers from the BRICS group of developing nations failed to reach a joint communique on Tuesday after meeting in Rio de Janeiro, but chair Brazil issued a statement speaking out against trade protectionism....

29/04/2025 21:32 News 24

News24 | Pricier trainers? Adidas warns of US tariff impact

German sportswear giant Adidas on Tuesday warned that US President Donald Trump's tariffs will increase prices for its products in the United States, and the hardline trade policies could dent its ongoing recovery....

29/04/2025 14:44 News 24

News24 | Markets edge up as Trump softens tariff pain for car manufacturers

Stock markets advanced on Tuesday following news that Donald Trump plans to spare automakers from some of his wide-ranging tariffs, boosting hopes of a less combative approach to his trade war....

29/04/2025 14:24 News 24

News24 | 12-year-old killed in Russia drone attack on Ukraine, Zelensky calls for 'unconditional ceasefire'

Russian drone attacks killed a 12-year-old girl in central Ukraine and wounded three people in the capital Kyiv overnight, Ukrainian officials said....

29/04/2025 12:45 News 24

News24 | Mark Carney pledges to beat Trump, US trade war as his Liberal Party wins Canada election

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has pledged to beat the United States in Donald Trump's trade war after winning Canada's election and leading his Liberal Party to another term in power....

29/04/2025 10:33 News 24

News24 | Canada votes as Trump renews US takeover push

Canadians across six time zones were voting Monday to choose a new leader to confront Donald Trump's trade war and annexation threats, which the US president renewed in a forceful election day message....

28/04/2025 21:53 News 24

News24 | 'Stop shooting, sit down': Trump wants Russia to stop war, says Ukraine ready to give up Crimea

US President Donald Trump said he believed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was ready to concede Crimea to Russia as part of any ceasefire deal....

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