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We may not have flying cars yet, but Hyundai has finally built one that can… walk? Resembling something from a Transformers film, the vehicles are designed to navigate difficult terrain by blending electric car and robotic tech. Developed to help first responders in the wake of natural disasters, the Hyundai Elevate can do pretty much […]

Trump delivers a televised address to the nation from his desk in the Oval Office [Carlos Barria/Reuters] US President Donald Trump made a case for a wall on the border with Mexico in a televised address on Tuesday, saying the situation is a “humanitarian crisis – a crisis of the heart and a crisis of the soul”. The address […]

Vice President Mike Pence avoided direct answers to questions from ABC and others about repeated misstatements from the president and others that overstate the national security threat at the border. | Alex Wong/Getty Images   Vice President Mike Pence claimed Tuesday that Americans are not “as concerned about the political debate” surrounding President Donald Trump’s […]

Russian military police have begun patrolling around the Syrian city of Manbij, following the US’s announcement to pull troops out of Syria. (File photo: AFP) Russian military police have begun patrolling around the Syrian city of Manbij, a spokesman said Tuesday, moving into an area once held by US-backed Kurdish forces. Russian forces are acting […]

AA Photo U.S. President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser John Bolton’s remarks regarding the PKK’s Syrian offshoot People’s Protection Units (YPG) are unacceptable, and Turkey cannot accept the U.S.’ condition of protecting YPG terrorists, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Tuesday. Speaking at the Justice and Development (AK Party) Party’s parliamentary group meeting, Erdoğan reiterated Turkey’s […]

A Somali underworld figure and cigarette supplier has been gunned down outside an Epping wholesaler and robbed of R500 000 in cash. Picture: Daily Voice Cape Town – A Somali underworld figure and cigarette supplier has been gunned down outside an Epping wholesaler and robbed of R500 000 in cash. The 36-year-old businessman from Bellville […]

A train believed to be carrying Kim arrives at Beijing Railway Station [Jason Lee/Reuters] North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has arrived in China for a four-day visit at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, as preparations increase for a second summit with US President Donald Trump. The Korean Central News Agency said on Tuesday that Kim departed on […]

An Iraqi solider waves the “V” victory sign following a great triumph over the Islamic State group Mosul (IraqiNews.com) – Iraqi security forces killed on Sunday a senior Islamic State leader and arrested 17 others during a security campaign in Nineveh province. “Troops of the Nineveh Operations Command launched a wide-scale security campaign in Badush […]

Al-Shabaab continues to be “the biggest source of insecurity in Somalia” and transformation have progressed along a “positive trajectory” but everyone involved in the process needs to “pull in the same direction”, the UN Special Representative in the country told the Security Council on Thursday. Nicholas Haysom commended the Office of the Prime Minister “for […]

A security guard outside the courtroom in Stockholm. Photo: Nils Petter Nilsson/TT The trial of six Uzbek and Kyrgyz nationals accused of financing terrorism got under way in Stockholm on Monday, with three of them also charged with planning a terror attack. “If the terrorist crime had been carried out, it could have seriously hurt […]