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Sep 27, 2026 - World

Seventeen people killed at bar near Johannesburg and 10 killed in separate incident at barbecue venue near Cape TownTwo separate mass shootings near South Africa’s two biggest cities killed at least 27 people, police have said.The South African police service said on Sunday that 17 people were killed on Saturday night when eight suspects armed with AK-47 assault rifles and pistols opened fire at a bar in Wedela township, south-west of Johannesburg. At least 15 other people sustained gunshot injuries in that attack, police said. Continue reading...

Sep 27, 2026 - World

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS trust apologises after illicit access of medical records of toddler who died in BranthamAn NHS trust has apologised after the medical records of three-year-old Noah Woods were accessed by unauthorised people after his disappearance.Noah was found dead in a pond in Brantham, Suffolk, after going missing from a playground. More than 1,300 members of the public joined a search for the boy before police discovered his body. Continue reading...

Sep 27, 2026 - World

Directly referencing remarks made the previous day, without naming Pakistan, S Jaishankar said that it raised arguments to "normalise terrorism" and affirmed India's right to self-defence.

Sep 27, 2026 - World

US president is said to expect renewed strikes after the midtermsDonald Trump has said he has rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the strait of Hormuz within a week and resume nuclear talks in return for the lifting of the US naval blockade of Iranian ports.“They made a proposal but I reject it,” the US president told reporters at the White House. Continue reading...

Sep 27, 2026 - World

A vessel carrying traders has capsized in Lake Kivu in eastern Congo, killing at least 12 people