The abrupt about-face from the US president was the latest twist in a conflict that has now lasted more than four months.

The abrupt about-face from the US president was the latest twist in a conflict that has now lasted more than four months.

The House of Representatives passed a Trump-backed bill that would end decades of Americans having to reset their clocks twice a year.

Vusimusi "Cat" Matlala, due to appear at the Madlanga Commission, grew up hustling to make a living.

The free trade agreement between the world's fifth and sixth largest economies has come into effect - can it deliver?

Beauty influencer and businesswoman Reika Miyazaki was sentenced on July 15 to two years and six months in prison, suspended for four years, for evading about 157 million yen in taxes, while her company was fined 40 million yen. (News On Japan)

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said it will provide up to approximately 159 billion yen in subsidies to Israel-based chipmaker Tower Semiconductor to expand production capacity at facilities in Niigata and Toyama prefectures. (News On Japan)

Officials from the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party have agreed to adopt the Katsuragawa plan for the Obama-Kyoto route of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Tsuruga in Fukui Prefecture to Shin-Osaka. (News On Japan)

Japan's core machinery orders fell 12.4% in May from the previous month to 962 billion yen, marking the first decline in two months, the Cabinet Office said on July 15. (News On Japan)

The BBC's Barbara Plett Usher examines the latest tensions over the key international shipping channel.

A man was nearly sucked head-first out of a cabin window mid-air on a Ryanair plane.

Svetlana Grković told Serbian media that her husband is "seriously injured and in shock".

Control of the waterway has become a key point of contention between the US and Iran, as a ceasefire deal falters.

Control of the waterway has become a key point of contention between the US and Iran, as a ceasefire deal falters.

A senior officer in the Hamas-run police force was among those killed in the strike, which Israel's military says targeted "terrorists".

The president had sought to delay the payment as he tried to persuade the Supreme Court to overturn the judgement.

Trump drops a 24-hour-old vow to charge cargo ships for using the Strait as the US continues its battle to break Iran's hold on the waterway.

The president had sought to delay the payment as he tried to persuade the Supreme Court to overturn the judgement.

The dinosaur skeleton, which roamed the planet 67 million years ago, was sold by Sotheby's in New York.

The dinosaur skeleton, which roamed the planet 67 million years ago, was sold by Sotheby's in New York.