A man was arrested on Saturday after a video of a group of men verbally abusing pro-European lawmaker Anna Soubry prompted calls for the police to do more to protect politicians outside parliament. [...]

Two French firefighters and a Spanish woman died and nearly 50 people were injured in a massive gas explosion that gutted the ground floor of a building in a central Paris shopping district on Saturday, authorities said. [...]

South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) does not propose changing the mandate of the central bank, the chairman of the ANC's economic transformation sub-committee, Enoch Godongwana, told Reuters. [...]

South Africa's ruling party said on Saturday the central bank should broaden its focus to include boosting employment and economic growth, a move that will worry investors already concerned about the direction of economic policy. [...]

South Africa's ruling African National Congress believes the central bank should take into account goals like job creation and boosting economic growth alongside its current focus on price stability, the ANC said in its 2019 election manifesto. [...]