The 10-day naval exercises are a show of diplomatic independence for South Africa, which is part of an alliance with Brazil, Russia, India and China — known as BRICS.
The director, William J. Burns, has made periodic visits to Ukraine to meet with intelligence officials and to exchange information with the country’s president.
After the surprise had sunk in, speculation about her next move quickly began. The answer may lie in the priorities she professed before becoming prime minister.
The Israeli prime minister has yet to uphold a decision by the Supreme Court that a key government minister convicted of tax fraud should be dismissed.
Much of rural South Korea has seen its population rapidly decline and age. For some communities off the coast, doctors traveling by boat have become a lifeline for the old and sick.