Intelligence officers have identified the Islamic State fighter nicknamed Jihadi John, who has appeared taunting and killing several hostages in Islamic State videos, according to reports Thursday. The BBC said it “understands he is Mohammed Emwazi, a British man believed to be from west London, who was known to British[…]
OPINION by Tony Laurance- Writing for Al Jazeera last October, ahead of the Cairo Donor Conference for Gaza, I warned that it was not enough to pledge large sums – as donors duly did. We needed to learn from past failures and ensure that the aid was actually delivered. Alas,[…]
The recently leaked Spy Cables confirms that the Israeli regime is trying to counter the growing BDS campaign against Israel. That was the view of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions South Africa (BDS), in light of top secret security details being reported by Al Jazeera. Secret documents, leaked from numerous[…]
While Top secret Spy Cables exposed by Al Jazeera Network has implicated South Africa in the biggest leak of state security documents in the country’s history, Darul Uloom Zakariyya in Zakariyya Park, south of Johannesburg was not spared from the leak. The respected Islamic institution has also come under the[…]
French Interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve has proposed a plan aiming at promoting a better dialogue with France’s Muslim community, that notably includes training of imams at university. The plan would promote an Islam “faithful to the values of the Republic,” Cazeneuve said Wednesday, insisting on France’s tradition of secularism. He[…]
Islamic scholars on Wednesday called for an integrated strategic plan and cooperation with the international community to combat terrorism and recommended efforts to defuse regional conflicts. In a communique issued at the end of a three-day International Islamic Conference on “Islam and Combating Terror” organized by the Muslim World League[…]
The international community should not follow Egypt and others in siding with anti-Islamists in the Libyan conflict, but should push both warring sides much harder towards a political agreement, a leading think tank said Thursday. Libya has been in turmoil since the NATO-backed overthrow of longtime leader Moamer Gaddafi in[…]
Yemen’s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh has allegedly amassed assets estimated at 32 to 60 billion dollars during his 33 years in power, a UN report said Wednesday. The report compiled by a panel of experts for the UN Security Council said that the former Yemeni leader transferred most of[…]
An investigation into the leaking of classified security documents by broadcaster Al Jazeera is under way, State Security Minister David Mahlobo said on Wednesday. “A full investigation has been launched into the purported leakage,” he said in a statement. “Its veracity and verification will be handled in terms of the[…]
The Road Accident Fund was given a temporary lifeline with Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene’s announcement of a 50c hike in the fuel levy, it said on Wednesday. “This raises the compensation scheme’s primary source of income from 104c to 154c per litre of fuel sold, a percentage increase of 48[…]
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