The horrific images of Moath al-Kasasbeh, the Jordanian pilot captured in December, being burned alive by members of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is “barbaric, inhuman and condemned in the strongest terms”, the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) said in a statement on Wednesday. Jordan hanged two Iraqi prisoners[…]
The Islamic State groupburned a captured Jordanian pilot to death in a cage, according to a purported video of the violence released Tuesday. The kingdom, which had vowed a swift and lethal response, executed two al-Qaida prisoners by hanging early Wednesday. The pilot’s gruesome death sparked outrage and anti-Islamic State[…]
A passenger plane with 58 people on board crashed into a river after hitting a bridge in the Taiwanese capital Wednesday, leaving at least eight people dead. Some 28 passengers of TransAsia Airways flight GE235 were sent to hospital, the Taipei city government said, quoting the fire department. It said[…]
With time for negotiations running short, the U.S and Iran are discussing a compromise that would let Iran keep much of its uranium-enriching technology but reduce its potential to make nuclear weapons, two diplomats tell The Associated Press. Such a compromise could break the decade-long deadlock on attempts to limit[…]
Officials say seven people were killed and at least 12 others were injured when a commuter train struck a vehicle on the tracks north of New York City. Metro-North Railroad spokesman Aaron Donovan said the northbound train struck a Jeep Cherokee at a railroad crossing in Valhalla on Tuesday evening.[…]
Eskom would implement stage one blackouts from 10am on Wednesday, it said. “There is a high demand for power and Eskom cannot meet the demand,” said spokesman Khulu Phasiwe. He said the risk of blackouts was high for the rest of the week. Johannesburg City Power spokesman Sol Masolo said[…]
The presidency received R6 million in legal bills for the financial year of 2010/11, against a budget of R1m for that period, Beeld reported on Wednesday. At a meeting of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts on Tuesday, unauthorised expenditure of around R45m at the presidency was also discussed. Around R17m[…]
The ANC in the Western Cape on Tuesday welcomed a High Court ruling that set aside and ordered the re-evaluation of a R113.5 million tender to rehabilitate sewers in Cape Town. “One would have expected from the ‘best-run’ Cape Town to have sufficiently adapted its internal workings in order to[…]
Race is dividing South Africa and robust freedom of speech should be promoted for the sake of a freer public discourse in search of mutual understanding, two former presidents and business tycoon Johann Rupert said in Cape Town on Tuesday. “Freedom of speech is totally under attack. I mean Zelda[…]
Stage one power cuts, which were implemented earlier on Tuesday morning, have been cancelled, Eskom said. “This is due to the significant drop in electricity demand since we issued warnings early this morning that the system was under strain,” the parastatal said. Earlier, Eskom spokesman Khulu Phasiwe said the blackouts[…]
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