The family of a 79-year-old woman found beaten and stabbed to death in her Cape Town home a week ago is offering a reward for any information leading to the conviction of her attackers. The beaten and bloody body of Susan Loubser was found in her Ruyterwacht home last Friday[…]
Islamic State has said it carried out the deadly bombing at a Shia mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia on Friday, the second attack in the country claimed by the group in a week. The interior ministry said four people were killed when a car exploded outside al-Anoud mosque in Dammam[…]
The Egyptian authorities closed the Rafah crossing Thursday evening after it was open for three days to enable those stuck in Egypt and other countries to return to the Gaza Strip. Director of the Gaza border and crossings Maher Abu Sabha said that a total of 1,629 Palestinians were able[…]
President Sepp Blatter has opened FIFA’s annual congress in Swiss city of Zurich with a call for unity after twin criminal investigations rocked world football’s governing body this week. Blatter, who is widely tipped to be voted in for a fifth term as president later on Friday, told congress attendees[…]
OPINION by Hisham Hellyer – As European countries grow more concerned about their Muslim communities, the discourse around radicalisation and extremism becomes more problematic. Only recently, Mak Chishty, a senior British police officer, declared that young Muslim Britons who stop shopping at Marks & Spencer stores could be victims of radicalisation.[…]
The UN refugee agency and Myanmar have sparred over the plight of the Rohingya ethnic minority at a meeting aimed at tackling the Southeast Asian migrant crisis in Bangkok. Representatives from 17 nations are meeting in the Thai capital on Friday for talks on the crisis, which has seen thousands of[…]
Former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari is preparing to formally take over as Nigeria’s elected head of state following his election victory in March 28 elections. Buhari will attend a swearing-in ceremony in Abuja, the capital, on Friday after becoming the first Nigerian to oust a sitting president through the ballot box.[…]
Qatar pledged $50 million on Thursday to help Indonesia shelter Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, the official QNA news agency reported. Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand have all prevented vessels overloaded with starving migrants from Bangladesh and from Myanmar’s ethnic Rohingya minority from landing on their shores. Indonesia and Malaysia later[…]
In an ongoing campaign by Israeli authorities to push Bedouin communities from the Negev, Israeli bulldozers demolished the home of Ali Hammad Abu Rabia in the Makhul village Thursday, locals said. His home is the third belonging to the Abu Rabia family to be demolished by Israel in the last eight[…]
After months of waiting, Minister of Police Nathi Nhleko finally released his report on Nkandla, which found that President Jacob Zuma does not have to pay back anything related to the security upgrades to his home. Here are the ministers findings and recommendations: Findings: – The firepool, animal enclosure with culvert and chicken[…]
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