The number of injured from the Shanghai New Year’s Eve crush increased to 49, with 36 people dead, after city police said they underestimated the size of the crowd, news reports said Friday. “Police failed to expect the number of people for this event,” Shanghai’s Huangpu branch police deputy commander[…]
Intense exchanges of fire between Pakistani and Indian border forces continued for a third day, officials said Friday, after three soldiers were killed on New Year’s Eve. Indian troops fired mortar shells and guns at Pakistani villages in Narowal district of central Punjab province, a military official said. Several hundred[…]
A sea rescue station in Richards Bay was damaged by distress flares fired by New Year’s revellers, the National Sea Rescue Institute said on Thursday. On New Year’s eve, NSRI Richards Bay crew were at the station when, as midnight struck, revellers fired dozens of red distress flares in celebration,[…]
Four children were given medical treatment after they nearly drowned in three separate incidents at Camps Bay beach on New Year’s day, the NSRI said. Just before 11am, a four-year-old girl was rescued by a member of the public after she nearly drowned in the tidal pool, National Sea Rescue[…]
Searchers were racing “against time and weather” Thursday to recover the dead from the crash of AirAsia Flight 8501, with a window of good conditions slammed shut by another onslaught of wind and heavy rain. Seven bodies have been recovered from the jet, which crashed into the Java Sea on[…]
Afghan national security forces took over full responsibility for the country’s security Thursday, as NATO-led coalition forces ended their 13-year-old active combat mission and started a new phase providing training, advice, and assistance. “I congratulate Afghans for this historic day,” said President Ashraf Ghani while marking the transition. “We will[…]
An Egyptian appeals court ordered a retrial Thursday in the case of three Al-Jazeera English journalists held for over a year, overturning the ruling in a case that ensnared the reporters in a wider conflict between Egypt and Qatar. The decision by Egypt’s Court of Cassation came after a hearing[…]
The Ibaad-u-Ragmaan Qadiri Jamaa’ah has extended an invite to members of the Muslim community in the greater Cape Town region to attend their Moulood an-Nabi celebrations in Langebaan on Saturday the 24th January. The event will take place at the Langebaan masjid, alongside regular mosque attendees. The event will be[…]
With just a few weeks to go before the start of the new school year, organizers of the annual VOC Stationery Drive have announced that Makro Ottery will come on board to sponsor this year’s edition of the campaign. This comes as the station attempts to intensify its efforts in[…]
The Western Province Blood Transfusion service (WPBTS) has made an urgent appeal for locals to donate blood, amidst an expected increase in festive season accidents that may deplete the current blood stocks. With the holiday season drawing to a close in the coming weeks, the country’s roads are expected to[…]
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