Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has ordered an expansion of the country’s ballistic missile development programme, in a move seen as a response to possible new US sanctions against Iranian officials and businesses. In a letter to the defense minister on Thursday, Rouhani said Iran will not accept any limitations on[…]
The Taj Hotel manager in Cape Town has apologised for asking that the Cape Malay Choirs not play music when walking past the hotel during the traditional annual parade. “I recognize in retrospect that my request to Mayoral Committee Member for Tourism, Events and Economic Development, Garreth Bloor, was insensitive[…]
A woman was airlifted from Table Mountain in Cape Town after suffering heatstroke on Thursday. She is in a critical condition. According to ER24 spokesperson, Chitra Bodasing, rescue technicians from Metro Rescue went to where the 60-year-old woman was and SkyMed was dispatched to airlift the patient. “Upon their arrival,[…]
The South African Communist Party (SACP) in the Eastern Cape on Thursday welcomed the incarceration of AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo. “Dalindyebo is incarcerated after he was found guilty… on numerous charges of gross violation of the rights of the vulnerable people he is supposed to lead, serve and protect,” SACP[…]
2016 will mark the 109th year since the first Cape minstrel parade walked through the streets of Cape Town, creating a tradition that has been at the heart of this city’s heritage for many decades. However, many people now feel that this tradition is a nuisance to the greater Cape[…]
Fire engulfed a 63-storey skyscraper in Dubai on Thursday night, but with the block evacuated and only minor injuries reported authorities went ahead with a New Year’s fireworks display at the world’s tallest building a few hundred meters away. Tongues of flame shot skywards from one side of the luxury[…]
Germany shut down two train stations in Munich about an hour before midnight on Thursday following a tip from the intelligence service of a friendly country that the Islamic State (IS) militant group was planning a suicide bomb attack. The action by German authorities added to jitters in many capitals[…]
Imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, recent recipient of a prestigious European human rights award, has suffered fainting spells and deteriorating health because of a hunger strike, his wife said on Thursday. Ensaf Haidar, who was granted asylum in Canada with the couple’s three children, said by phone she hoped her[…]
Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has been questioned by police over allegations of using public funds for private expenses. Israel’s first lady arrived at the anti-corruption unit of the Israeli police in the central town of Lod, east of Tel Aviv, on Thursday, to answer[…]
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