The Syrian army has warned Israel of “repercussions” after rockets struck a major military air base outside Damascus. Explosions were heard in the capital early on Friday and residents in city’s southwest suburbs saw a large plume of smoke rising from the area. Footage on social media showed flames leaping[…]
An Israeli political officer, who was at the centre of an Al Jazeera investigation, has been forced to resign from Israel’s UK embassy, a senior official in the Israeli foreign ministry has told Al Jazeera. Shai Masot, a senior political officer working at the Israeli embassy, resigned from his post[…]
The summer holidays have come to an end as children from across the country made their way back to school this morning to mark the start of the academic year for 2017. In the Western Cape, more than one million pupils set out to kick start the first term for[…]
The African National Congress stalwarts say they will now hold further discussions with the party’s top six to press for an early consultative conference. They say it’s important to have it as early as April as this will impact the outcome of the party’s policy conference which will be held[…]
Over one million pupils are set to head back to school across the Western Cape for 2017 academic year, according to the Western Cape Education Department. The commencement, however, is not without hiccups, with placements and a lack of infrastructure plaguing hopes for a smooth transition into the new year.[…]
A number of discriminatory practices have been found at Sans Souci Girls’ High School during an investigation by the Western Cape education department. “The investigation found that a number of discriminating practices gave rise to understandable unhappiness among learners and steps have already been taken to remedy these,” Western Cape[…]
A South Korean political vacuum and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s concerns about his conservative political base have rekindled a feud over wartime history, just as tension over North Korea makes cooperation between the U.S. allies as vital as ever. The row over “comfort women”, as those forced to work[…]
The Supreme Court of Gambia cannot rule on President Yahya Jammeh’s challenge against his electoral defeat until May, according to its chief justice. The ruling casts further doubt on whether a peaceful political transition will happen next week as scheduled. The West African country has been thrust into a political[…]
The United Arab Emirates says five of its diplomats were killed in a bombing in Afghanistan’s Kandahar that killed at least 11 people and wounded 17 others, including the UAE Ambassador. The official Emirati news agency, WAM, said the officials were “on a mission to carry out humanitarian, educational and development projects”.[…]
The South African Hajj and Umrah Council (SAHUC) has today released the first hajj accreditation list for the Islamic year 1438. Speaking to VOC, SAHUCs Shaheen Essop says that the early release of the list will aid those hujaaj who have been selected to start making preparations. “The early release[…]
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