Police questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for three hours on Monday evening as part of a corruption probe that has shaken Israeli politics, media reports said. Three investigators arrived at the residence in central Jerusalem at around 6:30 pm local time, according to public radio and other reports. They were[…]
The past year has been one of the deadliest and most violent in recent years for Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank and besieged Gaza Strip. In 2016 alone, more than 100 Palestinians were killed, the majority shot dead by Israeli forces. The wave of violence, termed by some[…]
Ocean View residents, angered by the fatal shooting of 6-month-old Zahnia Woodward, are expected to gather at the Simon’s Town Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday to demand that the suspect arrested for her killing not be granted bail. The last pictures of little Zahnia smiling with mom Cindy Woodward and dad[…]
Rescuers were busier than ever on Table Mountain in 2016, with a record number of hikers needing help, Wilderness Search and Rescue (WSAR) said on Monday. Spokesperson Johann Marais said that last year at least 170 incidents were recorded. This equated to about 850 hours, or 35 days, of rescue[…]
The African National Congress is “conveniently ignoring” that South Africa has a liaison office in Taipei for potential business relationships, the Democratic Alliance said on Monday, in defence of its Tshwane Mayor Solly Msimanga, who has been accused of breaking foreign policy protocol over his visit to Taiwan during the[…]
Security requirements were not met and this is what resulted in the Athlone Stadium being kept locked for four hours on Monday, the City of Cape Town has said. Hundreds of minstrels and spectators were left waiting outside of the stadium for the event, which was meant to have started[…]
A manhunt was on in Turkey for at least one assailant who shot dead 39 people in a crowded Istanbul nightclub during New Year’s celebrations and fled the scene. About 70 others were wounded, three of those people in critical condition, Binali Yildirim, Turkey’s prime minister, said on Sunday. Interior[…]
Myanmar authorities opened an investigation into the abuse of Rohingya Muslims by security forces after a video showing police officers beating and kicking villagers went viral over the weekend, state media reported. The selfie-style film was shot by a member of the border guard police on November 5 during “clearance[…]
Israel on Sunday ruled that it would not release to their families the bodies of Hamas members killed during attacks on Israelis, but would instead bury them, the government said. The decision by the security cabinet followed the release on Saturday by the Palestinian group of video footage showing a[…]
The Cape Town Minstrel Carnival Association (CTMCA) on Sunday accused the city of using money and “old apartheid tactics” to divide minstrels for their own gain. But the city has denied this, saying the CTMCA did not request funding from the special events committee, nor did it apply for a[…]
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