Iran said attacks would continue on rebel-held areas near Damascus, where clashes were reported on Sunday between rebels and government forces despite a UN resolution demanding a ceasefire across the country “without delay”. Warplanes and artillery hit some towns in the Eastern Ghouta enclave, said residents, rescuers, and the Syrian[…]
In a rare move, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem has been indefinitely shut in protest against what church leaders say is “discriminatory” Israeli policy aimed at weakening Christian presence in the holy city. In a statement released on Sunday, church leaders said Israel was violating the status[…]
The Gaza Strip’s collective of charitable organisations said more than 1,000 Palestinians have died as a result of the ongoing Israeli blockade on the coastal enclave. The coordinator of the organisations, Ahmad al-Kurd, also said on Sunday that five premature babies born in the past few days died because of[…]
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to be questioned as a suspect in a further case of alleged corruption and as a witness in another, Israeli media reported on Sunday. The police, who have questioned the prime minister seven times since the beginning of 2017, in mid-February recommended the premier[…]
The main Syrian Kurdish political party said on Sunday that one of its leaders had been arrested in Prague at the behest of Turkey, where a court has charged him with sedition. Saleh Muslim, a top Kurdish politician, has “full citizenship rights” as a Syrian national and was visiting Europe[…]
Armed security staff employed by the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) to escort train drivers were attacked and shot at by a group of unknown armed men in Philippi, Samora Machel, in Cape Town on Sunday, Prasa said. The driver of the vehicle was shot in the shoulder,[…]
Service delivery protests have erupted in Gugulethu on Monday morning, following days of violence in the area. On Sunday, a car was set on fire at the well-known Mzolis eatery, while a supermarket next to the restaurant was looted. The violence comes after incensed backyard dwellers reportedly tried to invade[…]
Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille says she remains focused on clearing her name through the Democratic Alliance’s disciplinary hearing processes and on governing the City of Cape Town. “Today [Sunday] I received media inquiries about whether I am negotiating an exit with the Democratic Alliance,” she said. She had[…]
ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule said Monday’s meeting of the party’s top six officials would not discuss a potential cabinet reshuffle. The party’s top leaders meet every Monday. The meeting occurs as speculation grows about who will become South Africa’s deputy president after Cyril Ramaphosa replaced Jacob Zuma as president[…]
The Mother City has again dominated the 12th annual South African Quran Memorisation Competition, with two winners of last night’s event from Cape Town. The event, MC’d by the revered Mufti Ismail Menk, was attended by some of South Africa’s top huffath, ulema, students and hundreds of aspiring youth. After a[…]
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