The Philippines will pursue “independent” foreign and military policies separate from US interests in the region, the country’s president said, announcing that in order to avoid any confrontations with China he would halt joint Filipino navy patrols with the US. The Asian country may now also look toward China and[…]
Shimon Peres, Israel’s former president, has been put into an induced coma by doctors after suffering a stroke. The 93-year-old elder statesman was stable and fully conscious before being rushed to the hospital on Tuesday, his spokeswoman Ayelet Frisch said in a statement. Israeli TV stations later said Peres was[…]
Aid convoys are waiting at the Turkish-Syrian border for the government in Damascus to give authorisation to enter Syria, the United Nations has said, as a fragile ceasefire that came into effect at sundown on Monday appeared to be largely holding across the country. The UN envoy for Syria on[…]
While Eid al-Adha celebrations come to a close, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) has indicated that the qurbaan process remains a concern. Following last year’s inspections, in which at least 15 warnings were given to farm owners, the SPCA has this year increased its presence[…]
After a ten-year wait, the request to recognize Muslim marriages is on Tuesday being heard in the Western Cape High Court. The Women’s Legal Centre (WLC) is taking the South African Government to court for failing to pass legislation that will give recognition to Muslim marriages. The court is scheduled[…]
While South Africans have for the most part concluded their Eid al-Adha celebrations, millions of pilgrims in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are completing the final days of Haj 2016. The approximately 2000 South African hujjaaj observed the most pertinent ritual of haj on Sunday as they stood in earnest[…]
It was a busy day for pilgrims who reassembled in Mina on Monday after spending the night in Muzdalifah. They stoned Jamarat Al-Aqaba (the big Satan), slaughtered sacrificial animals, shaved hairs, and got out of the state of ihram. A large number of them headed toward the Grand Mosque for[…]
The first child to be born in a hospital at the Holy Sites during Haj this year has been named Mina, Saudi Ministry of Health announced on Monday morning. The ministry made the announcement on its official Twitter page. According to Al-Youm newspaper, the baby girl is from Afghanistan and[…]
The Economic Freedom Fighters on Monday welcomed President Jacob Zuma’s repayment of R7.8 million to the State for luxuries added to his private home at Nkandla, and added that it would further look into the circumstances of the loan from VBS Mutual Bank. “The EFF will also seek further clarity[…]
The Gauteng government is piloting a system that uses technology to identify unclaimed and unidentified bodies at its mortuaries. Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu says over a thousand unidentified bodies had to be given paupers burials in Gauteng last year alone. She attributed the high number of unclaimed bodies to[…]
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