A bomb attack killed two Bahraini policemen on duty in the mainly Shi’ite village of Sitra, south of the capital Manama, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday, days after the government said it had disrupted an arms smuggling plot linked to Iran. “A terrorist bombing targeted policemen on duty in[…]
Yemen’s Houthi group carried on fighting across Yemen on Monday despite a ceasefire announcement by its Saudi-led foes, and media controlled by the Iran-allied movement acknowledged that its forces had shelled targets inside Saudi Arabia. The violence prolongs a four-month-old conflict rooted in political strains that spread across the Arabian[…]
South Africans are watching developments around Masjidul Aqsa with concern afrer Palestinians and Israelis clashed outside the Al Aqsa compound in Jerusalem on Sunday. The clash apparently was a result of Israeli forces breaking into the compound to allow Jewish worshippers onto the site. The soldiers were said to have[…]
The Illegal sale of RDP homes are becoming more commonplace, prompting the City of Cape Town to issue a warning to potential buyers against acting outside the official process of transfer and registration with its Deeds Office. Under the National Housing Act, recipients of RDP homes are not allowed to[…]
Government’s decision to afford the media access to President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead represents a move in the right direction for transparency and accountability, according to the Right 2 Know campaign’s, Dale McKinley. Journalists from a number of media houses were given an official tour of Zuma’s residence on Sunday,[…]
Right-wing Israelis broke into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Monday for the second day in a row, as the UN expressed concern over “religious provocations” in and around holy sites in the Old City of East Jerusalem. Witnesses said that 70 right-wing Jews entered the compound via the Moroccan Gate[…]
Police are searching for the mother of a newborn baby boy after its tiny body was found in a plastic bag in Heideveld, in Cape Town. Police spokesperson Lieutenant Ian Bennett said pedestrians came across the dead infant on Saturday afternoon next to the Heideveld High School fence on Duinefontein[…]
The ANC’s three-day lekgotla held in Pretoria at the weekend did not go into detailed discussions about President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla home following an in loco inspection by Parliament’s ad hoc committee, secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Monday. “It was not an issue for major discussion in the lekgotla,”[…]
Barack Obama urged Ethiopia’s leaders to curb crackdowns on press freedom and political openness as he began a visit that has been criticised by human rights groups who say it legitimises an oppressive government. “When all voices are being heard, when people know they are being included in the political[…]
Clashes in Yemen are reportedly continuing despite a fragile five-day truce declared by the pro-government Arab-led coalition coming into effect. At least 10 Houthi rebels were killed after their vehicles were targeted by an explosion in Zinjibar in Abyan province minutes before the truce took hold on Sunday before midnight,[…]
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