At least 27 people have been killed in the Yemeni capital after Saudi-led air strikes targeted a suspected weapons base held by Houthi fighters, medical sources said. Health officials told Al Jazeera on Monday that hundreds more were wounded when warplanes reportedly struck a Scud missile base in Faj Attan,[…]
South African hujjaj accredited for Haj 1436 have up until Sunday 26th April 2015 to accept, reject or cancel their accreditation, the South African Haj and Umrah Council (Sahuc) said on Sunday. 2000 prospective hujjaj received their accreditation on Thursday, ending what has been a wait spanning many years. This[…]
Unlike the rest of South Africa, the Western Cape will be experiencing two stages of stage 3 load-shedding to reduce the percentage of consumers affected by power outages, Eskom Western Cape’s head Alwie Lester said on Monday. “We don’t want to take out too many customers than necessary. We don’t[…]
Egypt’s ex-president Mohamed Morsi faces being sentenced to death Tuesday on charges of inciting the killing of protesters in the first verdict against him nearly two years after his fall from power. He also faces the death penalty in two other trials, including one in which he is accused of[…]
As many as 700 migrants were feared drowned Sunday after their packed boat capsized off Libya in what was described as the deadliest such disaster to date in the Mediterranean. The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and Italy’s coastguard said only 28 people had survived the wreck. Their testimonies suggested there[…]
The Syrian regime no longer has any relationship with former ally Hamas and will never trust the movement again, Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview published Friday. “There is no relation at all on the formal level or on the popular level,” the president told Swedish newspaper Expressen,[…]
A new video from the Islamic State (IS) purportedly shows the group killing captured Ethiopian Christians in Libya. The 29-minute video released online on Sunday shows two groups of dark-skinned captives. It says one group is held by an IS affiliate in eastern Libya and the other by an affiliate in[…]
Cricket South Africa have finally responded to claims of political interference in the selection of Vernon Philander in the World Cup semi-final. The CSA board issued a statement after CEO Haroon Lorgat the CSA commissioned certain board directors to conduct a factual examination of the team selection process for the[…]
An indictment by the State details the alleged web of corruption and racketeering involving senior Western Cape police officials – including Lieutenant General Arno Lamoer and a shady businessman from the citys northern suburbs. The 120 page document describes how Mohammed Saleem Dawjee and his son Mohamed Zameer, the[…]
The situation continues to deteriorate for refugees stuck within the confines of Yarmouk, after large parts of the refugee camp was overrun by Islamic State (IS) radicals earlier this month. Many analysts have since condemned what has been a global inaction to address the situation, with the fiercest resistance coming[…]
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