Saudi Arabian troops have crossed into northern Yemen for the first time since the conflict with Houthi rebels began in March. Footage published on Wednesday showed soldiers taking positions in a mountainous area overlooking the southern Saudi province of Jizan. Houthi shelling and rocket attacks on the border have killed[…]
Palestinian leaders have set September 15-16 as the dates for their first congress in nearly 20 years after president Mahmoud Abbas announced his resignation as head of a top PLO executive body. The meeting of the Palestinian National Council (PNC), the PLO congress representing those in occupied Palestinian territory and[…]
With the Haj pilgrimage less than a month away, doctors are urging travelers as well as residents in the Kingdom to adopt preventive measures well in advance to avoid pneumococcal disease (PD). According to medical research, mass gatherings are associated with the spread of the infectious disease. Director of Saudi[…]
OPINION by Azeezah Kanji – One year after the onslaught of violence Israel called “Operation Protective Edge,” Gaza is still in ruins. Infrastructure, homes, and psyches destroyed by the assault remain shattered; according to Oxfam International, it could take more than 100 years to rebuild Gaza’s housing, education, and health[…]
By Inas Younis – “The Mending Wall”, a poem published during World War I by American poet Robert Frost, narrates the story of a farmer who contacts his neighbor to help him rebuild the stone wall between their two farms. When the farmer questions the purpose of the wall, the[…]
Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is expected to brief the media on Friday about a plane owned by the Gupta family being used to transport Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and a South African delegation to Japan. This follows a report on Wednesday that the defence department hired the Bombardier Aerospace plane[…]
Rescuers have saved about 3,000 refugees but found more than 50 dead on boats near the coast of Libya, according to the Italian coastguard. At least 55 bodies were discovered on Wednesday on three overcrowded boats in the Mediterranean Sea, the coastguard said. Of them, 51 were found in the[…]
Robert McBride is expected to start his constitutional challenge regarding Police Minister Nathi Nhleko’s powers to suspend him in a case starting at the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday. McBride does not think Nhleko was allowed to suspend him without consulting other members of Cabinet, in terms of the[…]
China has formally detained a dozen people over huge explosions in the city of Tianjin this month that killed at least 139 people, and has accused 11 officials and port executives of suspected dereliction of duty or abuse of power. Anger over safety standards is growing in China, after three[…]
Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande wants answers from the University of Stellenbosch after watching the documentary #Luister (Listen), in which students tell of anti-black racism on and off campus. “The Minister has closely studied the documentary and written a letter to the Chairperson of Council, Mr [George] Steyn, requesting[…]
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