The murder of a commuter on an early morning Cape Town train is under investigation, police confirmed on Wednesday. A train conductor is understood to have found the body of a man in a carriage at 05:00 on Wednesday morning. Police spokesperson Constable Noloyiso Rwexana confirmed the murder. “An unidentified[…]
EFF and Sasco members threw stones at one another when Julius Malema addressed his party’s supporters at the Tshwane University of Technology on Wednesday. Police and security at the institution’s Pretoria West campus intervened and restored order. South African Students Congress (Sasco) members said Malema’s presence would not help the[…]
Saudi Arabia has executed at least 175 people over the last 12 months, on average one person every two days, according to a report released on Tuesday by Amnesty International. The report, Killing in the name of justice: the death penalty in Saudi Arabia, said that between January 1985 and[…]
A gunman killed two members of a news crew and injured one more in Moneta, Virginia, in a shooting that was partially captured on video on Wednesday morning. Police are investigating the shooting at the Bridgewater Plaza near Smith Mountain Lake that took place at about 6.45am ET. A news[…]
Kurdish forces attacked Islamic State insurgents in a cluster of villages in Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk on Wednesday, bent on securing territory they have gained in the course of rolling back the radicals since last summer. The assault began overnight south of Daquq, a town about 175 km (108[…]
The family of the late president Nelson Mandela was overjoyed on Tuesday as one of his grandchildren, accused of raping a 15-year-old girl, was granted bail. After spending over a week in jail, the 24-year-old father of three, who bears a striking resemblance to his grandfather, flashed a smile at[…]
The High Court in Johannesburg is expected to hear an urgent application on Wednesday morning over Wits University suspending seven students who are members of the EFF’s student organisation, the party said. “The EFF has taken the university to court on an urgent basis to seek withdrawal of the suspension[…]
Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has voiced her disappointment at former Prasa CEO Lucky Montana’s decision to challenge her findings in court. Addressing the media after delivering a keynote address on Women’s Month at the University of KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday, Madonsela said Montana had earlier expressed a very different view in[…]
An international medical organisation has said its doctors treated four patients last week in the Syrian city of Aleppo who were exhibiting symptoms of exposure to chemical agents. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Tuesday that the patients were all from one family – two parents, a three-year-old girl and[…]
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has defended the presence of fighters from the Lebanese Shia Hezbollah movement among the ranks of the Syrian army, saying his government had legitimately requested their help. In an interview aired on Tuesday night on the official Hezbollah channel, al-Manar, Assad said the presence of non-Syrian[…]
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