Iranian security forces have detained 10 people suspected of links to a suicide car bomb attack that killed at least two policemen earlier this week, police chief Hossein Ashtari said. “Good clues have been obtained and hopefully with the public’s cooperation … we will get to the main leads,” Ashtari was quoted[…]
The Western Cape Traffic Department said nine deaths were recorded on the roads over the second weekend in December. Three males and one female were killed on Saturday, while three males and two females were killed on Sunday. Of those nine fatalities five were passengers, two were pedestrians and two[…]
Hot on the heels of the announcement that SA is no longer in a recession, Stats SA said that the country’s businesses recorded a 49% increase in net profits before tax in the 2017 financial year. “Some good news in trying times,” Stats SA said on Friday. This information is[…]
British charities sending aid into Idlib could be at risk of committing terrorism offences if they use the Bab al-Hawa border crossing from Turkey into the Syrian opposition-held enclave, the UK’s charity regulator has warned. In an alert to charities, the Charity Commission said that Bab al-Hawa, the main supply[…]
Thousands of Hungarians have taken to the streets to demonstrate against a proposed new labour law and for more academic freedom in the country. Inspired by the French protests, trade union members wore yellow jackets for their march to capital Budapest’s Kossuth Lajos Square, the site of the country’s parliament,[…]
The City of Cape Town outsourced bus service contractors have moved to replace the MyCiti workers who have been on an unprotected strike since October. The City said that it had done all it could to address the protesters’ concerns, and it was now time to move on. Felicity Purchase[…]
Police are investigating the murder of two men in a drive-by shooting in Cape Town on Friday night. The shooting happened outside Barron’s Estate in Philippi, which was hosting the matric ball for School of Skills in Mitchells Plain. Police spokesperson FC van Wyk said it is alleged that the[…]
The national minimum wage of R20 per hour will be effective from January 1 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced at a ceremony on Friday in Kliptown, Soweto. The location was chosen in a nod to the Freedom Charter, which was adopted there in 1955 and called for a minimum wage.[…]
At least 33 Palestinian protesters were injured on Friday by Israeli army gunfire near the Gaza-Israel border, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, the ministry said that the 33 Palestinians had been wounded by live ammunition. Since Palestinians began holding regular rallies along the border on March 30, more than 200 protesters have been[…]
The United States has warned Russia and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government against tampering with the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Aleppo, saying it has information that the parties manufactured last month’s incident to discredit a ceasefire in Idlib. In a statement Friday, the US State Department[…]
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