At least 18 people were killed and dozens wounded in a series of bombings across mostly government-controlled areas of Syria on Monday, state media reported. The blasts hit government-held Tartus and Homs, as well as Hasakeh, which is mostly controlled by Kurdish forces but where the government maintains a presence.[…]
The government of South Sudan agreed on Sunday to accept 4,000 extra peacekeepers in a bid to avoid an arms embargo threatened by the United Nations Security Council, but said the details of the deployment were still being discussed. The announcement came after a meeting in the South Sudanese capital,[…]
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov were unable to strike a deal for a ceasefire in Syria and differences remain, a senior State Department official said after their meeting in China on Monday. Kerry and Lavrov met on the sidelines of the G20 summit[…]
Counting is under way in Hong Kong’s key Legislative Council (Legco) elections – the first since the so-called Umbrella Revolution of 2014 – after record numbers of voters cast their ballots well past midnight. About 90 per cent of votes had been counted by 9:30am local time (01:30 GMT) on[…]
North Korea has fired three ballistic missiles off its east coast, according to South Korea’s military, in a show of force apparently timed to coincide with the ongoing G20 economic summit in China. South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff said in a statement on Monday that the three missiles, launched[…]
Over R250 000 has been raised by South Africans to assist destitute pilgrims in Makkah Saudi Arabia ahead of the annual Hajj. A collection drive spearheaded by social activist, Yusuf Abramjee, who is on his first Hajj, saw many of the 1950 South African pilgrims in the Kingdom and scores[…]
The Palestinian struggle for self-determination and Israel’s on-going occupation will be under the spotlight this week, as a delegation of Palestinian activists visit Cape Town. The activists are guests of South African Jews for Free Palestine (SAJFP), an organisation of South African Jews wishing to see a just resolution to[…]
The United Ulama Council of South Africa has confirmed that the #Hilaal of Dhu al Hijjah 1437 has been sighted in many parts around South Africa. It follows then that in South Africa, 1st Dhu al Hijjah 1437 corresponds to Saturday 3rd September 2016. Consequently, the Day of Eid-ul-Adha shall[…]
The crime statistics for 2015/2016 have provided South Africans with a reason to reflect on the country’s social behavioral patterns. This is according to Minister of Police‚ Nathi Nhleko‚ who presented a report on understating the sociology of crime in South Africa in Parliament on Friday. The analysis presented by[…]
As the Voice of the Cape Radio, 91.3fm, this month celebrates 21 years on air, the efforts of its predecessors and the greater Cape Town community has not been forgotten. The station, which began broadcasting on a permanent license on September 1, 1995, was the first Muslim community broadcaster in[…]
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