Police in Athens have used tear gas to disperse a rally of farmers protesting pension austerity measures as they pelted the Agriculture Ministry with stones. A larger protest demonstration is due to start later Friday. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s formerly left-wing government plans to raise pension contributions and taxes to[…]
A five-storey building has collapsed in dramatic fashion in the centre of Istanbul, but Turkish authorities say that no one was believed to be trapped under the rubble. The building collapsed on Friday in a street near Istanbul’s pedestrian Istiklal Avenue, a main shopping district in the popular Taksim area.[…]
Bloemfontein – The State’s appeal of the June 2015 high court order to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is expected to be heard in the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein on Friday. Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Michael Masutha and 11 others want the SCA to overturn a ruling[…]
Johannesburg – The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) on Friday slammed the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) for disrupting of President Jacob Zuma’s State Of The Nation Address again in Parliament. Cosatu spokesman Sizwe Pamla said the EFF undermined their own constituencies. “The federation strongly condemn those ageing juveniles[…]
NATO is sending war ships to the Aegean Sea to help Turkey and Greece deal with people smugglers and stem the flow of migrants, the alliance’s top commander has announced. Three military vessels from NATO’s Standing Maritime Group 2 have been ordered to “start to move now” and head for[…]
Ankara has completed its military op against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels in Turkey’s southeastern town of Cizre, its Interior Minister has announced. Hundreds of Kurds were killed in the fighting, including some 60 people trapped in a basement. “The operations in Cizre were completed in a very successful fashion,”[…]
World powers have agreed on a “cessation of hostilities” in Syria that could serve as a bridge towards the resumption of genuine peace talks later this month. Emerging from a marathon meeting that stretched late into the night in Munich on Thursday, United States Secretary of State John Kerry said[…]
The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) will be hosting a symposium of the life of Badee uz Zamaan Said Nursi. The symposium will aim to bring awareness of the life and contributions of Said Nursi and the legacy he has left behind. Speaking to VOC Drivetime this week, Hamza B. Oztas,[…]
Much anticipation as #SONA2016 is under way. For the past hour we have seen politicians’, various dignitaries and VIP’s making their way up the Red carpet. There is a big contingent of media, including international media at the red carpet. A scuffle reportedly took place in Darling Street between; protesters[…]
In anticipation of the State of the Nation Address, hundreds of people marched today calling for Zuma to step down. Many of whom carrying posters stating that “Zuma Must Fall”. Protestors appeared to be of different ethnicities, many of whom appeared to have joined in the protesting during their lunch[…]
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