The governor of Yemen’s port city of Aden, Major General Jaafar Mohammed Saad, was killed on Sunday in a car-bomb attack along with five of his bodyguards. The automobile assault occurred in Aden’s Tawahi district in the country’s south. Tawahi has become a stronghold in recent months for armed groups,[…]
Right-wing Israeli groups on Sunday raided the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under the protection of Israeli forces, witnesses told Ma’an. Witnesses said 43 Israeli settlers raided the compound after right-wing Jewish extremist groups called for supporters to flock to the site before the start of the Jewish holiday Hannukah. In addition to[…]
Israeli forces detained 12 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank overnight Saturday, local and Israeli sources told Ma’an. Local sources said three Palestinians were detained in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron. Each of the detainees were taken in separate raids in Hebron city, Dura village and Der[…]
Spies, allegedly working for a well-known private investigator, were purportedly paid to infiltrate a Palestine support group running a campaign to have Israeli goods removed from a major retailer’s shelves. Members of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel (BDS) South Africa this week claimed one of the alleged spies confessed[…]
At least 100 people have been displaced after two fires in Cape Town, the city’s fire and rescue services said on Sunday. The first fire broke out at Military Heights informal settlement in Seawinds around 18:00 on Saturday, said spokesperson Theo Layne. Up to 70 wood and iron structures were[…]
Superman had to be airlifted off Table Mountain on Saturday, paramedics said. This after a man in his late forties, dressed as the superhero Superman, could not finish a fun run due to extreme exhaustion. ER24 spokesperson Pieter Rossouw said the man was participating in a fun run which started[…]
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa used the platform of the Congress of South African Trade Unions’ (Cosatu) 30th Anniversary to rebuke Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema for his utterances that Nelson Mandela was a sell-out. Malema made the comments, while addressing the Oxford Union in the United Kingdom, saying that[…]
France’s far-right National Front (FN) is widely predicted to win control of at least one region for the first time, as the country holds regional elections three weeks after the deadly attacks in Paris. Both leader Marine Le Pen and her niece were expected to perform strongly in the first[…]
The religion of the attackers who went on a shooting rampage in California should not be become the main focus of the investigation, critics say, after the FBI announced the deadly assault was an “act of terrorism”. Fourteen people were shot dead and 21 wounded after Syed Rizwan Farook and[…]
The United Nations food agency has warned that food supplies in Yemen are deteriorating quickly and the country is at risk of slipping into famine. Ten out of Yemen’s 22 governorates were now classified as facing food insecurity at “emergency” levels, which is one step below famine, the World Food Programme[…]
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