A suspected air strike has killed at least 13 people at a wedding party in a town in Yemen, witnesses say, even as UN peace efforts make headway. Medical sources said 38 people were wounded, besides the dead, in Wednesday’s incident in Dhamar province. There was no immediate comment from[…]
A Palestinian suspect stabbed four Israelis, including a soldier, in Tel Aviv on Thursday, Israeli police and the army reported, with the attacker shot dead at the scene. An Israeli police spokesperson said police units responded to a stabbing attack in Tel Aviv which injured four Israelis. “A “terrorist” was[…]
Sepp Blatter, FIFA president, and his possible successor, UEFA chief Michel Platini, have been provisionally suspended for 90 days by the global football body’s ethics committee. The committee also handed out a 90-day suspension to Jerome Valcke, FIFA secretary general, who had already been put on leave by the football[…]
Crime is escalating in the Western Cape. That was according to provincial community safety MEC Dan Plato at a media briefing on Thursday, in response to the national crime statistics released by national police minister Nkosinathi Nhleko last week. However, when it was released the statistics were reported as being[…]
More money for workers and a tax on Clifton residents were among the demands coming out of Cosatu’s nationwide marches on Tuesday. The overarching sentiment was that workers were being victimised by government and employers, and that unions were engaged in fighting unfair labour practices. E-tolls, rolling blackouts, job security,[…]
Without respect for the rule of law, the public protector’s office cannot be a meaningful buffer between government and the people. So believes Public Protector Thuli Madonsela, who was speaking at the fifth annual Desmond Tutu International Peace lecture at the University of the Western Cape on Wednesday. She was[…]
The Supreme Court of Appeal is expected to rule on Wednesday morning whether SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s appeal against an earlier court judgment suspending him was valid. DA senior media officer Samkelo Mgobozi told News24 the party had been informed by their senior counsel judgment would be handed[…]
Candidates for the position of Western Cape police commissioner have not been selected yet, a spokesperson for national police commissioner General Riah Phiyega said on Wednesday. “An announcement regarding a permanent [appointment] will be made soon after the necessary processes have been followed,” spokesperson Lieutenant General Solomon Makgale said. Suspended[…]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered police to prevent government ministers and Knesset members from entering al-Aqsa Mosque compound, according to Israeli media. Clashes have rocked the Jerusalem site in recent weeks amid a surge in tensions between Israelis and Palestinians. The Haaretz newspaper quoted an official as saying[…]
U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday apologized to Medecins Sans Frontieres for the deadly bombing of its hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, while the medical charity pressed its demand for an international commission to investigate what it calls a war crime. MSF said that an independent humanitarian commission created under the[…]
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