At least 10 civilians have been killed and more than 50 others wounded, as India and Pakistan traded fire across their disputed border, officials have said. The fighting on the border on Friday comes less than a week after planned security talks between India and Pakistan were cancelled amid a[…]
Protesters marched following prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday to condemn “dangerous Israeli escalations” at the holy site, locals said. Protesters held signs reading “Al-Aqsa is a symbol of our religion,” and “We support Al-Aqsa with our souls and blood,” witnesses said. Demonstrators condemned ongoing restrictions at the holy[…]
Austria said on Friday 71 refugees including a baby girl were found dead in an abandoned freezer truck, while Libya recovered the bodies of 82 migrants washed ashore after their overcrowded boat sank on its way to Europe and scores more were feared dead. The U.N. refugee agency said the[…]
The untrammelled powers of the police minister to get rid of the head of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) was unconstitutional and should be subjected to Parliamentary scrutiny, the High Court in Pretoria has heard. Police Minister Nathi Nhleko suspended Robert McBride in March, just over a year after[…]
The EFF is targeting University of Witwatersrand Vice Chancellor Adam Habib, claiming it will get him removed from the institution. The EFF’s Dali Mpofu told media that while they cannot participate in this year’s Student Representative Council elections at the university, when they win next year’s election, they will “remove[…]
The judiciary is not guilty of interfering with the other arms of government, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng said on Thursday. “As the judiciary, we obviously don’t think that we are overreaching. But you can’t always be the best judge of yourself,” he told reporters after a meeting between several judge[…]
A boat packed with mainly African migrants bound for Italy sank off the Libyan coast on Thursday and officials said up to 200 might have died. A security official in the western town of Zuwara, from where the overcrowded boat had set off, said there had been around 400 people[…]
Relatives of over 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram mark 500 days since the abductions with hope dwindling for their rescue despite a renewed push to end the armed group’s rebellion. The landmark on Thursday comes amid a security crisis in northeastern Nigeria, where fighters have killed more than[…]
Tens of thousands of Guatemalans took to the streets on Thursday to demand the resignation of President Otto Perez, who has refused to quit in the face of accusations by his attorney general that he was involved in a lucrative customs racket. Carrying banners proclaiming, “Guatemala has no president,” demonstrators[…]
Egyptian South African scholar Shaykh Abdus-Salaam Bassiouni is reportedly still struggling with immense back pain as he remains unjustly imprisoned in Cairo. Bassiouni’s son Bilaal told VOC News that his 65 year old father is in need of back surgery after suffering with pain for nine months and sleeping on[…]
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