Seven young Australian men have been arrested by authorities after they attempted to board flights to the Middle East, according to the Australian prime minister. Tony Abbott said on Thursday the arrests were “over suspicions they wanted to join militant Islamist groups”. “We have stopped at the airport seven young[…]
Rockets hit an Israeli village near the Lebanese border on Thursday and Israel struck back in the Syrian Golan Heights, saying the rare salvo had been launched there by an Iranian-backed Palestinian radical group. The group, Islamic Jihad, denied the Israeli allegation. It had previously threatened reprisals should one of[…]
Residents in the greater Grassy Park area should be able to access social services much easier with the Western Cape Department of Social Development (DSD) launching its local offices on Thursday. Also at the launch were the DSD’s NGO partners, including CAFDA, Cape Town Child Welfare, as well as the[…]
Hunger-striking prisoner Muhammed Allan on Thursday regained consciousness following a medically induced coma a day earlier, a lawyer from the Palestinian Authority’s Committee for Prisoner’s Affairs told Ma’an. Karim Ajwa said that Allan, 31, awoke from a medically induced coma and is currently in critical condition in the ICU at[…]
A proposal by the ruling ANC-led government to merge the Metro Police service with the South African Police Services (SAPS) is facing stern opposition from the City of Cape Town, which fears the move could well remove crime prevention powers from Metro Police and leave officers with authority only in[…]
Child rights activists have voiced concern over lengthy delays in child sex abuse cases as well as the failure of the state to appropriately cater to the needs of young victims. It comes amidst a high profile case against a Plettenberg Bay educator accused of sexually assaulting a 10-year old[…]
A motion to impeach President Jacob Zuma will be debated on September 1. The announcement was made on Thursday morning during Parliament’s programme committee meeting, and followed threats of court action by the Democratic Alliance. DA leader Mmusi Maimane gave notice of the motion earlier. The motion also called for[…]
Notice of a legal challenge to the suspension of Oscar Pistorius’s early release from prison had not yet been received by the Department of Justice and Correctional Services, spokesperson advocate Mthunzi Mhaga said on Thursday morning. This means Pistorius could wait up to four months to hear if he would[…]
Destitute miners in Kroondal are so hungry that they have resorted to eating cats, rats and wild vegetables to survive. This has prompted urgent intervention by Gift of the Givers which will make food donations on Thursday. Imtiaz Sooliman, founder, director and chair of Gift of the Givers, said in[…]
Three young females, including a minor, have accused United Nations peacekeepers of raping them in the Central African Republic, the global body has announced, taking the number of allegations to 13 since the UN stationed troops in the country in September. The announcement on Wednesday comes a week after Ban[…]
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