Protesters have poured into New York’s Times Square to denounce the Iran nuclear deal as a threat to Israel and global security, demanding that the US Congress reject the pact. Speakers at Wednesday’s rally, including Republican politicians, called on the US Congress to throw the deal out, whipping up the[…]
Palestinian prisoner Dirar Abu Sisi is still being held by Israeli authorities in solitary confinement since his detention began over four years ago, a prisoners’ rights groups reported. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society said Wednesday that Abu Sisi told his lawyer that Israeli authorities are imposing several sanctions on him, including[…]
The white man suspected of murdering nine black people during bible study at a South Carolina church was charged on Wednesday with federal hate crimes, adding to multiple state counts that raise the possibility of a death sentence. “The parishioners had Bibles. Dylann Roof had his .45 caliber Glock pistol[…]
The war in Yemen has reached a critical point where the most recent ceasefire that was meant to last 10 days, only lasted a couple of minutes to two hours. Yemen’s war which started when Houti Rebels seized the capital Sanaa in September 2014 has seen the death toll increase[…]
It is critically important that South Africans be at the forefront of the struggle against racial and religious profiling. So says anti-apartheid struggle stalwart Dr. Essop Pahad speaking in response to a petition launched by the Concerned Africans Forum (CAF), opposing the British Home Office’s decision to deny a visa[…]
With students getting into the swing of the 3rd term of the 2016 academic year, it has emerged that more than 200 children in Dunoon have not yet been placed at a schooling institution; a result of overcrowding at the area’s respective schools. This comes seven months into the current[…]
The much talked about “firepool” at President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla home is also a “recreational facility”, the ANC’s Cedric Frolick said after inspecting the multi-million rand compound. “What we saw in front of us is a pool… a pool is a pool,” he told journalists after an inspection by parliament’s[…]
While the Western Cape education department tallies the cost of repairs as a result of theft and vandalism, it has confirmed a drop in the number of incidents reported in comparison to the same period last year. Education MEC Debbie Schafer said in a statement that 18 incidents had been[…]
A man has been left seriously injured after a roof collapsed on top of him on Robert Sobukwe Road on Wednesday morning, emergency services said. ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring said in a statement paramedics, along with Metro and fire services, arrived on the scene and found that the roof of[…]
At least 22 Iraqi soldiers and fighters from the Popular Mobilisation Forces have been killed in a double suicide car attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in east Fallujah, local police sources have told Al Jazeera. Wednesday’s attack was carried out with a confiscated Iraqi[…]
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