An Israeli court on Thursday ruled to release imprisoned Palestinian MP Khalida Jarrar under house arrest, the head of the Palestinian Authority’s Prisoners’ Affairs Committee said. Issa Qaraqe told Ma’an that Jarrar will be released to house arrest and forced to pay a 20,000 shekel ($5,180) fine. The court gave[…]
Tens of thousands of litres of spilled oil from a broken underground pipeline threatened protected waters and wildlife on California’s southern coast Wednesday, as US federal and local authorities rushed to contain its spread. The spill has blackened white sands at Refugio State Beach, near the coastal city of Santa[…]
A second purported letter emanating from a South African who has emigrated to the Islamic State has emerged. This time it is openly signed by a Rashid Moosagie. It is believed that he was originally from Port Elizabeth and holds the rank of a Mufti or Islamic scholar who has[…]
As residents on the Cape Flats intensify their call to have the army deployed to gang-dominated areas, a specialist in policing says that that call needs to be heeded by local government, civil servants and and politicians. Crime researcher Eldred De Klerk says the initial idea of having the army[…]
Christopher Panayiotou, accused of master-minding the murder of his wife Jayde, had an on and off relationship with his employee Chanelle Coutts. This was according to his lawyer Alwyn Griebenow on Wednesday, Netwerk24 reported. On speculation that Coutts could be pregnant, Griebenow said: “If she is pregnant Christopher is not[…]
Suspended Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) head Robert McBride’s lawyer has lodged a bid to halt his client’s disciplinary hearing on Thursday. “The stay application has been made to the chairperson of the disciplinary inquiry and will be discussed today at the disciplinary inquiry at 10:00,” Jac Marais told News24[…]
Clive Derby-Lewis’s bid for medical parole has been set down as a special motion and will be heard in the High Court in Pretoria next week, his lawyer Julian Knight said on Thursday. “The Clive Derby-Lewis matter is being heard on the 25th, Monday, [it is a] special motion,” he[…]
Qatar has done little to improve conditions for migrant workers despite promising reform last year, rights body Amnesty International has said in a new report. Amnesty said in a briefing that little had changed for the 1.5 million migrant workers and that soccer’s governing body FIFA had a “clear responsibility”[…]
The UN announced Wednesday a date for its conference on Yemen. But Yemen’s Riyadh-based government swiftly demanded a pullback of the Iran-backed Shiite rebels from seized territory as a precondition to joining the talks set for May 28 in Geneva. The developments came as Tehran headed off a potential confrontation[…]
The Malaysian Foreign Minister was to visit Myanmar on Thursday to discuss the thousands of migrants from Myanmar’s Rohingya ethnic minority adrift across South-East Asia. Anifah Aman’s visit comes a day after Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta agreed to allow thousands of the migrants, who also include Bangladeshis, to temporarily land[…]
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