Euro zone members have given Greece until the end of the week to come up with a proposal for sweeping reforms in return for loans that will keep the country from crashing out of Europe’s currency bloc and into economic ruin. “The stark reality is that we have only five[…]
The Palestinian Authority foreign minister said Tuesday that France was retreating from submitting a draft resolution on renewing Palestinian-Israeli peace efforts to the UN Security Council. Riyad al-Maliki said that France was backing away from the move following pressure from Israel and the United States, who are both currently busy[…]
It has been exactly a year since Israel launched its brutal ‘Operation Protective Edge’ campaign on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, with the conditions of Palestinians in the isolated coastal region looking as bleak as ever. This time last year civilians in Gaza were being confronted with the harrowing scenario of[…]
“Ongoing violence is the biggest threat to victim rehabilitation in Manenberg. It is a right and not a privilege.” These words sum up a new report into the psychological and social impact of gang violence on the beleaguered residents of Manenberg, caught in daily crossfire between warring gangs. The study,[…]
A South African relief organisation is using the blessed month of Ramadan to travel to Turkey to provide aid to refugees living on the border between Syria and Turkey. With almost two million refugees from Syria currently living in Turkey, the situation in Syria is said to be dire; but[…]
Three bail conditions imposed on a Limpopo businessman accused of murdering his wife were scrapped by the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. This after Rameez Patel’s defence lawyer, Tumi Mokwena, argued that his client needed some bail conditions to be relaxed as they were denying him the opportunity to oversee[…]
Residents in Heideveld, Cape Town, are concerned by the rise in alleged mob justice killings, after two bodies were found at a train station in the suburb on Monday. Two unidentified men were killed on Monday morning and their burnt bodies left near the Heideveld train station, News24 reported. The[…]
Gunfire and explosions have been reported in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, hours after a Taliban suicide bomber rammed a vehicle into a convoy belonging to foreign forces, security officials said. Police spokesman Ebadullah Karimi said that armed men entered a building close to an installation used by Afghanistan’s intelligence agency on[…]
Authorities in Saudi Arabia have arrested three brothers alleged to have links to a bomb attack on a Shia mosque in Kuwait in June, the country’s state media reported. Two Saudi police officers were wounded during a shoot-out as they tried to apprehend one of the suspects at a house[…]
Iran and six major powers will keep negotiating past Tuesday’s deadline for a long-term nuclear agreement as they tackle the most contentious issues, including the continuation of a U.N. arms embargo on Iran, the big powers said. “We are continuing to negotiate for the next couple of days. This does[…]
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