INTERNATIONAL Explosions have ripped through a fireworks warehouse in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, killing at least five people and injuring dozens more. Video footage from the Surmalu market on Sunday showed grey smoke billowing over a building and people scurrying away from the area. Rescue workers sifted through twisted
INTERNATIONAL A man has been arrested by Egyptian authorities yesterday after footage circulated online showed him tying up and dragging a stray dog behind his vehicle. The video, which has since gone viral, has angered thousands of Egyptian social media users, who called for his arrest, reported The National. According to
INTERNATIONAL Thousands of demonstrators opposed to Iraq’s powerful cleric, Moqtada Al-Sadr, staged a protest on Monday at the edge of Baghdad’s fortified government zone, where Sadr’s supporters were holding an open-ended occupation of Iraq’s Parliament, Reuters reports. The rival Shia Muslim groups are affiliated with heavily armed militias, raising fears of clashes as
LOCAL The treatment gap, namely the percentage of people with epilepsy whose seizures are not being appropriately treated at a given point in time, is estimated at 75% in low-income countries and is substantially higher in rural than urban areas. President of the Neurological Association of SA (Nasa) Dr Patty
Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani on Friday congratulated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the occasion of his country’s Democracy and National Unity Day. “The Emir of Qatar sent a cable of congratulations to President of the Republic of Turkiye, Erdogan, on the occasion of the National
Nearly 700 families have left Sinjar in northern Iraq following Monday’s clashes between the Iraqi army and a PKK-affiliated militia called Sinjar Resistance Units, Iraqi Kurdish authorities said on Tuesday, reports Anadolu Agency. The families fleeing the Sinjar district arrived at various safe zones across the region, according to Interior Ministry
Human rights activist Rhoda Kadalie has died at the age of 68 in Los Angeles. She’s a former human rights commissioner. Kadalie was also the founder of the Gender Equity Unit at the University of the Western Cape. She had extensive experience as an academic. Kadalie was born in Cape
Israeli occupation authorities have arrested more than 50,000 Palestinian children since 1967, the Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs said in a statement yesterday. Abdul Nasser Ferwaneh, the commission’s head of Studies and Documentation Department, said that the Israeli occupation deals with Palestinian children like adults, stating that they are subject to the
SA’s state rail company Transnet on Friday invited bids from the private sector to operate sections of its freight network, seeking a cash injection to improve the service. Transnet, whose rail infrastructure has been underperforming after years of underinvestment, widespread copper cable theft and vandalism, will be taking bids from
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
