Rocket attack slams into Iraqi base in remote province of Kirkuk where US troops are stationed, report says.A rocket attack has slammed into an Iraqi base in the remote province of Kirkuk where US troops are stationed, security sources said. There were no immediate reports of casualties, AFP news agency citing Iraqi and US security sources reported on Thursday.Three separate Iraqi security sources told AFP that the Katyusha rocket hit […]
The Somali community of South Africa say they are appalled by the tragic chain of events that unfolded at the Malmesbury masjid on Thursday morning, which puts a dark stain on the sacred month of Ramadan. Residents of the quiet West Coast town are reeling after two musallees were killed inside the Mosque. Early this morning, a man alleged to be of Somali origin, stabbed two men in itikaaf, leaving […]
Thirty five offenders have sustained injuries after eight warders were attacked at Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison on Tuesday morning. The incident occurred after the warders conducted a search for a cell phone in the E-Section at the facility’s Medium A Correctional Centre. Offenders proceeded to throw boiling water at the warders, who consequently sustained burn wounds. In a statement released on Tuesday, Pollsmoor’s communication officer, Lewies Davids, explains that the […]
A fight apparently broke out at the hospital where Sexy Boys gang leader Jerome "Donkie" Booysen, who was wounded in a shooting at Cape Town International Airport on Wednesday, is admitted. Late on Thursday, police spokesperson Sergeant Noloyiso Rwexana said the scene was still active and she therefore could not yet comment on what had happened. News24 is withholding Booysen's exact location due to security reasons. It is understood a […]
The Taliban launched a major attack on an army base in southern Kandahar province killing at least 43 Afghan soldiers. The brazen assault on Thursday began with two suicide car bombings, setting of several hours of fighting. Of 60 soldiers manning the base, 43 were killed, nine wounded, and six missing after Taliban fighters stormed the camp in the middle of the night, the defence ministry said in a statement. […]
An attack by gunmen on a Turkish restaurant that began late on Sunday left at least 17 people dead and eight wounded in the capital of Burkina Faso, a West African country that has seen a surge in violence by armed groups over the past few years. The figure was released early on Monday by Burkina Faso's communications minister Remi Dandjinou. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the […]
Suspected Boko Haram fighters have killed at least nine people and abducted as many as 40 others in south-east Niger, according to local officials. The gunmen late on Sunday attacked a village in Kablewa town near the southeastern Niger city of Diffa, close to the border with Nigeria, authorities said on Monday. They killed eight young people and an elderly man, Kablewa Mayor Abari Elh Daouda told the DPA news […]
Three more people were arrested Wednesday in connection with London’s weekend terrorist attack which left eight people dead, British police said. Two men were arrested by police “supported by firearms officers” on a street in Ilford, east London, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement. A 27-year-old was detained on terrorism charges while the second, 33, was arrested on drugs charges. The third suspect, 29, was apprehended at a home […]
The Taliban has attacked targets in different parts of Kabul, the Afghan capital, including a police headquarters in the western part of the city, killing at least one and wounding several people. A senior army official also reported an attack on a building on its eastern outskirts on Wednesday, as the Taliban claimed responsibility for additional attacks on an intelligence services facility and an army recruitment centre. Immediately after the […]
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.
