Six people died in two separate fires in Cape Town on Friday night. City of Cape Town spokesperson Jermaine Carelse said four people died in Bonteheuwel and four others sustained varying degrees of burn wounds when a fire broke out at a house in Vyeboom Street. “The city’s fire & rescue service was alerted to the incident by CCTV operators at about 2am. “Crews from Epping who were first on […]
Israeli forces have shot a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank as he tried to stab a policeman, the Israeli military said, stirring tensions in the occupied territory. Palestinian officials said on Thursday that the man had been shot dead, without elaborating on the circumstances. A video circulated on social media showed a soldier firing at a Palestinian multiple times, even after he had fallen to the ground. Reuters could not […]
An Israeli soldier was killed and three others were wounded in a grenade explosion at a military training base, according to the military on Sunday, Anadolu reports. The incident occurred overnight in the living quarters of the Kfir Brigade training base in the Jordan Valley in the West Bank, the army said in a statement. One of the injured soldiers was in serious condition, while the other two were described as having […]
At least five were killed and several others wounded when a bomb blast targeted Somali government soldiers in the Lower Shabelle region on Saturday, an official said. The attack took place in the village of Ambareyso located on the outskirts of Somalia's ancient coastal town of Barawe, 206 kilometers (128 miles) southwest of the capital Mogadishu. Eyewitness and security officials confirmed the attack and causalities to Anadolu Agency over 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.
