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US slams murder of Palestinian by Israel settlers as ‘terrorism’

Washington has condemned as "terrorism" the killing of a Palestinian by suspected Jewish settlers, in language that appears to reflect US frustration with surging violence in the occupied West Bank under Israel's hard-right government, Reuters reported. Israeli police detained two settlers following Friday's attack near the village of Burqa. According to Palestinians, they were part of a group that threw rocks, torched cars and, when confronted by villagers, shot a 19-year-old dead and wounded […]

today7 August 2023

Local

Racist would-be terrorist sentenced to two life terms in jail

LOCAL A right-wing leader has been sentenced to two life terms and 21 years in prison by the Mpumalanga High Court for plotting to carry out terror attacks. Harry Johannes Knoesen, 63, carried out his plans as a leader of the National Christian Resistance Movement, also known as the “Crusaders”. He was convicted for preparing and planning to carry out terrorist attacks, incitement to carry out a terrorist attack in […]

today28 September 2022

Local

Qatar retracts ‘violence and terrorism’ statement about Soweto tavern shooting after backlash

Qatar's foreign affairs ministry has retracted its “violence and terrorism” statement about the Soweto tavern massacre after backlash online. This after Qatar called the mass shooting, which left at least 16 people dead and several wounded, an “act of terrorism”. In a statement, which has since been deleted, Qatar said it “strongly condemned” the incident. “The State of Qatar expresses its strong condemnation and denunciation of the shooting incident which […]

today13 July 2022

International News

Saudi Arabia condemns attempts to ‘link Islam with terrorism’

Saudi Arabia has said it “rejects any attempt to link Islam with terrorism, and condemns the offensive cartoons of the Prophet” amid an escalating row between France and some Muslim-majority nations over Paris’s support for the right to caricature the Prophet. Its government also called for “intellectual and cultural freedom to be a beacon of respect, tolerance and peace that rejects practices and acts which generate hatred, violence and extremism […]

today27 October 2020

Local

Dirco requests UK government to review travel advisory against SA

The South African government has written to the High Commission of the UK government to review a travel advisory issued earlier this week. The advisory came after news that a South African couple had been kidnapped in KwaZulu-Natal earlier this month. The UK government advised its citizens to exercise caution when travelling to South Africa. The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) said on Friday it had written to […]

today24 February 2018

International News

Somali truck bomb suspects appear in military court

Five suspects are facing charges in connection with the truck bombing in the Somali capital Mogadishu last year which killed more than 500 people, Radioshabelle reported yesterday. Making their first appearance before a military court, the five men were named as Hassan Adan Isack, the driver of a second vehicle; alleged bomber Ali Yussuf Ways; Abdiweli Ahmed Dirie, Al-Shabaab’s explosive expert in Mogadishu; Muktar Mohamed, who is accused of masterminding […]

today3 January 2018

Local

Thulsie twins to return to court

Terror accused twins Brandon-Lee and Tony-Lee Thulsie will return to the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Wednesday, on charges of planning to set off explosives in South Africa. The men face three counts of contravening the Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Act after being arrested in Newclare and Azaadville west of Johannesburg on July 9 last year. They were allegedly linked to the self-proclaimed Islamic State group […]

today5 July 2017

International News

Identity of Finsbury Park mosque attacker revealed

The suspect behind the Finsbury Park mosque attack was named on Wednesday as Darren Osborne, a 47-year-old married father of four, living in Cardiff. Osborne ploughed a van through a crowd outside the north London mosque at about 12:20am on Monday, injuring 10 people and leaving an elderly man who suffered a heart attack dead. Witnesses said the driver of the vehicle had shouted "I want to kill all Muslims" […]

today20 June 2017

International News

Qatar rejects Saudi-led bloc’s ‘terror’ list

Qatar on Friday rejected allegations of supporting individuals and groups blacklisted as "terrorists" by four Arab countries which cut ties with it this week amid a major diplomatic fallout. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt published a list of 59 people and 12 groups with links to Qatar late on Thursday, alleging that they have ties to "terrorism". "The recent joint statement issued by the Kingdom […]

today9 June 2017

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