# Iran warned Britain, France and Germany against backing a draft resolution at the International Atomic Energy Agency accusing Tehran of non-compliance, calling it a “strategic mistake”. Foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran will react strongly against any violation of its rights. The warning from Iran’s top diplomat comes as the three European governments prepare […]
# Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted that Israel is supporting an armed group in Gaza that opposes the militant group Hamas, following comments by a former minister that Israel had transferred weapons to it. Israeli and Palestinian media have reported that the group Israel has been working with is part of a local Bedouin tribe […]
# Rugby: Anathi Qolo will captain a Springbok women’s side with a combined 174 caps in their Rugby Africa Women’s Cup opener against Uganda in Antananarivo tomorrow. Three uncapped players, wing Patience Mokone, number 8 Faith Tshauke and flanker Anushka Groenewald, are in the starting team. A further five uncapped players have been named on […]
# Die menseregte-hoof van die Verenigde Nasies, Volker Turk, eis dat Amerika die sanksies wat hulle teen vier regters van die Internasionale Strafhof opgelê het, moet ophef. Regters Beti Hohler van Slowenië en Reine Alapini-Gansou van Benin het deelgeneem aan verrigtinge wat gelei het tot ‘n lasbrief vir die inhegtenisname van Israeliese premier Benjamin Netanyahu. […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare sê die gebrek aan beheer oor menslike hulpbronne het winsgewend geword vir krimineelgesinde mense wat salarisse ontvang sonder om in diens te wees in staatsdepartemente, semistaatsinstellings en munisipaliteite. Die woordvoerder van die vereniging, Claude Naiker, sê alle vlakke van regering en staatsbeheerde maatskappye betaal miljoene rand aan spookwerkers. Hy sê […]
# United Nations human rights chief, Volker Turk, has demanded the United States lift sanctions it imposed on four International Criminal Court judges, saying they were contrary to the rule of law. Judges Beti Hohler of Slovenia and Reine Alapini-Gansou of Benin took part in proceedings that led to an arrest warrant issued for Israeli […]
# Tennis: It’s men’s semifinals day at the French Open in Paris. World number two and defending champion Carlos Alcaraz has been in devastating form and is the favourite to beat Italy’s eight seed Lorenzo Musetti in the first semifinal. In the other semifinal 38-year old Novak Djokovic plays in his 51ste Grand Slam semifinal […]
# Israeliese lugaanvalle het gister die suidelike voorstede van Beiroet, die hoofstad van Libanon, getref en duisende mense moes inderhaas vlug. Reuters berig die Israeliese weermag het ten minste tien aanvalle in die gebied, bekend as Dahiyeh, uitgevoer nadat ontruimingswaarskuwings uitgereik is. Die Israeliese weermag het gesê hy beplan om ondergrondse hommeltuig-fabrieke aan te val […]
# Die uitvoerende hoof van die Black Business Council, Kganki Matabane, sê die Regering van Nasionale Eenheid moet terugvoer gee aan die afgevaardigdes by sy beraad rondom wat daar tot dusver bereik is. Die beraad het ten doel om sake-, politieke leiers en die burgerlike samelewing byeen te bring om vordering, transformasie en uitdagings waarmee […]
