# A former television news anchor has been crowned King of Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom, following a succession dispute after the death of King Oyo. The 56-year-old King Edward was chosen by a 21-member committee from the royal Babiito clan. But Oyo’s mother opposed the decision, saying her son left a previously undisclosed son who was […]
# US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says a suspected terror plot near a British airbase used by US forces clearly involved a foreign actor. Five British men in their twenties, from London, were arrested near RAF Fairford on Sunday and released on bail a day later. British counter-terrorism police are investigating whether the suspects […]
# South Korea says North Korean mines caused an explosion in the Demilitarized Zone that injured three South Korean soldiers last week. Defence Minister Kang Shin-chul says the incident was a clear violation of the armistice that ended the Korean War. A joint South Korean and United Nations Command investigation found another North Korean mine […]
# The final U.S. forces are leaving Iraq, ending more than two decades of American military involvement in the country. The withdrawal, due to be completed tomorrow, follows an agreement between Washington and Baghdad and ends the US-led coalition’s mission against Islamic State. Iran and its allied groups welcomed the departure, which they regard as […]
# Krieket: Môre se laaste eendagwedstryd tussen Suid-Afrika en Australië in Potchefstroom is ‘n blote formaliteit nadat die Proteas die eerste twee wedstryde gewen en daarmee hul sesde agtereenvolgende eendagreeks teen hul aartsvyand beklink het. Die gashere het die besoekers in Durban met 67 lopies geklop voor ‘n oorwinning van 32 lopies op die Wanderers. […]
# Die Thabo Mbeki-stigting het ‘n verslag gepubliseer wat die verhoudings tussen Suid-Afrika en die Verenigde State ondersoek, met die fokus op die toekoms van Afrikaners en rasse-regstelling. Die artikel van 123 bladsye bespreek die VSA se steun vir Afrikaner-organisasies wat groter kulturele en politieke outonomie soek, en die potensiële impak op Suid-Afrika se post-apartheid-skikking. […]
# Die DA verwelkom die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid se terugvordering van 42-miljoen-rand wat verband hou met die korrupsieskandaal by die Tembisa-hospitaal. Die party voer egter aan die verhaling van belastingbetalers se geld is nie genoeg nie, en dring aan die hele korrupsienetwerk moet ondersoek word sodat diegene wat daarvoor verantwoordelik is, aan dissiplinêre of strafregtelike stappe […]
# SpaceX has launched its giant Starship rocket on its first attempt to reach orbit around Earth. The uncrewed vehicle lifted off from the company’s Starbase facility in Texas on its 14th test flight. The nearly ten-hour mission aims to send Starship around Earth about six times before a planned splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. […]
# British police say all five men arrested over a suspected terror plot near RAF Fairford are British nationals in their twenties from London. The men were detained yesterday after three suspicious vehicles were reported travelling towards the Gloucestershire airbase, which is used by the United States military. They were initially arrested over alleged explosives […]
