# Pope Leo has urged authorities in Equatorial Guinea not to use the justice system just to punish, but also to protect society, after criticising how prisoners are treated. After visiting a jail known for its dire conditions, he said true justice seeks not so much to punish as to help rebuild the lives of […]
# The Pentagon announced the US Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving the Trump administration with immediate effect. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a social media post the Navy Undersecretary Hung Cao will serve on an acting basis in the role, which is largely administrative. Phelan is the latest high-ranking military leader to leave […]
# Vyf-honderd-en-18 mense is aan onnatuurlike oorsake dood tydens wydverspreide betogings in Tanzanië na verlede jaar se algemene verkiesing. Die voorsitter van die kommissie van ondersoek, Mohamed Chande Othman, het egter nie gesê wie verantwoordelik is vir die sterftes nie en het verdere ondersoeke aanbeveel. Opposisiepartye en menseregtegroepe het die veiligheidsmagte beskuldig van die wrede […]
# Iran het die eerste tolgeld van skepe in die Seestraat van Hormoes ontvang. Die adjunk-speaker van die Parlement wou nie sê wie die tolgeld betaal het, of hoeveel dit was nie, en volgens die BBC kon sy uitsprake nie gestaaf word nie. Teheran het voor die huidige wapenstilstand gesê hy sal deurvaart beperk tot […]
# A total of 518 people died in Tanzania from “unnatural causes” after widespread protests that followed last year’s general elections. However, commission of inquiry chairman Mohamed Chande Othman did not say who was responsible for the deaths and recommended further investigations. Opposition parties and human rights groups have accused the security forces of unleashing […]
# Iran has received the first tolls from shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The deputy speaker of the Iranian parliament did not say who paid the tolls, or how much they were, and according to the BBC, his claim couldn’t be verified. Before the current ceasefire Tehran had said it had limited the passage […]
# Prins Harry van Brittanje het ‘n onaangekondigde besoek aan die Oekraïnse hoofstad Kiëf afgelê in ‘n blyk van ondersteuning vir die land wat in sy vyfde jaar van ‘n oorlog met Rusland gewikkel is. Die Hertog van Sussex sal tydens die tweedaagse reis na verwagting ‘n sekerheidskonferensie in Kiëf bywoon. Prins Harry sê Oekraïne […]
# Twee treine het op die Gribskov-lyn noordwes van Kopenhagen gebots, met vier mense wat kritiek beseer is en 13 ander in die hospitaal. Die treine was op pad tussen die dorpe Hillerød en Kagerup in die Noord-Seeland-gebied van Denemarke. Die lyn is gewild onder inwoners, werkers en studente. Spoorwegongelukke is seldsaam in Denemarke en […]
# Britain’s Prince Harry made an unannounced visit to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv in a show of support for the country in its fifth year of war with Russia. The Duke of Sussex is set to attend a Kyiv security conference during the two-day trip. Prince Harry said Ukraine is a country bravely and successfully […]
