# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, says South Africa has reaffirmed its support for the African Union’s decision to convene a continent-wide conference on migration. The 49th Ordinary Session of the African Union’s Executive Council has decided not to discuss migration at the upcoming AU mid-term review meeting in Egypt. Lamola says […]
# Mediator Pakistan says negotiations between the US and Iran are ongoing despite escalating attacks in the Middle East. This comes as the conflict has expanded, with the US joining forces with Saudi Arabia to launch strikes targeting Iranian proxies in Iraq this week. The strikes killed at least 20 people and wounded 32. Yesterday […]
# Die Poolse eerste minister Donald Tusk sê ‘n voorwerp wat in ‘n veld in die ooste van die land neergestort het, was waarskynlik ‘n Russiese missiel. Dit het ‘n 10-meter-wye krater ongeveer 100-kilometer van die Oekraïnse grens veroorsaak. Daar is geen berigte van sterftes of beserings nie, maar die voorval word as ernstig beskou. […]
# Die Amerikaanse Weermag sê hy het talle teikens van die Islamitiese Revolusionêre Magte in Iran getref, insluitend militêre bevelsentrums en hommeltuig-aanlegte. Dit volg nadat Teheran ballistiese missiele op Amerikaanse magte in die Midde-Ooste afgevuur het. Die Amerikaanse Sentrale Bevel sê die aanvalle was daarop gemik om Iran en sy bondgenote se bedreiging vir Amerikaanse […]
# Polish prime minister Donald Tusk says an object that crashed into a field in the country’s east was probably a Russian missile. It caused a 10-meter-wide crater about 100-kilometres from the Ukrainian border. There were no reports of casualties, but the incident is being treated as serious. Ukraine’s acting Foreign minister, Andriy Sybiha, earlier […]
# The US military says it struck dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard targets in Iran, including military command centres and drone facilities. This comes after Tehran fired ballistic missiles at American forces in the Middle East. The US Central Command says the strikes aimed to further diminish threats posed by Iran and its proxies to […]
# Suid-Afrika is gereed om die 46ste gewone beraad van die Suider-Afrikaanse Ontwikkelingsgemeenskap in Durban aan te bied van 16 tot 17 Augustus. Die minister in die Presidensie, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, sê die kabinet is tevrede met die land se voorbereidings vir die streekbyeenkoms. Ntshavheni sê die SAOG-Nywerheidsweek wat hierdie week in Durban gehou word, het […]
# Die man wat die wêreldbekende skrywer Salman Rushdie in 2022 in Amerika gesteek en gedeeltelik blind gelaat het, Hadi Matar, is in ‘n federale hof in New York skuldig bevind aan terreur-aanklagte. Rushdie se roman, The Satanic Verses, is in groot dele van die Islamitiese wêreld veroordeel as godslasterlik. Die 28-jarige Matar dien reeds […]
# South Africa is ready to host the 46th ordinary summit of the Southern African Development Community in Durban from 16 to 17 August. Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says cabinet is satisfied with the country’s preparations for the regional gathering. Ntshavheni says the SADEC Industrialisation Week taking place in Durban this week, seeks […]
