# A Syrian court has sentenced ousted former president Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia after finding him guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the country’s civil war. Assad fled to Moscow with his family after his regime was overthrown in December 2024, ending more than five decades of family rule. […]
# Die ikoniese Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Rosary in Manizales, Colombië, het gedeeltelik ingetuimel tydens gister se dodelike aardbewing van 7.4. Die kragtige skudding, met die middelpunt in die Chocó-distrik, het ‘n spits van die byna eeu-oue neo-Gotiese katedraal laat omval. ‘n Groot sy-toring het ook gekraak en teen die sentrale hoofstruktuur oorgehel. […]
# Researchers in Queensland fitted five Australian magpies with GPS trackers, hoping to map their movements and understand how age, sex or rank affected the way the flock behaved. However the birds had other plans. Within minutes after being fitted, the magpies started using their beaks to help each other get the trackers off, which […]
# Die verloofde van ‘n swanger Suid-Afrikaanse vrou, Nqobile Malangeni, bepleit haar vrylating nadat Amerikaanse immigrasie-owerhede haar op 30 Julie in Las Vegas aangekeer het. Die Amerikaanse Agentskap vir Immigrasie- en Doeane-afdwinging sê sy het haar visumvoorwaardes oortree deur langer aan te bly as wat toegelaat is en is onderhewig aan ‘n finale uitsettingsbevel. Haar […]
# The iconic Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Rosary in Manizales, Colombia, suffered a partial collapse during the deadly 7.4-magnitude earthquake yesterday. The powerful tremor, centered in the Chocó district, sent a spire from the nearly 100-year-old neo-Gothic cathedral crashing into the streets. It also caused a major side tower to crack and lean […]
# Die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, het teruggekap na Iran oor sy eis vir vergoeding en gesê Teheran moet eerder vergoeding betaal vir sterftes en skade. Iran het ‘n reeks nuwe eise uitgereik wat Washington moet nakom voor hy skepe toelaat om vrylik deur die strategies-belangrike Seestraat van Hormoes te beweeg. Trump sê hy het […]
# The fiancé of pregnant South African woman Nqobile Malangeni is pleading for her release after she was detained by US immigration authorities in Las Vegas. She remains in custody after being detained on 30 July while preparing to fly to Connecticut. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement says Malangeni overstayed her stay and is subject […]
# Rusland se hoogste hof het die liberale Yabloko-party verbied om aan volgende maand se parlementsverkiesing deel te neem. Dis die enigste geregistreerde party wat gekant is teen Moskou se oorlog in Oekraïne. Die saak is aanhangig gemaak deur die klein pro-Kremlin nasionalistiese party, Rodina, wat beweer Yabloko het onverklaarde veldtog-ondersteuning van onder meer Westerse […]
# US president Donald Trump has fired back at Iran over its demand for compensation, saying Tehran should instead pay reparations for deaths and damages. Iran has issued a new list of demands it says Washington must meet before it allows ships to move freely through the strategically-important Strait of Hormuz. Trump says he has […]
