# The United Nations says it is working closely with Pakistani authorities to rapidly assess the humanitarian impact of the recent floods, identify needs, and address gaps in the response to the disaster. The floods in northern Pakistan have claimed over 400 lives. The UN says this disaster, caused by a severe monsoon exacerbated by climate […]
# The GOOD Party says it is deeply concerned by Burkina Faso’s regressive amendments to its Persons and Family Code, passed by the country’s transitional Parliament. The party says these amendments criminalise same-sex relations, marking a dangerous step backwards for human rights on the African continent. GOOD’s Keagen Gertse says Burkina Faso joins a growing […]
# The United Arab Emirates has warned Israel that annexing the occupied West Bank would cross a red line and end the pursuit of regional integration. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to convene a cabinet meeting today to discuss annexation. This is in response to the plans of several major Western countries to […]
# Minstens 15 mense is dood en 18 ander beseer na Lissabon se beroemde Glória-kabelspoor in Portugal ontspoor en neergestort het. Volgens berigte het ‘n kabel langs die spoorlyn se roete losgekom, wat veroorsaak het dat dit beheer verloor en teen ‘n nabygeleë gebou gebots het. Owerhede sê daar was buitelandse burgers onder die oorledenes, […]
# Die Amerikaanse president Donald Trump het oproepe vir die volle openbaarmaking van die Jeffrey Epstein-lêers van die hand gewys. Dit volg terwyl wetgewers druk uitoefen vir die onthulling van meer dossiere wat verband hou met die oorlede finansier en veroordeelde seksoortreder se saak. Dinsdag het die Amerikaanse Huis van Verteenwoordigers se Toesigkomitee meer as […]
# At least 15 people have been killed and 18 others injured after Lisbon’s famous Glória Funicular railway car derailed and crashed in Portugal. According to reports, a cable came loose along the railway’s route, causing it to lose control and collide with a nearby building. Authorities say some foreign nationals were among the dead, […]
# US president Donald Trump has dismissed renewed calls for the full release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. This comes as lawmakers are pushing for more files related to the late disgraced financier and convicted sex offender’s case to be released. On Tuesday, the US House of Representatives Oversight Committee released over 33-thousand pages of […]
# AfriForum se privaat ondersoekeenheid onder leiding van Gerrie Nel het ‘n dossier aan Amerikaanse owerhede oorhandig waarin gevra word vir sanksies teen die leier van die EFF, Julius Malema, ingevolge die Globale Magnitsky-wet. Die wetgewing, wat in 2016 aanvaar is, stel regerings in staat om sanksies te aanvaar teen buitelanders en instellings vir ernstige […]
# Oekraïne se president, Volodymyr Zelensky, hoop om vandag met sy Amerikaanse ampsgenoot, Donald Trump, te praat en aan te dring op nuwe sanksies teen Rusland oor die inval in sy land. Hy het met die media gepraat tydens sy besoek aan die Deense hoofstad, Kopenhagen, om bykomende steun vir Kiëf deur Nordiese en Baltiese […]
