# Six Zimbabweans have admitted to using South Africa as a transit point for Russian military recruitment. They stand accused of unlawfully offering or rendering foreign military assistance to Russia without the required authorisation. The admissions are contained in a plea and sentencing agreement before the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court. News24 reports two of the six […]
# Smoky haze caused by forest fires in Indonesia had led to several schools in neighbouring Malaysia being closed for today. Education minister Fadhlina Sidek made the announcement on social media after 37 areas recorded unhealthy air pollution levels. Prime minister Anwar Ibrahim says Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto had agreed to take the necessary steps […]
# Die Amerikaanse minister van Verdediging, Pete Hegseth, sê die teregstelling van ʼn gewese majoor in die Leër wat in 2009 13 ongewapende soldate by Fort Hood doodgeskiet het, sal regstreeks gestroom word. Nidal Hasan sal in Desember deur ʼn vuurpeloton tereggestel word. Hy het erken dat hy in ʼn stampvol mediese gebou losgebrand het […]
# COSATU is calling on Parliament to urgently pass the Second Special Appropriations Bill to unlock 10-billion-rand fuel price relief. The bill allocates the money to the Central Energy Fund’s Equalisation Fund to cushion workers, commuters and the economy against rising international oil prices. The union federation’s spokesperson, Matthew Parks, says the unprovoked United States-led […]
# US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the execution of a former Army major who killed 13 unarmed soldiers at Fort Hood will be live-streamed. Nidal Hasan will be executed by firing squad in December for the deaths of his comrades in 2009. He admitted to shooting into a crowded medical building where deploying soldiers […]
# Ontleders beskou nie die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, as ʼn ernstige kandidaat vir vanjaar se Nobelprys vir Vrede nie, wat vanoggend deur die Noorweegse Nobel Instituut aangekondig word. Hy is volgens berigte deur leiers van Israel, Kambodja en Pakistan benoem. Onder die 208 individue en 79 organisasies wat as kandidate geregistreer is, is die […]
# Die beroemde Italiaanse tenoor Andrea Bocelli se konsert in Jordanië kan moontlik geboikot word oor sy steun vir Israel. Eerste minister Benjamin Netanyahu het in 2022 sy konsert in Tel Aviv bygewoon nadat die sanger pro-Palestynse aktiviste se aandrang ignoreer het dat Israel geboikot word. Bocelli het ook in 2010 opgetree by ʼn fondsinsamelingsgeleentheid […]
# Die Britse polisie het erken die lasbrief vir oud-prins Andrew se eiendomme is verkeerdelik toegestaan en moet tersyde gestel word. Die 66-jarige voormalige koninklike is in Februarie in hegtenis geneem vir beweerde wangedrag in ‘n openbare amp oor sy bande met die oorlede veroordeelde pedofiel Jeffrey Epstein. Sy ouer broer, koning Charles, het hom […]
# Analysts don’t regard US president Donald Trump as a serious contender for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, which will be announced by the Norwegian Nobel Institute this morning. He was reportedly nominated by leaders from Israel, Cambodia and Pakistan. Among the 208 individuals and 79 organisations who were registered as candidates are Ukrainian president […]
