# Zimbabwe president Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed constitutional amendments that extend the presidential term from five years to seven years. This will keep the 83-year-old in office until 2030. Both houses of Parliament approved the controversial amendments last month. The raft of sweeping changes, which critics have called a “constitutional coup”, also includes a provision […]
# President Volodymyr Zelensky het sy oproep herhaal vir Oekraïne om by die Noord-Atlantiese Verdragsorganisasie aan te sluit, en sê sy land is ‘n bron van buitengewone verdedigingsvermoë vir die alliansie. Hy het gister die jaarlikse NAVO-beraad in Ankara, Turkye, toegespreek. Oekraïne se hoop om ‘n lid van NAVO te word, bly ‘n uitdaging, met […]
# President, Volodymyr Zelensky has renewed his call for Ukraine to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, saying his country has become a source of extraordinary defensive capability for the alliance. He addressed the annual NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, yesterday. Ukraine’s aspiration to become a member of NATO is a challenge, with countries including […]
# President Donald Trump van Amerika het weereens die Noord-Atlantiese Verdragsorganisasie gekritiseer omdat die organisasie Amerika nie met sy oorlog teen Iran help nie. Hy woon tans NAVO se jaarlikse beraad in Ankara, Turkye, by. Hy dreig om Amerikaanse soldate aan Europa te onttrek. Dis die tweede jaar dat Amerika eis dat NAVO-bondgenote hul verdedigings-besteding […]
# Frankryk se verregse National Rally-partyleier, Marine Le Pen, kan vir volgende jaar se presidentsverkiesing staan. Dit volg nadat die Parys-appèlhof haar skuldigbevinding vir die verduistering van fondse van die Europese Parlement gehandhaaf het, maar haar vonnis verkort het. Die hof het haar politieke onbevoegdheid van vyf jaar tot 45 maande verminder, waarvan sy reeds […]
# US president Donald Trump has once again criticised the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation for what he perceives as a failure to help America in its war against Iran. Trump is attending NATO’s annual summit in Ankara, Turkey. He has threatened to pull American troops from Europe. The US has demanded that NATO allies increase […]
# France’s far-right National Rally party leader, Marine Le Pen, has been cleared to stand for next year’s presidential elections. This comes after the Paris Appeal Court upheld her conviction of embezzling funds from the European Parliament, but shortened her sentence. The court has reduced her political ineligibility from five years to 45 months, of […]
# Die vrou wat daarvan verdink is dat sy ‘n plofstof-aanval in Monaco uitgevoer het, is in Oekraïne dood aangetref. Die aanval was gemik op ‘n Oekraïense multimiljoenêr onder internasionale sanksies. Hy en sy gesin is in die aanval beseer. ‘n Internasionale soektog is kort na die aanval na Anastasiia Berezovska begin, en sy het […]
# Agtien mense is beseer toe ploftoestelle in Damaskus ontplof het naby die hotel waar die Franse president, Emmanuel Macron, tydens sy besoek aan die Siriese hoofstad tuisgaan. Die staatsnuusagentskap Sana berig twee toestelle wat deur veiligheidsmagte opgespoor is, het ontplof toe spesialis-eenhede dit begin ontlont hett. Macron het gisteraand in Sirië aangekom as die […]
