# The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on ten individuals alleged to be part of a network responsible for transferring cash to Hezbollah. This was allegedly done by couriers travelling on commercial flights between Lebanon, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. The Office of Foreign Assets Control says the network allowed the Iranian-backed Lebanese […]
# Two pro-democracy activists who organised annual vigils to mark China’s deadly Tiananmen crackdown, have been found guilty of inciting subversion by a Hong Kong court. In 1989, the ruling Chinese Communist Party sent tanks in to violently quell peaceful, student-led democracy protests at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, killing an estimated ten-thousand people. Prominent young human […]
# Iran se Ministerie van Buitelandse Sake sê die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, se onwettige dreigement van verhoogde sanksies is die keerkant van die munt van oorlog en militêre aggressie. Trump dreig met ‘n ekonomiese D-Dag met gevolge vir enige land wat met Iran sake doen. Pogings sloer om die oorlog te beëindig en Amerika […]
# Die onderwysaktivis, Hendrick Makaneta, verwelkom Suid-Afrika en Finland se ooreenkoms om samewerking in onderwys en vaardigheidsontwikkeling te versterk. Finland se minister van Onderwys, Anders Adlercreutz, het die week ʼn ampsbesoek aan Suid-Afrika gebring. Hy en die minister van Basiese Onderwys, Siviwe Gwarube, het gedeelde prioriteite en geleenthede vir groter samewerking tussen die twee lande […]
# The Iranian Foreign Ministry says US president Donald Trump’s unlawful threat of heightened sanctions against Tehran is the other side of the coin of war and military aggression. Trump has vowed an economic D-Day under which any country that does business with Iran would face economic consequences. Efforts to end the war have stalled, […]
# Education activist Hendrick Makaneta has welcomed South Africa and Finland’s commitment to strengthening cooperation in education and skills development. This week, Finnish minister of Education Anders Adlercreutz conducted an official visit to South Africa, where he met with Basic Education minister Siviwe Gwarube to discuss shared priorities and opportunities for deeper collaboration between the […]
# Ten minste 50 mense, insluitend 40 kinders, is dood toe ‘n oorlaaide boot gister in Sokoto in die noordweste van Nigerië omgeslaan het. Daar was volgens berigte meer as 70 mense aan boord, wat boere en arbeiders ingesluit het wat gehuur is om rys te oes. Sestien mense is gered. Die Nasionale Binnelandse Waterweë […]
# At least 50 people, including 40 children, have died after an overloaded boat capsized in Nigeria’s northwest Sokoto state yesterday. The boat was believed to be carrying more than 70 people. According to reports, the boat had been carrying farm owners and labourers hired to harvest rice. Sixteen people have been rescued. The National […]
# Die leiers van Frankryk, Duitsland, Italië, die Verenigde Koninkryk, Noorweë en Nederland veroordeel die Israelse regering se besluit om tenders uit te reik om ʼn nedersetting te bou wat enige tweestaat-oplossing sal kelder. Die E1-nedersettingprojek sal die Wesoewer afsny van Oos-Jerusalem, wat die Palestyne as die hoofstad van hul toekomstige staat beskou. Die lande […]
