# Road running: The Cape Town Marathon has been cancelled just hours before its start, citing safety concerns linked to strong winds. Over 24-thousand runners from across the globe were set to take on the 42.2-kilometre race. Reports suggest damage to the start line and disrupted water stations. Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says he […]
# Die kantoor van die Israelse eerste minister sê Benjamin Netanyahu het beveel dat die Rafah-kruising tot verdere kennisgewing gesluit moet bly. Die kantoor sê die opening van die kruising sal oorweeg word op grond van Hamas se vordering met die terugbesorging van die oorledene gyselaars en die toepassing van die ooreengekome raamwerk. Die Palestynse […]
# Gaza se Hamas-beheerde burgerlike verdediging sê 11 mense is dood, almal van dieselfde familie, nadat ‘n Israelse tenkgranaat die bus waarin hulle was in die noorde van Gaza getref het. Die Abu Shaaban-gesin het probeer om hul huis te bereik om dit te inspekteer toe die voorval Vrydagaand in die Zeitoun-woonbuurt van Gazastad plaasgevind […]
# Huge crowds were marching in major American cities on Saturday, while smaller gatherings sprang up across the country for “No Kings” protests against President Donald Trump’s administration. CNN said the more than 2,500 events drew millions of attendees. Organisers say Trump is leading an increasingly militarised and authoritarian regime. Sweeping ICE raids and troop […]
# Protesters have gathered in northern Germany on Saturday, demanding the prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann be ousted from where he lives. More than 150 demonstrators assembled over the whereabouts of the 48-year-old convicted paedophile and rapist Christian B. He is suspected by German police of abducting three-year-old Madeleine from her parents’ […]
# The Israeli minister of Foreign Affairs, Gideon Sa’ar, says he spoke to his British counterpart Yvette Cooper, and shared several pressing Israeli demands. He reiterated his call to revoke the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters attending the Europa League match against Aston Villa next month. According to Sa’ar, Cooper also expressed the British […]
# The Israeli prime minister’s office says that Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the Rafah crossing to remain closed until further notice. It says the crossing’s opening will be considered based on how Hamas fulfils its part in returning the deceased hostages and implementing the agreed-upon framework. The Palestinian embassy in Egypt earlier announced that the […]
# Gaza’s Hamas-run civil defence says 11 people were killed, all from the same family, after an Israeli tank shell hit the bus they were in in northern Gaza. The Abu Shaaban family was trying to reach their home to inspect it when the incident happened in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City on Friday […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile het die behoefte beklemtoon om handels- en beleggingsbande tussen Suid-Afrika en Turkye te verdiep, met die doel om bilaterale handel van 695-miljard-rand te bewerkstellig. Mashatile het by die Suid-Afrika-Turkye Sakeraad gepraat en die diversifisering van handel, die verhoging van uitvoere van vervaardigde en verwerkte goedere, en die balansering van die ekonomiese […]