# The final U.S. forces are leaving Iraq, ending more than two decades of American military involvement in the country. The withdrawal, due to be completed tomorrow, follows an agreement between Washington and Baghdad and ends the US-led coalition’s mission against Islamic State. Iran and its allied groups welcomed the departure, which they regard as […]
# ‘n Maatskaplike werker vir die staat, Phumzile Sithole, sê die veroordeelde pedofiel Iain Wares moet regstreekse tronkstraf opgelê word. Sy het getuig tydens voorvonnisverrigtinge in die Wynbergse Landdroshof in Kaapstad. Sithole sê die 87-jarige Wares, ‘n voormalige onderwyser in Skotland en Suid-Afrika, toon geen berou nie, ontken sy misdade en gee ander die skuld […]
# State social worker Phumzile Sithole calls for direct imprisonment for convicted paedophile Iain Wares. She was testifying in pre-sentencing proceedings at the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court in Cape Town. Sithole says 87-year-old Wares, a former teacher in Scotland and South Africa, is unrepentant, denies his crimes and blames others for his conviction. Sithole stresses the […]
# Die Amerikaanse ambassadeur in Suid-Afrika, Leo Brent Bozell, versoek die regering om sy ideologiese houding opsy te skuif en die belange van landsburgers eerste te stel. Amerika het nuwe visumbeperkings ingestel teen Suid-Afrikaners wat verbind word met beleid wat sekere groepe benadeel. Bozell het aan Daily Maverick gesê die regering se versuim om die […]
# US ambassador to South Africa Leo Brent Bozell is calling on government to put its ideological posturing aside and put citizens first. The US has imposed new visa restrictions targeting South Africans linked to policies it considers discriminatory. In an opinion piece for Daily Maverick, Bozell says government’s refusal to condemn the incitement of […]
# President Donald Trump van Amerika ontken dat hy aangebied het om sommige sanksies teen Iran op te hef en fondse vry te stel in ruil vir toegewings oor kernkrag. Amerikaanse en Iranse amptenare het gister afsonderlik met bemiddelaars beraadslaag. Iran se minister van Buitelandse Sake, Abbas Araghchi, sê Teheran is heeltemal bereid om die […]
# US president Donald Trump has denied reports that he offered Iran sanctions relief and the release of frozen funds in return for nuclear concessions. US and Iranian officials held separate talks with mediators yesterday in a renewed effort to end seven months of hostilities. Iranian Foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has stated that Tehran is […]
# Die Russiese president, Vladimir Putin, het ʼn bevel onderteken waarin hy opdrag gee dat die leër vergroot word, en dat fondse aan die ministerie van Verdediging toegeken word om dit uit te voer. Dit volg na ʼn soortgelyke opdrag in Augustus en brei die gewapende magte uit tot twee-miljoen, waarvan 1,55-milljoen aktiewe dienspligtiges is. […]
# Russian president Vladimir Putin has signed a decree ordering an increase in the size of the army, while also instructing that funds be allocated to the Ministry of Defence to carry out the order. The expansion, which follows a similar increase ordered in August, will put the size of the armed forces at over […]
