# At least 64 people, including four police officers, were killed in Rio de Janeiro’s deadliest police operation targeting the Red Command gang in Brazil. Up to two-thousand-500 heavily armed officers took part in Operation Containment, which resulted in over 80 people being arrested. Rio de Janeiro State Governor Cláudio Castro says police confiscated a […]
# Hurricane Melissa is heading towards eastern Cuba after crossing Jamaica as the strongest storm ever to hit the Caribbean nation in modern history. The storm has weakened to a category three but is expected to remain powerful with wind speeds of 125 kilometres per hour. Melissa is responsible for seven deaths, three in Jamaica during […]
# Die Amerikaanse weermag het op vier bote toegeslaan wat vermoedelik dwelms in die oostelike Stille Oseaan vervoer het. Veertien mense is dood en een het oorleef. Die minister van Verdediging, Pete Hegseth, sê intelligensie was bewus van die bote wat op bekende dwelmhandelroetes gevaar het met dwelms aan boord. Die jongste operasie bring die […]
# The US military killed 14 people in strikes on four vessels suspected of carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean. One person survived. Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth says the boats were known by intelligence apparatus, transiting along known narco-trafficking routes, and carrying narcotics. The latest operation in the eastern Pacific brings the total […]
# Israel se eerste minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, het Hamas daarvan beskuldig dat hy die wapenstilstandooreenkoms in Gaza skend deur die oorskot van ‘n gyselaar te oorhandig wat soldate reeds byna twee jaar gelede gevind het. Hy waarsku Israel sal reageer nadat hy die volgende stappe met sy Weermaghoofde bespreek het. Dit verhoog vrese oor die […]
# Die Afrika Mayibuye-beweging het die Afrika-Unie versoek om die uitslae van die onlangse verkiesings in Kameroen en die Ivoorkus te verwerp. Afrika Mayibuye sê die proses was onregverdig en het gehelp om ou leiers aan bewind te hou. Sydney Baloyi van die beweging glo Kameroen se president, Paul Biya, wat op 92-jarige ouderdom herkies […]
# The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Hamas of a “clear violation” of the Gaza ceasefire deal by releasing remains of a hostage already recovered by troops nearly two years ago. He warned that Israel would respond after he discussed “next steps” with his defence chiefs. Netanyahu’s threat increases fears over the sustainability […]
# The Afrika Mayibuye Movement has urged the African Union to reject the results of the recent elections in Cameroon and the Ivory Coast. Afrika Mayibuye says the votes were unfair and helped keep old leaders in power. The movement’s Sydney Baloyi believes Cameroon’s president, Paul Biya, re-elected at 92-years-old and the Ivory Coast’s 83-year-old […]
# Die kragtigste Karibiese storm in 2025, Orkaan Melissa, sal na verwagting dood en verwoesting saai in Jamaika. Die orkaan het Katrina verbygesteek om die sewende sterkste Atlantiese orkaan ooit te word. Die Wêreld-weerkunde-organisasie waarsku oor katastrofiese kitsvloede en grondverskuiwings met deinings van tot vier meter. Die Rooi Kruis berei intussen voor vir tot 1,5-miljoen […]
