# China’s top prosecutor has issued a rare admission that torture and unlawful detention takes place in the country’s justice system, vowing to crack down on illegal practices by law enforcement officials. China’s opaque justice system has long been criticised over the disappearance of defendants, the targeting of dissidents and regularly forcing confessions through torture. […]
# Die voormalige Zambiese president Edgar Lungu sal na verwagting vandag in Suid-Afrika ter ruste gelê word, maar daar heers onsekerheid oor die seremonie. Zambië se prokureur-generaal, Mulilo Kabesha, het dringende hofstukke ingedien by die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria om die begrafnis te stop, en verklaar dat Lungu se begrafnis nasionale protokolle moet volg en nie […]
# Former Zambian president Edgar Lungu is expected to be laid to rest today in South Africa, but legal uncertainty clouds the ceremony. Zambia’s Attorney General, Mulilo Kabesha, has filed urgent court papers in the High Court in Pretoria to halt the burial, stating that Lungu’s burial must follow national protocols and not be treated […]
# A US commercial mission carrying crew from India, Poland and Hungary blasted off to the International Space Station today, taking astronauts from these countries to space for the first time in decades. The last time India, Poland or Hungary sent people to space, their current crop of astronauts had not yet been born. Back […]
# Israel’s military says it was too early to assess the damage caused to Iran’s nuclear sites, a day after a ceasefire ended 12 days of war. Israeli military spokesperson Effie Defrin says he believes they have delivered a significant hit to Iran’s nuclear programme, and that they have delayed it by several years. Iranian […]
# Iran het drie mans tereggestel weens beweerde samewerking met Israel se spioenasie-agentskap, Mossad. Hulle is daarvan beskuldig dat hulle toerusting vir ‘n beplande sluipmoord na Iran gesmokkel het. Die mans is tereggestel in Urmia in die noordweste, naby die Turkse grens. Iran het ook 700 mense in hegtenis geneem wat na bewering tydens die […]
# Iran has executed three men accused of collaborating with Israel. The men were convicted of working with Israel’s Mossad spy agency and smuggling equipment into the country to carry out assassinations. The executions took place in Urmia, a northwestern city near the border with Turkey. Meanwhile, Iran also arrested 700 people accused of having ties […]
# Die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, verwerp berigte dat ‘n uitgelekte intelligensie-verslag daarop dui dat Amerika se aanvalle op Iran nie die noodsaaklike onderafdelings van sy kernprogram vernietig het nie. Die verslag deur die Pentagon se Verdedigingsintelligensie-agentskap sê Iran se voorraad verrykte uraan is nie vernietig in Saterdag se aanvalle. Trump het op Truth Social […]
# Hittegolwe in Amerika raak al hoe gevaarliker weens klimaatverandering. Bykans 160-miljoen mense van die Midde-Weste tot die Ooskus moet aandag skenk aan waarskuwings oor hitte, terwyl waarskuwings oor uiterste hitte in sowat tien groot stede geld, insluitend Chicago, Boston, die stad New York en Detroit. Temperature kan oor die volgende paar dae in dele […]
