IMPUNITY FOR SOUTH AFRICANS IN IDF SPARKS OUTRAGE

Fri 08 August 2025: Legal experts and activists question government inaction as citizens allegedly commit war crimes in Gaza Legal experts and human rights activists are raising alarms over the South African government’s failure to prosecute its citizens serving in the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), creating what they describe as a state of impunity. This […]

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CHARITY COMMISSION WARNS TWO UK MOSQUES OVER ANTI-ISRAEL VIEWS

  The Mosque and Islamic Centre of Brent. Thu 07 August 2025: The UK’s charity regulator has issued an official warning to two British mosques over their involvement in “inflammatory and divisive language” against Israel following the start of its genocidal war on Gaza.  The Central Oxford Mosque Society and The Mosque and Islamic Centre […]

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ISRAEL’S BARAK-8 AND HARPY DRONES USED IN INDIA’S OP SINDOOR AGAINST PAKISTAN, SAYS NETANYAHU

Thu 07 August 2025: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recognized India’s use of Israeli-supplied weapons, including the jointly developed Barak-8 missile with India’s Defence Research Development Organisation and HARPY drones, in its military operation, Operation Sindoor, launched in response to the Pahalgam terror attack. “The things we provided before worked very well on the field… […]

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ARAMCO’S $800 BILLION WIPEOUT DEEPENS SAUDI STRUGGLE TO BREAK OIL DEPENDENCE

Thu 07 August 2025: Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, has lost more than $800 billion in market value since its 2022 peak, Bloomberg has reported, marking a nearly 40 per cent decline and raising fresh concerns about the economic health of a kingdom still heavily reliant on fossil fuels. Shares in Aramco have fallen sharply, […]

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HRW: ISRAEL HAS BOMBED OVER 500 SCHOOLS SHELTERING DISPLACED PEOPLE IN GAZA SINCE OCTOBER 2023

Thu 07 August 2025: Human Rights Watch (HRW) has confirmed that Israel has bombed more than 500 schools sheltering displaced people across the Gaza Strip since October 2023. In a statement issued on Thursday, the organisation said: “Since October 2023, Israeli authorities have carried out hundreds of strikes on schools sheltering displaced Palestinians, including unlawfully […]

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AFRICA’S BILLIONAIRE BOOM MASKS A CRISIS FOR THE MANY

Thu 07 August 2025: The surge in African billionaires signals elite capture rather than economic progress, locking millions into poverty. On July 9, 2025, I was overwhelmed by a profound sense of despair and disappointment upon reading a report from Oxfam International, a globally recognised NGO, revealing that just four of Africa’s richest billionaires hold a […]

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YOUR PHONE IS COVERED IN GERMS: A TECH EXPERT EXPLAINS HOW TO CLEAN IT WITHOUT DOING DAMAGE

Thu 07 August 2025: We wash our hands, sanitise shopping trolleys and wipe down cafe tables. But what about our phones? We touch these devices dozens of times a day, and take them everywhere from the kitchen to the dining table, and even the bathroom. Phones can be contaminated with many kinds of potential germs. When was […]

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‘READY TO PAY HEAVY PRICE:’ INDIA’S MODI ON TRUMP TARIFFS

Thu 07 August 2025: On Thursday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared his readiness to pay a “heavy price,” in response to elevated US tariffs, emphasizing that he will “never compromise” on safeguarding the interests of India’s citizens. His reaction came a day after  U.S. President Donald Trump doubled US tariffs on India to 50%, up […]

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