Tue 15 July 2025: Pakistan said on Monday it was creating a national paramilitary force, prompting concern among opposition parties and human rights groups that it could be used as a tool of political repression. The move turns an existing paramilitary force deployed on Pakistan’s northwestern border with Afghanistan into a national security force that will […]
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Tue 15 July 2025: The WHO chief on Monday called on world leaders to prioritize HIV prevention and embrace meaningful partnerships in an effort to achieve the goal of ending AIDS. Addressing the International AIDS Society conference on HIV Science in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said governments, scientists, civil society and […]
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Tue 15 July 2025: The spiritual leadership of the Druze community in Syria on Tuesday morning urged all armed factions in Suwayda province to cooperate fully with government security forces and surrender their weapons. On Monday, more than 30 people were killed and nearly 100 others injured in clashes between armed Bedouin tribal fighters and […]
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Tue 15 July 2025: Some US House Democrats urged the Trump administration Monday to release all files associated with the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “The American people deserve to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth as it relates to this whole sordid Jeffrey Epstein matter,” House […]
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Tue 15 July 2025: Team of forensic archaeologists and crime scene experts begins excavating to identify the remains of about 800 children. Excavation has begun in Ireland at an unmarked mass burial site to identify the remains of about 800 infants and toddlers who died at a church-run home for unmarried mothers. The digging of […]
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Tue 15 July 2025: Government under pressure as a provincial police commissioner accuses the country’s police chief of colluding with criminal gangs. Cape Town, South Africa – When Patricia Blows heard a senior police official’s explosive allegations against South Africa’s political and law enforcement elite last week, her thoughts went straight to the stalled investigation into […]
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A gang member’s drawings of satanic symbols. Images courtesy Ashwill Phillips. Tue 15 July 2025: Gang-related crime in South Africa is widespread, but is under-reported outside hotspots such as the Cape Flats in Cape Town or Westbury in Johannesburg. In these areas gangs are deeply rooted and contribute to ongoing violence, drug trafficking and territorial conflict. But gangs have continued […]
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Tue 15 July 2025: US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to impose 100% secondary tariffs on Russia if a deal on ending the war in Ukraine is not reached within 50 days. Speaking during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the Oval Office, Trump said he was “very unhappy” with Russia […]
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Mon 14 July 2025: Professor Firoz Cachalia, a respected legal mind and anti-corruption advocate, takes the political helm of the police service amid a national outcry over alleged rot within its ranks. Professor Firoz Cachalia has been appointed as South Africa’s acting Minister of Police by President Cyril Ramaphosa, a move that follows explosive allegations […]
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Mon 14 July 2025: They strut about with medals on their chests and missiles in the background, claiming to be defenders of the Muslim world, protectors of the faith, and guardians of the nation. They command one of the largest armies on Earth, sit atop a nuclear arsenal, and rule a state ostensibly founded as […]
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