Thu 13 August 2026: Here’s what’s happening in *South Africa today:* 👇🏼 ◼️ Call for probe into recruitment of South Africans to fight for Russia: South African military experts are urging the government to investigate who was behind recruiting under false pretences citizens to fight for Russia. Wingrin said several foreign private companies are using […]
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Wed 12 August 2026: Iraq’s Interior Ministry said Monday it has created an information database to register around 6 million weapons across the country. In a statement carried by the Iraqi News Agency, the ministry said it also closed 71 fake offices that had claimed links to the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a state-backed umbrella […]
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Wed 12 August 2026: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will visit Egypt on Aug. 13-14, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. As part of the visit, Fidan is scheduled to be received by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and hold meetings with senior Egyptian officials. During the meetings, Fidan will discuss bilateral relations, review […]
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Wed 12 August 2026: United States President Donald Trump has described Democratic candidates in the midterm US elections as “jihadists” in an apparent reference to Muslim Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed securing his party’s nomination for the Michigan primary elections last week. The pronouncements fuel a proliferating wave of Islamophobic discourse among Republican lawmakers and elected officials in […]
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Wed 12 August 2026: Web and mobile services try to understand the desires and goals of users by analysing how they interact with their platforms. Smartphones, for instance, capture online data from users at a large scale and low cost. Policymakers have reacted by enforcing mechanisms to mitigate the risks inherent in tech companies storing and processing their citizens’ […]
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Wed 12 August 2026: A 41-nation coalition has called on nuclear-armed states to strictly observe advance notification protocols for long-range ballistic missile tests, warning that unannounced launches endanger regional peace and global security. In a joint statement delivered at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva and released by the US Mission to International Organizations on […]
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Wed 12 August 2026: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that his country would “respond in kind” to the seizure of its merchant vessels by EU countries, defining such plans as “nothing more than piracy and robbery.” “If this begins to be implemented in practice, we will be forced to respond in kind,” Putin, attired […]
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Wed 12 August 2026: The vision in the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement “is not limited” to only Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday, expressing his desire to bring regional countries under the deal. “Indeed, our vision is not limited to three countries. We want it to expand further and, if […]
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Wed 12 August 2026: Executions, arrests and closure of public gathering spaces have raised concerns among Iranians and international rights groups. As diplomatic efforts to end the United States-Israel war on Iran remain uncertain, Iranian authorities have tightened their internal security controls across the country, especially in the capital, Tehran. Over the last weeks, security […]
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Wed 12 August 2026: US President Donald Trump warned FIFA against replacing its president, Gianni Infantino, saying the world’s leading football governing body would be making a “terrible mistake” by doing so. “FIFA would be making a terrible mistake if, for any reason, they even considered replacing President Gianni Infantino,” Trump said Monday in a […]
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