UAE-BACKED YEMENI SEPARATISTS DECLARE SWEEPING CONTROL OVER SOUTHERN YEMEN

Tue 09 December 2025: Yemen’s leading southern separatist faction declares widespread control over the south, signaling a dramatic power realignment. Amr al-Bidh, a senior official of the Southern Transitional Council (STC), told the Reuters news agency on Monday that the group had extended its presence in all southern provinces – including the port of Aden, […]

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SOUTHWEST CHINA YIELDS SENSATIONAL 200-MILLION-YEAR-OLD DINOSAUR FOOTPRINTS

Tue 09 December 2025: Paleontologists have discovered over 20 dinosaur and other vertebrate footprints on a rock face in southwest China’s Sichuan province, a find they believe provides new insights into early dinosaur evolution around 200 million years ago. The tracks were initially spotted by a hiker in Dujiangyan city last month, and their authenticity […]

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THREE PERSONS OF INTERESTS IDENTIFIED IN “WITNESS D” MURDER CASE

Tue 09 December 2025: National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola says the police have identified three persons of interest that they believe can assist in solving the murder case of Marius Van Der Merwe. “We are closing in on these suspects as our investigations reach a very advanced and sensitive stage,” General Masemola said on […]

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SA CANCELS VISA-FREE ENTRY FOR PALESTINIANS TO COUNTER ALLEGED ISRAEL’S RELOCATION EFFORTS

Mon 08 December 2025: South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has cancelled the 90-day visa exemption previously granted to Palestinian passport holders, saying the decision aims to stop attempts to move residents of Gaza out of the territory under what has been described as “voluntary relocation”. In a statement issued on Sunday, the ministry said […]

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KUWAIT REVOKES CITIZENSHIP OF ISLAMIC PREACHER, TARIQ AL-SUWAIDAN

Mon 08 December 2025: Kuwait has revoked the citizenship of 24 individuals, including the prominent Islamic preacher Tariq al-Suwaidan, according to a decree published in the Kuwait Today official gazette. Decree No. 227 of 2025 states that citizenship has been withdrawn from “Tariq Muhammad Saleh al-Suwaidan, and those who acquired it through him by dependency.” The order […]

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GLOBAL WARNING OVER CYBER-ATTACKS TARGETING USERS’ PHONES IN OVER 150 COUNTRIES

Mon 08 December 2025: Google and Apple have issued a new round of cybersecurity warnings to users in more than 150 countries, including Egypt and Saudi Arabia, after detecting attempts to hack phones using advanced spyware linked to the Israeli company Intellexa, according to media reports. The companies said the alerts are part of efforts […]

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LOOTED MONGOLIAN DINOSAUR SKELETON FINALLY RETURNED FROM FRANCE

Image is for illustration purpose. Mon 08 December 2025: On Monday, France initiated the repatriation of a 70-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton to Mongolia, almost ten years after the fossil was illegally excavated from the Gobi Desert and subsequently seized by French customs authorities. The specimen, a rare Tarbosaurus baatar—the Asian cousin of the Tyrannosaurus rex—was confiscated in […]

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QATAR, UK JOINTLY ANNOUNCE $11.2M FOR ROHINGYA, HOST COMMUNITIES IN BANGLADESH

Mon 08 December 2025: The UK and Qatar have jointly announced $11.2 million in funding to support more than 647,000 Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh’s southeastern Cox’s Bazar district. The joint funding will support the provision of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) to vulnerable refugee households, aiming to improve living conditions and reduce environmental degradation in and around the camps, according to […]

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WHY WE REMEMBER THE SOURCE OF AN OPINION BETTER THAN THE SOURCE OF A FACT – NEW RESEARCH

Mon 08 December 2025: In public discourse, we spend a great deal of collective energy debating the accuracy of facts. We fact-check politicians, monitor social media for misinformation, and prioritise data-driven decision-making in our workplaces. This focus is vital; the distinction between truth and falsehood is the bedrock of a functioning society. However, by focusing […]

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