Wed 26 August 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ Ramaphosa warns against efforts to destabilise SA: President Cyril Ramaphosa has slammed critics trying to smear the country’s image, saying regional neighbours must respect local legal processes. That was the clear message from the president during a heated Q&A session with the […]
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Wed 26 August 2026: A fire erupted early Wednesday in the children’s ward of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Hospital, killing at least 15 newborns, according to local media reports. Geo News, citing hospital officials, reported on Wednesday that the nursery at PIMS housed 16 newborns at the time of the incident. Only […]
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Tue 25 August 2026: US President Donald Trump expressed outrage on Tuesday at the mounting number of executions in Iran of people allegedly involved in mass protests earlier this year before the Middle East war began. “The failing Islamic Republic of Iran is not paying large segments of their military, while at the same time killing protesters, even when they are not protesting, at levels not seen before,” he wrote […]
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Tue 25 August 2026: Marking the ninth anniversary of the large-scale flight of Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh, 16 diplomatic missions in Dhaka—including those of the UK, Australia, Canada, and the EU—on Tuesday reaffirmed the Rohingya’s right to return to their homeland in Myanmar. Bangladesh continues to host roughly 1.2 million persecuted Rohingya along the southeastern […]
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Tue 25 August 2026: China on Tuesday urged the US not to disrupt its cooperation with Iran after Washington announced “Operation Economic Outcast,” a sweeping campaign intended to completely isolate Tehran from the global financial system. “China’s cooperation with Iran is conducted within the framework of international law and should not be disrupted,” Foreign Ministry […]
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Tue 25 August 2026: The administration of United States President Donald Trump has proposed a rule to formalise a controversial fee for H-1B work visas to the US and charge $103,265 for these visa applications going forward. The proposed fee for highly skilled foreign workers was published in the US Federal Register on Monday, and […]
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Tue 25 August 2026: Twenty-one cricket captains request PM Sharif’s government to ensure Khan is given timely and independent medical care. Pakistan’s imprisoned former prime minister and cricket captain, Imran Khan, must be given “humane treatment and proper medical care”, urge a group of cricket greats in a letter seen by Al Jazeera and addressed […]
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Tue 25 August 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ Sassa grant reviews strand vulnerable South Africans in systemic chaos: An intensified grant review process by the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has turned into a nightmare for South Africa’s most vulnerable. Launched to weed out fraud, the nationwide audit has […]
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Mon 24 August 2026: A widening diplomatic rift is complicating efforts to confront a shared cross-border security threat. Abuja, Nigeria – In December 2025, Burkina Faso detained 11 Nigerian Air Force personnel after their C-130 transport aircraft made an emergency landing in Bobo-Dioulasso while travelling to Portugal for scheduled maintenance. Burkina Faso said the aircraft had […]
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CCTV footage shows Israeli settlers throwing rocks on the road in Qusra in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Mon 24 August 2026: UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese called Sunday for an “international protection presence” in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza, saying such a deployment was “absolutely urgent.” “Third states have an obligation, […]
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