Thu 19 March 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Human Rights Day shadowed by SA’s gun crisis: Yet gun violence continues to take lives across our country. Research drawing on police and public health data suggests that around 30 people are killed with a gun every day in SA. Many guns used […]
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Thu 19 March 2026: The foreign ministers of Qatar, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkiye and the United Arab Emirates have issued a joint statement calling on Iran “to immediately halt its attacks” after they held a meeting in Riyadh on Wednesday. They called on Iran to “refrain from any measures […]
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Wed 18 March 2026: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that 201 Ukrainian anti-drone specialists have been deployed across the Middle East to help counter Iranian Shahed drones, while an additional 34 stand ready to support these efforts. “Our teams are already in the Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and on the way to Kuwait. We […]
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Wed 18 March 2026: Saudi Arabia has invited foreign ministers from a number of Arab and Islamic countries to talks in Riyadh on Wednesday evening, its Foreign Ministry said, amid the Iran war in the Middle East. The talks are aimed at promoting consultation and coordination to support security and stability in the region, the […]
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Wed 18 March 2026: An estimated 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2024, as progress in reducing child mortality slowed sharply, according to a UN report released Wednesday. While under-5 deaths have declined by more than half since 2000, the pace of reduction has slowed by over 60% since 2015, raising concerns […]
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Wed 18 March 2026: NATO to deploy a new Patriot missile defence unit to southern Turkiye’s Incirlik Air Base. Turkiye’s Ministry of National Defence has said NATO is sending another Patriot missile defence unit to its Incirlik Air Base, after several ballistic missiles Ankara says were fired by Iran were downed heading towards or in […]
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Wed 18 March 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ All eyes on Mkhwanazi: Mkhwanazi’s testimony is highly anticipated, as he is expected to respond to allegations raised by previous witnesses and provide clarity on key issues that have emerged since his last appearance before the committee in October. He is expected […]
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Tue 17 March 2026: Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani had been killed in an Israeli strike. The killing marks a significant escalation in Israeli-Iranian tensions, as Larijani was a central figure in Tehran’s security and political apparatus. Who is Ali Larijani? Known for decades as a […]
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Tue 17 March 2026: Kenyan Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi said Russia agreed to stop recruiting Kenyans for the Ukraine war after more than 1,000 were enlisted, amid domestic pressure over foreign fighter flows. Kenya has secured an agreement with Russia to halt the recruitment of its citizens into the war in Ukraine, responding to domestic […]
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Tue 17 March 2026: Rights group says Tomahawk missile likely used in Minab school strike that killed at least 170 people, mostly children. The United States is responsible for an attack on an Iranian primary school that killed at least 170 people, most of them children, Amnesty International has said in a new investigation, urging accountability for […]
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