Thu 16 October 2025: Planning is under way for an international stabilisation force to go into Gaza, the Reuters news agency reports. “Right now what we’re looking to accomplish is just a basic stabilization of the situation. The international stabilization force is starting to be constructed,” it quoted an unnamed “senior US adviser” as saying. […]
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Thu 16 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ ICJ genocide case will continue despite Gaza ceasefire: “The peace deal that has been struck, which we welcome, will have no bearing on the case that is before the International Court of Justice,” Ramaphosa told parliament. “The case is proceeding, and it now […]
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Thu 16 October 2025: President Cyril Ramaphosa says progress and healing hinge on the case against Israel being heard. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Gaza ceasefire will not affect his country’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Ramaphosa made the statement on Tuesday in Cape Town in parliament, […]
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Wed 15 October 2025: Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban administration have agreed to a temporary ceasefire for 48 hours starting 6:00 p.m. Pakistan local time (1300 GMT) on Wednesday, Islamabad said, after fresh fighting erupted between the neighbours, Reuters reported. Both Pakistan and Afghanistan will make sincere efforts, through dialogue, to find a positive solution […]
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Wed 15 October 2025: Handicap International says an estimated 70,000 tonnes of explosives have been dropped on Gaza since the start of the war, warning that returning civilians face severe danger amid a fragile ceasefire. Unexploded ordnance in Gaza poses “enormous” risks for displaced people returning home during the US-led ceasefire, the NGO Handicap International […]
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Wed 15 October 2025: China on Wednesday accuse charged the US with “deliberately destabilizing” the South China Sea, following Washington’s backing of the Philippines amid a recent maritime clash. The US State Department said Monday it stood with its ally “as they confront China’s dangerous actions, which undermine regional stability,” condemning what it described as […]
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Wed 15 October 2025: Local media reported on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, that New South Wales (NSW) has seen an unprecedented number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths in custody this year, igniting widespread outrage across the country. The state has so far recorded 12 deaths in custody this year, ABC News reported, citing […]
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Wed 15 October 2025: Britain’s domestic spy agency MI5 issued a rare public warning to members of parliament on Monday that they are being targeted by spies from China, Russia and Iran in an attempt to undermine the country’s democracy. The warning comes a week after prosecutors said they had to abandon the trial of two […]
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Wed 15 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ South African’s US visa ‘revoked’ over Charlie Kirk comments: Among those who shared no sympathy were several social media users who were flagged by the US government for “celebrating the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk”. “The United States has no obligation to host […]
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Tue 14 October 2025: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday described Russian President Vladimir Putin as “a predator” who “can only be kept in check by a strong deterrence,” stressing the need for Europe to strengthen its defense posture. In a video message to the 5th European Defense and Security Conference, von […]
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