Sat 13 January 2024: Tensions in the Red Sea have extended to Yemeni land after the United States and the United Kingdom led bombings against multiple sites controlled by the Houthi armed group on Thursday night. The Houthis have carried out dozens of attacks on commercial vessels that they say are linked to Israel, and that were […]
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Sat 13 January 2024: Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Professor Blade Nzimande, has dismissed as false, information that he intends to increase university fees for the 2024 academic year. “The Minister has become aware of the circulation of false and ill-informed suggestions that he as Minister, intends to increase university fees for the […]
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An undated photo released by the Israel Defense Forces on January 6, 2024, shows Muhammed Deif (R), the commander of the Hamas group’s military wing. (Israel Defense Forces) Sat 13 January 2024: The CIA has been providing intelligence to Israel on senior Hamas leaders and captives held in Gaza, according to a New York […]
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Fri 12 January 2024: After accusing Rwanda of assisting rebels over two weeks ago, President Evariste Ndayishimiye of Burundi closed the country’s border with Rwanda on Thursday, Xinhua reported. Local media on Thursday cited Martin Niteretse, Burundi’s Minister of Interior, Community Development, and Public Security, as saying, “We have closed our borders with Rwanda.” The […]
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Fri 12 January 2024: Energy and gold prices surged in early trading Friday after the US and UK carried out joint strikes on military targets associated with Yemen’s Houthi rebel group. The White House issued a statement late Thursday saying that US and British forces launched the strikes in response to Houthi attacks against commercial […]
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Fri 12 January 2024: After nearly 100 days of war in Gaza, more than 10,000 children – or 1 percent of the total child population on the Strip – have been killed, according to a new report by Save The Children. Children surviving the war are “enduring unspeakable horrors, including life-changing injuries, burns, disease, inadequate […]
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Fri 12 January 2024: On Wednesday, armed group al-Shabab captured a United Nations-contracted helicopter in Somalia, killing one person and kidnapping several other passengers and crew members on board. The helicopter was on a medical evacuation mission from Beledweyne city in central Somalia and was heading to Wisil town approximately 500km (310 miles) away, but had been […]
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An alleged US-UK strike on Houthi rebel sites in Yemen on January 12, 2024. (Screen capture/X) Fri 12 January 2024: The United States and Britain have started carrying out strikes against targets linked to the Houthis in Yemen for the first time since Iran-backed group started targeting international shipping in the Red Sea. “American-Zionist-British […]
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Thu 11 January 2024: The current US presidential administration is actively exerting pressure on other nations, urging them to seize Russian assets, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. Commenting on media reports claiming that the Joe Biden administration supported amendments to legislation drafted to make the seizure of the Russian frozen money legal, Peskov […]
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The South African delegation poses for a photo after the hearing on the request for interim measures in the case filed by the Republic of South Africa at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the grounds that Israel’s actions in Gaza violate the Genocide Convention, in The Hague, the Netherlands on January 11, […]
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