Sun 16 November 2025: The president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday urged UN member states to uphold their obligations under the Rome Statute and assist in the execution of outstanding arrest warrants, Anadolu agency reported. Presenting the ICC’s 2025 Annual Report to the UN, Judge Tomoko Akane told the UN General Assembly […]
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Sat 15 November 2025: The Union of Gaza Strip Municipalities warned Friday of the consequences of 700,000 tons of accumulated waste in random dumping sites, as municipalities are unable to provide even the minimum level of essential services due to severe shortages of fuel and equipment. Alaa Al-Batta, the union’s deputy head, told Anadolu that […]
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Sat 15 November 2025: The UN health agency warns that recent progress in tackling the disease is under threat due to a shortfall in critical aid. Tuberculosis deaths have fallen by 3 percent to 1.23 million people in 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. In its annual TB report published on Wednesday, the United […]
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Sat 15 November 2025: Russia on Wednesday announced the creation of an unmanned systems force specializing in drone warfare as a new branch in the military. “The Unmanned Systems Troops have been established in the Russian Armed Forces,” Sergey Ishtuganov, deputy head of the new force, said in an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper. […]
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Sat 15 November 2025: US President Donald Trump said Friday he would ask for investigations into connections between late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and several prominent figures, including former President Bill Clinton. Posting through his US social media company Truth Social, Trump repeated his accusation that Democrats are pushing the “Epstein Hoax” to distract from […]
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Sat 15 November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ ‘Trip of suffering’: “I can say I feel safe … which means a lot for Palestinians, especially for those in Gaza,” he added. Details are slowly emerging of a controversial transit scheme run by a non-profit, through which activists say Israel is encouraging […]
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Sat 15 November 2025: Loay Abu Saif, one of 153 Palestinians who left Gaza without knowing final destination, says Israel helped facilitate his group’s transfer. A resident of the Gaza Strip, who is one of 153 Palestinians that landed in South Africa without the correct paperwork this week, says the group did not know where […]
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Fri 14 November 2025: Bitcoin fell more than 6% to its weakest level in six months on Friday as growing uncertainty about the US economy undercut expectations of a Federal Reserve rate cut in December. The largest cryptocurrency was trading at $97,190 at 0705 GMT, around its weakest level since May. Data from CoinMarketCap showed […]
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Fri 14 November 2025: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) warned on Wednesday that 90 percent of Gaza’s population is suffering from varying degrees of malnutrition, as Israeli restrictions continue to block essential humanitarian aid from entering the territory. UNRWA spokesperson Adnan Abu Hasna said in a press briefing that Israeli authorities are […]
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Fri 14 November 2025: Britain’s BBC apologised to Donald Trump on Thursday for editing a speech to make it look like he had advocated violence, seeking to ward off the U.S. president’s threat of legal action, but the broadcaster rejected the basis for a defamation claim. In a statement, the BBC said its chair Samir […]
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