Mon 10 July 2023: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stated that if the European Union begins long-stalled membership discussions with Ankara, he will support Sweden’s NATO candidacy. “First, open the way for Turkey’s membership in the European Union, and then we will open it for Sweden, just as we had opened it for Finland,” […]
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Vladimir Putin and Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin. File Photo: RIA Novosti Mon 10 July 2023: The Kremlin says that Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin on June 29, five days after the group marched towards Moscow in a short-lived rebellion. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Putin invited […]
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Mon 10 July 2023: Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, will this week host the Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS) Education Senior Officials Meeting and the 10th Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Education in Mpumalanga. The BRICS education engagements, taking place from 12 – 13 July 2023, are hosted as […]
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A Syrian man shows a cluster bomb, that releases or ejects smaller sub-munitions, in the northern Syrian town of Taftanaz, in the Idlib province. PHOTO: AFP/FILE Mon 10 July 2023: China issued a warning on Monday in response to the United States’ approval of the shipping of cluster munitions to Ukraine, stating that such […]
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Mon 10 July 2023: Palestine has welcomed US President Joe Biden’s support for the two-state solution with Israel. On Saturday, Biden reiterated his support for the two-state solution in an interview with CNN. “I am one of those who believes Israel’s ultimate security rests in a two-state solution,” he said. The US president said Israeli […]
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Mon 10 July 2023: Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev was re-elected with 87.1% of the vote on Sunday, the country’s Central Election Commission said on Monday citing preliminary results. More than 15 million voters participated in Sunday’s elections. Mirziyoyev, who has led Central Asia’s most populous nation since 2016, called a snap election after changing the […]
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Mon 10 July 2023: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan emphasized the need for collective action Saturday to address escalating Islamophobia and xenophobia in Western nations. “The vile attack on our sacred book, the Quran, in Sweden on the first day of Eid al-Adha reveals the terrifying dimensions of Islamophobia,” he said in a video sent […]
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Al-Shabab fighters sit on a truck as they patrol in Mogadishu, Somalia [File: Mohamed Sheikh Nor/AP Photo]. Sun 09 July 2023: On Sunday, the elite Danab unit of the Somali National Army carried out an aerial and ground operation that resulted in the deaths of over 40 al-Shabaab insurgents, including ringleaders, Anadolu Agency reported, […]
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Sun 09 July 2023: The US military claims that a drone strike in eastern Syria resulted in the death of an ISIL (ISIS) group leader. Osama al-Muhajer was killed in the strike on Friday, according to a statement released on Sunday by the US Central Command. “We have made it clear that we remain committed […]
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Sun 09 July 2023: Pope Francis said on Sunday that he will elevate 21 churchmen to the prestigious rank of cardinal, placing his stamp on the group that will select his successor after his death or resignation, Reuters reported. The ceremony to appoint them, known as a consistory, will take place on September 30, the […]
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