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Indian forces opened fire with shotgun pellets and tear gas on a procession by hundreds of Muslims in troubled Kashmir on Saturday. According to reports dozens of people who had ignored a ban on religious gatherings were injured. Authorities in India had re-imposed the ban on Thursday as traditional processions for the Muharram holy month were going to be embarked on. At least 40 people were injured and at least 25 were reportedly taken to a nearby clinic with pellet wounds. Here’s more on what transpired on the ground…

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Wednesday, 21 October 2020 11:09

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Wednesday, 21 October 2020 11:06

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Wednesday, 21 October 2020 11:04

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Wednesday, 21 October 2020 11:04

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Monday, 19 October 2020 10:33

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Monday, 19 October 2020 10:31

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Monday, 19 October 2020 10:30

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Monday, 19 October 2020 10:26

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Monday, 19 October 2020 10:24

  South Africa’s Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize and his wife, have both tested positive for COVID-19.  Mkhize tested on Saturday after starting to show mild symptoms. In a...

Wednesday, 14 October 2020 09:51

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Wednesday, 14 October 2020 09:50

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Wednesday, 14 October 2020 09:49

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Wednesday, 07 October 2020 11:24

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Wednesday, 07 October 2020 11:23

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Wednesday, 07 October 2020 11:22

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Wednesday, 07 October 2020 11:21

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Wednesday, 07 October 2020 11:21

  Several labour federations including Cosatu and Fedusa have joined forces to protest against corruption,the state of the economy and government's failure to deal with gender-based...

Friday, 02 October 2020 10:09

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Friday, 02 October 2020 10:08

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Friday, 02 October 2020 10:07

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Friday, 02 October 2020 10:06

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Friday, 02 October 2020 10:05

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Tuesday, 29 September 2020 13:29

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Tuesday, 29 September 2020 13:27

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Tuesday, 29 September 2020 13:26

  As at last night 903 new cases of Covid-19 were identified in South Africa, taking the number of infections reported above 671 000. Regrettably, there were 188 more COVID-19 related...

Tuesday, 29 September 2020 13:26

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Monday, 28 September 2020 15:04

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Monday, 28 September 2020 15:02

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Monday, 28 September 2020 15:00

  Hundreds of mourners on Sunday buried two Gaza fishermen allegedly shot dead at sea, as the Palestinian fishing union blamed Egypt and demanded an investigation. Three brothers were...

Monday, 28 September 2020 14:59

  Five suspects arrested in connection with alleged human trafficking appeared today in the Rustenburg and Kuruman Magistrate Courts. The five men were arrested on Sunday following a Hawks...

Tuesday, 22 September 2020 15:40

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Tuesday, 22 September 2020 15:39

  Lebanon's President Michel Aoun has warned the country was headed to "hell" if competing political forces did not step up and back a speedy cabinet formation to save the crisis-hit...

Tuesday, 22 September 2020 15:39

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Tuesday, 22 September 2020 15:38

  Rescuers faced a race against time to save nearly 200 whales stuck in a remote Australian harbor, hoping to prevent the toll of 90 dead from rising further after managing to free "a small...

Tuesday, 22 September 2020 15:37

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Tuesday, 22 September 2020 15:36

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Tuesday, 22 September 2020 15:35

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Thursday, 17 September 2020 15:27

  Hundreds of people remain on the streets of the Greek island of Lesbos, after over 12,000 people were left homeless when Europe's largest asylum seeker camp Moria burned down on September...

Thursday, 17 September 2020 15:25

  The military junta that seized power in Mali last month says that the country could face a "total embargo" from West African countries if it does not quickly appoint civilian leaders. The...

Thursday, 17 September 2020 15:24

  A number of bereaved relatives of coronavirus victims in the Chinese city of Wuhan have attempted to sue the local government for concealing the outbreak when it first emerged, but have...

Wednesday, 16 September 2020 14:59

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Wednesday, 16 September 2020 14:57

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Wednesday, 16 September 2020 14:55

  US President Donald Trump says he expects Saudi Arabia to normalize relations with Israel, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the foreign ministers of Bahrain and the UAE...

Wednesday, 16 September 2020 14:55

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Monday, 14 September 2020 10:02

  Hundreds of demonstrators rallied to call for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's resignation, blocking roads to Ben Gurion airport, from where Netanyahu is due to fly to the...

Monday, 14 September 2020 10:01

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Monday, 14 September 2020 10:00

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Monday, 14 September 2020 09:51

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Monday, 14 September 2020 09:47

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Friday, 11 September 2020 11:15

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Friday, 11 September 2020 11:13

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Friday, 11 September 2020 11:12

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Friday, 11 September 2020 11:11

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Friday, 11 September 2020 11:11

  The Government of South Africa has decided to extend the current state of disaster until October 15. Currently, the nation is on lockdown level 2 and there has been indication that there...

Wednesday, 09 September 2020 14:38

  At least 18 miners were killed and 20 injured while more than a dozen were still trapped on Tuesday after a rockslide at a marble mine in northwest Pakistan. Boulders of white marble came...

Wednesday, 09 September 2020 14:36

  Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni has denied the charges against him during his court appeal hearing and insisting that he was just doing his job in a case seen as a barometer of press...

Wednesday, 09 September 2020 14:35

  South Africa’s delegation landed in crisis-hit Zimbabwe on Tuesday to mediate an end to a crackdown on conflict in the southern African country. Years of repression in Zimbabwe...

Wednesday, 09 September 2020 14:35

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Wednesday, 09 September 2020 11:05

  Greece's largest migrant camp on the island of Lesbos was gutted by a huge fire early this morning, leaving over 13,000 fleeing asylum seekers homeless. Reports received indicate that the...

Wednesday, 09 September 2020 11:02

  Coloradans were leaving the suntan lotion on Tuesday and pulling out warm gloves and boots as the western US state went from blazing summer heat to snowfall in just one day. In the state...

Wednesday, 09 September 2020 11:01

  Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said it had "voluntarily paused" a randomized clinical trial of its coronavirus vaccine in what it called a routine action after a volunteer developed an...

Wednesday, 09 September 2020 11:00

  As at last night 1 079  new cases of covid-19 were identified, taking the number of cases above 640 000 in South Africa. The number of people who have recuperated from the virus has...

Wednesday, 09 September 2020 11:00

  While two more generation units are expected to return to service today, Stage 1 load shedding will be implemented from 4pm until 10pm today. Eskom said they will continue to communicate...

Monday, 07 September 2020 10:24

  Powerful Typhoon Haishen approached South Korea this morning after slamming southern Japan with record winds and heavy rains that prompted evacuation warnings for millions. This morning,...

Monday, 07 September 2020 10:23

  Nearly 300 Rohingya migrants came ashore on Indonesia's Sumatra Island early this morning. Authorities said, the latest arrivals is one of the largest groups of the persecuted Myanmar...

Monday, 07 September 2020 10:22

  India overtook Brazil on Monday to become the second-worst affected country in terms of coronavirus cases. The United States still remains the worst affected country. India has also...

Monday, 07 September 2020 10:21

  As at last night 1 633 new cases of covid-19 were identified, taking the number of cases above 638 000 in South Africa. Gauteng remains the epicenter of the virus with over 212 000...

Monday, 07 September 2020 10:20

  Eskom resumed with Stage 1 load shedding and will continue until 4pm. It will then escalate to Stage 2 until 10pm. This pattern will be repeat on Tuesday, with a high likelihood for...

Friday, 04 September 2020 10:03

  Police fired pepper-spray projectiles at protesters who gathered at Rochester's Public Safety Building in the United States. Several hundred peaceful demonstrators marched on Thursday in...

Friday, 04 September 2020 10:02

  Indian warships on Thursday aided Sri Lanka's navy to extinguish a fire on a massive oil tanker off the island's eastern coast. Sri Lankan authorities said there was no immediate danger to...

Friday, 04 September 2020 10:01

  As at last night 2 420 new cases were identified taking the number of Covid-19 cases above 633 000 in South Africa. Recoveries in the country from Covid-19 have risen above 554 000, taking...

Friday, 04 September 2020 10:01

  Due to the reduced demand and change in weather, Eskom will reduce loadshedding to Stage 3 until 10pm today. In order to replenish the emergency generation reserves, loadshedding will...

Wednesday, 02 September 2020 10:16

  In a Bahrain exhibition centre that used to hold events before the coronavirus pandemic, masked volunteers are waiting for a dose of a trial vaccine. Chinese drug giant Sinopharm began...

Wednesday, 02 September 2020 10:15

  Australia has entered its first recession since 1991 after the economy shrank 7 percent in the second quarter, as the country reels from the coronavirus pandemic. The Australian...

Wednesday, 02 September 2020 10:14

  At least 100 protesters marched and demanded answers in a south Los Angeles neighbourhood where sheriff's deputies shot and killed 29-year-old Dijon Kizzee, a black man initially stopped...

Wednesday, 02 September 2020 10:13

  Recoveries in South Africa from Covid-19 have risen above 549 000. This translates to a recovery rate of 87% in the country. As at last night 1 218 new cases were identified taking the...

Wednesday, 02 September 2020 10:13

  Power cuts will continue today until 10pm. Eskom says this is due to severe generation supply constraints as a result of multiple unit breakdowns. Ten generation units at seven power...

Wednesday, 02 September 2020 10:13

  Power cuts will continue today until 10pm. Eskom says this is due to severe generation supply constraints as a result of multiple unit breakdowns. Ten generation units at seven power...

Monday, 31 August 2020 12:33

  The Day of Ashura in Morocco has traditionally been a day of celebration and joy. However this year, clashes erupted between Moroccan residents and security forces after the...

Monday, 31 August 2020 12:32

  Indian forces opened fire with shotgun pellets and tear gas on a procession by hundreds of Muslims in troubled Kashmir on Saturday. According to reports dozens of people who had ignored a...

Monday, 31 August 2020 12:31

  Johannesburg’s ex-Mayor, Herman Mashaba launched his own party on Saturday. Last year Mashaba quit the main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA). It was in 2016 when Mashaba was...

Monday, 31 August 2020 12:31

  The number of Covid-19 cases increased above 625 000 in South Africa. Another 47 more COVID-19 related deaths were reported. This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 14...

Friday, 28 August 2020 10:03

  UNESCO said it will take "several hundred million dollars" to restore Beirut's heritage damaged by the explosion of the port on August 4th. The UN's culture and education body will...

Friday, 28 August 2020 10:02

  Digital activism has reportedly surged in South Africa this year, with four million new users signing up to an online petition platform called Change.org to support causes linked to...

Friday, 28 August 2020 10:00

  South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa announced yesterday that authorities will probe alleged corruption with public funds meant for the fight against the coronavirus...

Friday, 28 August 2020 10:00

  Police fired teargas, stun grenades and rubber bullets yesterday to repel hundreds of angry protesters in Eldorado Park, a Johannesburg suburb following the shooting of a disabled teenage...

Thursday, 27 August 2020 14:27

  Hurricane Laura has made landfall in Louisiana as a category 4 hurricane. US weather officials warned the hurricane is extremely dangerous, with a catastrophic storm surge, extreme winds,...

Thursday, 27 August 2020 14:26

  A nineteen year old was reportedly killed on impact after an aircraft, called the Cessna 172, crashed near Springs Airfield last night. The light aircraft was undertaking a training...

Thursday, 27 August 2020 14:25

  Survivors who were shot by Brenton Tarrant last year during his attack at the Christchurch mosque have reacted with relief to the sentencing of the gunman. New Zealand mosque gunman...

Wednesday, 26 August 2020 14:09

  Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Greece to avoid taking steps that could lead to its "ruin" as tensions between the neighbours escalate in the eastern...

Wednesday, 26 August 2020 14:08

  Greece said it will launch military exercises with France, Italy and Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean, the focus of escalating tensions between Athens and Ankara. Greece Defence...

Wednesday, 26 August 2020 14:07

  A Zambian court on Tuesday cleared the country's health minister of corruption charges, citing lack of evidence to back the allegations. Zambia’s Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya,...

Wednesday, 26 August 2020 14:06

  Rwanda has issued an international warrant of arrest for a top former Rwandan military official, Aloys Ntiwiragabo, who is under investigation in France over his role in the country's 1994...

Wednesday, 26 August 2020 14:05

  In addition to the 14 airports already operating in South Africa - four more airports have been given the green light to resume operations. Addressing a media briefing on Tuesday Transport...

Tuesday, 25 August 2020 14:44

  NBA player George Hill said he had more on his mind today than the Bucks' NBA playoff win over Orlando. Hill called the police shooting of a black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin, "sickening."...

Tuesday, 25 August 2020 14:43

  Two survivors of the New Zealand mosque massacre abandoned their prepared statements and opted to express to the unemotional gunman Brenton Tarrant in court, how his actions worsened his...

Tuesday, 25 August 2020 14:43

  Rescue teams and sniffer dogs in western India are search the rubble for survivors after a five-storey apartment building collapsed with up to 70 reportedly buried underneath. The accident...

Tuesday, 25 August 2020 09:51

  Relatives of the 51 Muslims killed in the Christchurch shooting last year gave emotional statements to a New Zealand court, as the sentencing hearing for the gunman continued earlier today...

Tuesday, 25 August 2020 09:50

  People rushed to buy food yesterday after a sudden announcement of 48 hours curfew in the Gaza Strip. This comes after four COVID-19 cases were recorded in a refugee camp in the central...

Tuesday, 25 August 2020 09:49

  No injuries were reported at a structural fire at the Grey Street Mosque yesterday in Durban, KwaZulu Natal. According to reports, the fire is believed to have started in the kitchen of...