Countries SA Jewish board slams govt’s use of its name in ICJ application Cape Town – The South African government has applied to take Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ)... Read more 1 Jan
World Israel army chief says war with Hamas will last ‘many more months’ Israel’s army chief warned its war with Hamas will last “many more months” as the military stepped up strikes... Read more 27 Dec, 2023
Top story Gaza war makes for sombre Christmas in the Holy Land Bethlehem – Sadness over the war in Gaza subdued the holiday cheer in Bethlehem on Christmas Eve, when the... Read more 25 Dec, 2023
Arts and Leisure Vin Diesel faces 2010 sex assault claim by former assistant Los Angeles – Action star Vin Diesel has been accused of sexually assaulting his assistant in an Atlanta hotel room... Read more 22 Dec, 2023
Business US stocks resume upward climb as oil dips on Angola OPEC exit New York – Wall Street stocks resumed their upward climb on Thursday following a brief pullback while oil prices declined... Read more 22 Dec, 2023
World Russia jails men for funding far-right Ukraine group Moscow – Russia on Thursday handed long jail sentences to a Ukrainian man and another individual for financing an ultranationalist... Read more 21 Dec, 2023
World 12 dead in northeast China coal mine accident Shanghai – Twelve people have been killed and 13 others injured in a mining accident in northeast China, state... Read more 21 Dec, 2023
Technology X users report global outage San Francisco – Tens of thousands of global users of X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday reported problems using the... Read more 21 Dec, 2023
World Murderers, kidnappers sell art from Pakistani prison Karachi – Karachi’s colonial-era prison is adorned with murals of rural Pakistani life, painted by convicted murderers and kidnappers... Read more 20 Dec, 2023
World Putin calls for ‘severe’ response to foreign efforts to destabilise Russia Moscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Wednesday for a “severe” response to foreign agents who aim to destabilise... Read more 20 Dec, 2023