South Africa
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17 February 2021 Protesters turned up en masse at the Wynberg Magistrates court today, where an Islamic school principal has appeared on charges of sexual assault against minors. The Ottery-based Halāwat-ul-Qurān Haafith Academy principal, 45, from Surrey ...
Africa
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17 February 2021 Armed men have kidnapped at least 27 children from a secondary school in central Nigeria’s Niger state, according to officials. Abdullberqy Ebbo, director general for strategic operation of Niger state in a tweet said ...
Middle East
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17 February 2021 The head of the UN nuclear watchdog is expected to visit Iran later this week as the country is preparing to drastically scale back its cooperation with the international body, including banning short-notice ...
World
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17 February 2021 Dozens of vehicles are blocking key roads across Myanmar’s main city Yangon, in what appears to be a new tactic employed by protesters. It comes as tens of thousands of people gather downtown, in ...
Opinions
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12 January 2021| 28 Jumaadul Ula 1442|EWN Scientists at the World Health Organization warned on Monday that mass vaccinations would not bring about herd immunity to the coronavirus this year, even as one leading producer ...
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12 November 2020| 26 Rabi ul Awwal 1442| Ayesha Ismail Friday the 13th is an ‘unlucky day’ in Western superstition. Bearing a Christian root, 13 is reportedly the number of people who sat at the Last ...
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20 January 2020| 24 Jumadul Ula 1441| Arab news A Bangladeshi fifth-grader’s new communication app — Lita Free Video Calls and Chat — has created a huge buzz among local internet users. Already, 10,500 people ...
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07 January 2019| 11 Jumadul Ula 1441| Al Jazeera NASA has announced that its planet hunter satellite TESS discovered an Earth-sized world within the habitable range of its star, which could allow the presence of ...