21 September 2022|24 Safar 1444 a massive crowd cheers as a woman lifts a pair of scissors to her hair — exposed, without a hijab in sight. The sea of people, many of them men, roar as she chops off her ...
21 September 2022|24 Safar 1444 JOHANNESBURG – Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says he is issued 604 skilled-worker visas in the past two weeks. This after local and foreign investors had warned that investment projects were at risk of being halted because ...
20 September 2022|23 Safar 1444 Saudi Arabia has announced the discovery of new sites for gold and copper ore deposits in the Madinah region. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Thursday that the Saudi Geological Survey (SGS), represented by the Survey and Mineral ...
20 September 2022|23 Safar 1444 Parliament’s chairperson of the Tourism Portfolio Committee Tandi Mahambehlala has commended interventions by the police to curb attacks on long-distance buses. SAPS briefed the committee on its investigations, following several incidents of shootings and stoning of buses, ...
19 September 2022|22 Safar 1444 A Palestinian farmer has discovered an ornate Byzantine floor mosaic while trying to plant an olive tree on his land in the Gaza Strip. Salman al-Nabahin said he and his son had been digging into the ground ...
19 September 2022|22 Safar 1444 Eskom has implemented Stage 6 power cuts following the tripping of generation units at Kusile and Kriel power stations. At this stage, it’s not yet clear when this Stage 6 rolling blackout will end. Meanwhile, Eskom blackouts are ...
16 September 2022|19 Safar 1444 The freshly tarmacked runway at Damascus International Airport had barely dried out from lengthy repairs after an Israeli missile attack in June before maintenance workers were mustered for a new mission in Aleppo, where another runway had been ...
16 September 2022|19 Safar 1444 French railway company SNCF and train manufacturer Alstom have unveiled the first completed TGV M, a next-generation high-speed double-decker train that features a longer, more aerodynamic nose — perfect for hurtling across the French countryside.Alstom dubbed ...
16 September 2022|19 Safar 1444 The Free State Health Department is in the process of transporting a 20-year-old Jagersfontein man from a temporary shelter in Bloemfontein to Jagersfontein’s Diamant hospital. This comes after he was found to be coughing out sludge particles. At ...
14 September 2022|17 Safar 1444 The UN has expressed concern about the first confirmed cholera outbreak in Syria in years, saying it poses a “serious threat” to the entire region. More than 900 suspected cases and eight deaths have been reported in ...
