Three Egyptian Coptic church monks are killed in an attack at a monastery in South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa AP Three Egyptian monks belonging to the Coptic Orthodox Church were fatally stabbed in an attack at a monastery in South Africa and a suspect has been arrested, police said Wednesday. The monks were killed Tuesday at the Saint Mark the Apostle and Saint Samuel the Confessor Monastery in Cullinan, a […]
Updated: Gaza ceasefire possible, US says; South Africa again asks World Court to intervene
Updated: 12:15pm (AEDT) Cairo, Egypt/Rafah, Gaza Strip Reuters The US said on Wednesday that talks on a ceasefire and release of hostages in Gaza could still reach an agreement between Hamas and Israel as the enclave’s humanitarian crisis prompted South Africa to ask the World Court for new emergency measures. Negotiators from Hamas militants, Qatar […]
Essay: DRC-Rwanda crisis – what’s needed to prevent a regional war
JASON STEARNS and JOSHUA Z WALKER, in an article first published on The Conversation, look at the situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo…
Pressure mounts for inquiry into Israeli troops firing on Gazans waiting for aid
Paris, France/Jerusalem Reuters Pressure mounted on Israel on Friday over the deaths of dozens of Palestinians during a confused incident in the Gaza Strip in which crowds surrounded a convoy of aid trucks and soldiers opened fire, with several countries backing a UN call for an inquiry. Gaza health authorities said Israeli forces had killed […]
South Africa to deploy 2,900 troops to fight armed groups in eastern Congo
Johannesburg, South Africa Reuters South Africa will send 2,900 troops as part of its contribution to the Southern African Development Community force deployed to tackle armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the President’s office said in a statement on Monday. Displaced Congolese people are reflected on a puddle, at the Muchacha primary school, […]
Key takeaways from the World Court decision in Israeli genocide case
The Hague, The Netherlands Reuters The International Court of Justice ordered Israel on Friday to take action to prevent acts of genocide as it wages war against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip but stopped short of calling for an immediate ceasefire. The top United Nations court for handling disputes between states was ruling in […]
World Court says Israel must prevent genocide in Gaza, stops short of ceasefire order
The Hague, The Netherlands/Gaza Reuters The World Court ordered Israel on Friday to prevent acts of genocide against the Palestinians and do more to help civilians, although it stopped short of ordering a ceasefire as requested by the plaintiff South Africa. While the ruling denied Palestinian hopes of a binding order to halt the war […]
Gaza health ministry says 20 Palestinians killed in strike on food aid queue
Gaza/Doha,Qatar/Jerusalem Reuters An Israeli strike on Gaza City killed 20 Palestinians and wounded 150 who were queuing for food aid on Thursday, Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry said, in what Palestinian groups called a “war crime”. The Israeli military said it was looking into the report. A Palestinian girl carrying a child walks through debris at […]
Essay: More than four billion people are eligible to vote in an election in 2024. Is this democracy’s biggest test?
NICHOLAS REESE, principal fellow at the University of Melbourne’s Melbourne School of Government, provides – in an article first published on The Conversation, a rundown of just some of the significant elections that will shape the world in 2024…
Israel pushes ahead with Gaza offensive approaching 100 days of war
Doha, Qatar/Gaza Reuters Israel kept up bombardments in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, vowing to press ahead with its offensive to destroy the Islamist movement Hamas as the war approaches the 100-day mark with no end in sight. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would not be deterred by a case before the International Court […]