admin‘US leader doesn’t deserve peace prize’
ST. PETERSBURG/MOSCOW — US President Barack Obama should not have been given the Nobel Peace Prize, vice president of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Nobel physics prize laureate Zhores…
India raises Cameron ‘mistake’ in Syria speech
NEW DELHI. — British Prime Minister David Cameron mistakenly named India among countries which had concluded that Syrian regime forces were behind a chemical attack near Damascus, India’s foreign ministry…
Kenya to vote on ICC withdrawal
NAIROBI. — Kenya’s parliament was recalled yesterday to debate ending membership of the International Criminal Court, ahead of a crimes against humanity trial of the vice-president starting there next week.
Retired NBA star back in DPRK
PYONGYANG. — Retired NBA star Dennis Keith Rodman arrived here yesterday for his second visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea at the invitation of the country’s Sports Ministry.
South Sudan urges Sudan to accept AU proposal on Abyei
KHARTOUM. — South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit yesterday urged Sudan to accept a proposal by the African Union mediation on conducting a referendum in the disputed oil-rich area of…
Give us room to serve Kenyans, Odinga told
NAIROBI. — President Uhuru Kenyatta has told former Prime Minister Raila Odinga to join him in solving the land problem in the country or shut up.
US, Israel test missile defence system in Mediterranean
MOSCOW. — Two ballistic missiles detected by the Russian airspace early warning system yesterday were part of a joint US-Israeli test of missile defence system, an Israeli military official said.
2 638 SA officials guilty of corruption from 2004-2013
JOHANNESBURG. — A total of 2 638 officials were found guilty of misconduct between September 2004 and 31 August this year, President Jacob Zuma said yesterday.
Military court jails 52 Brotherhood members
CAIRO. — An Egyptian military court yesterday sentenced 52 Muslim Brotherhood members to jail terms, including one for life, for attacks on the army in the port city of Suez,…
Mataz trial postponed
Court Reporter THE trial of former Star FM programmes manager Tichafa Matambanadzo, who is accused of defrauding the broadcaster of over US$125 000 after diverting its advertising revenue to two…