Gunmen seize east Ukraine security buildings

Ukraine has dispatched special forces in response to the seizure of a police station in a small eastern town, while tensions in the country’s Russian-speaking regions intensify.

Japan minister visits controversial war shrine

Japanese Internal Affairs and Communication Minister Yoshitaka Shindo visited the Yasukuni war shrine in the nation’s capital, Tokyo, yesterday. Shindo said he made the visit to pray for Japanese soldiers…

Pakistan court drops attempted murder case against baby

A Pakistani court yesterday threw out charges of attempted murder against a nine-month-old baby, in a case that highlighted endemic flaws in the country’s legal system and provoked widespread ridicule.

US visa denial to new UN ambassador ‘regrettable’

 TEHRAN — The spokesman for Iran’s mission to the UN said the US decision to deny a visa for an Iranian newly-proposed ambassador to the UN is “regrettable,” local media…

Pistorius did not look for girlfriend before shooting her: Court

PRETORIA – Murder-accused Paralympian Oscar Pistorius did not look for his girl friend Reeva Stenkamp before shooting four bullets through a locked toilet door, where he thought there was an…

Unions want Khama barred from salary pronouncements

The Botswana Federation of Public Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) on Friday approached the High Court seeking an order barring President Ian Khama from making pronouncements on public service salary negotiations. According…

Cyclone batters Great Barrier Reef coast

Sydney – A tropical cyclone battered Australia’s Barrier Reef coast yesterday, knocking out power and phone lines for thousands of people and threatening floods, despite weakening as it headed south…

ZOU boss on corruption allegations

Harare Bureau ZIMBABWE Open University (Zou) Vice-Chancellor Professor Primrose Kurasha allegedly splurged over US$100 000 to charter a plane to South Africa for her ailing husband, Professor Jameson Kurasha, while…

Liberation war hero Sibanda laid to rest

Robin Muchetu Senior Reporter THE late war veteran Cde Donald Hitler Sibanda who died last week and was declared a liberation war hero was buried at his rural home in…

VP Mujuru in Mutare

Abel Zhakata in Mutare ZANU-PF members who are fanning factionalism are sellouts as they cause divisions in the party, Vice-President Mujuru has said. Addressing delegates to the Zanu-PF Manicaland Women’s…

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