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Hamid Dabashi None of its regional adversaries are a match for the Iranian version of soft and smart power. In a sudden, though well-choreographed and much-expected dramatic succession of news releases,…
UN slams Burundi killings, mass graves, gang rapes
Geneva – The UN human rights chief has voiced alarm at the spiralling violence in Burundi over “extremely disturbing” allegations of security forces gang raping women, ethnic killings and mass…
De Klerk a charlatan, disappointment: Sanco
Pretoria – The claims by the FW De Klerk Foundation that statements on social media by black South Africans are more violent and racist reveal that the former president did…
Mission accomplished, Zuma MustFall poster removed
Cape Town – ANC supporters have removed the Zuma Must Fall poster that was covering one side of a block of flats in the Cape Town CBD. ANC Cape Metro spokesperson…
Iraq president hails lifting of Iran sanctions
President Hassan Rouhani hailed on Sunday a nuclear deal with world powers as a “golden page” in Iran’s history saying he looked forward to an economic future less dependent on…
China warns Taiwan after landslide election victory
Taiwan should abandon its “hallucinations” about pushing for independence as any moves towards it would be a “poison”, Chinese state-run media said after a landslide victory for the island’s independence-leaning…
ISIL ‘massacre’ reported in Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group has been accused of carrying out a massacre in Syrian government-held districts in the eastern city of Deir Az Zor…
US missionary killed in Burkina Faso hotel attack
Weston — The mother-in-law of an American missionary has confirmed that he is among those killed after al-Qaeda fighters attacked a hotel and cafe in Burkina Faso’s capital of Ouagadougou. Carol…
Hateful graffiti sprayed on Jerusalem church
Jerusalem – Israeli police say they have discovered hateful Hebrew graffiti on the walls of a noted Jerusalem church. Police spokesperson Luba Samri said on Sunday that anti-Christian slogans were found…
Celine Dion’s brother dies two days after her husband
The older brother of Canadian singer Celine Dion has died of cancer, two days after her husband also died. Daniel Dion, 59, died on Saturday near Montreal, a statement by the…