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Recep Tayyip Erdogan has slammed US “rudeness” over the Syrian conflict, exposing the extent of strains between Washington and Ankara just days after the Turkish president met with US Vice…
US police officer defends Michael Brown killing
Darren Wilson, the Missouri police officer who killed teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, has stoked further anger after saying in an interview that he could not have done anything differently…
Mantashe blamed for ANCYL congress downgrade
SOURCES in the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) have pointed a finger at the mother body’s secretary-general, Gwede Mantashe, over the downgrading of ANCYL’s national congress to a policy…
Stop the killings, protesters tell Kenya’s Kenyatta
Nairobi – Kenyan police used teargas to disperse demonstrators shouting “President, stop the killings!” outside President Uhuru Kenyatta’s offices on Tuesday, in a protest over 28 people killed in a…
Indian girl dies after being set on fire
A teenage girl has died in northern India one week after a gang of men set her on fire as punishment for resisting their attempts to molest her, police said. The…
Nigerian ‘terror mastermind’ challenges conviction
Johannesburg – A Nigerian jailed in Johannesburg for masterminding a series of terror attacks in his homeland is to challenge South Africa’s right to try him, his lawyer said yesterday.…
US sectarianism: A nation still divided
Khaled A Beydoun FERGUSON has showcased to the world the racial sectarianism that still stratifies and segregates people in the US. On Monday, the Ferguson grand jury ruled that there was…
Ex-Bosso star assaults man
Lethokuhle Moyo Court Reporter FORMER Highlanders star Mbuso Mandiopera allegedly struck a 62-year-old man with a bottle at a Bulawayo night club. Mandiopera, 29, who resides in Pumula East, appeared before…
Starving woman steals goat, claims hubby has deserted her
Plumtree Correspondent A 25-YEAR-OLD Bulilima woman broke into her neighbour’s kraal at midnight and stole a goat in a bid to get food for her two children. Prisca Chigambura allegedly drove…
Plumtree soldier shoots self
Auxilia Katongomara Chronicle Reporter A PLUMTREE-BASED soldier shot himself through the mouth while deployed in Chimanimani in a suspected case of suicide, the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has confirmed. ZNA spokesperson…