President Cyril Ramaphosa applauds as confetti is launched at the end of the results ceremony in Pretoria [Ben Curtis/AP] Cape Town, South Africa – The ruling African National Congress (ANC) has won South Africa‘s parliamentary elections with 57.5 percent of the vote, the electoral commission said, announcing the official results. Saturday’s win assured a sixth straight term […]
Continue reading …Firing has been heard inside the Pearl Continental (PC) Hotel in Gwadar, according to SHO Bangulzai. — Photo courtesy: RadioPakistan A clearance operation is taking place at the Pearl Continental (PC) Hotel in Gwadar after “three terrorists” stormed the facility, according to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the military’s media wing. The ISPR said that the […]
Continue reading …The withdrawal began at 10am (0700 GMT), according to the head of the Houthis’ Supreme Revolutionary Committee, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi. The UN’s Redeployment Coordination Committee (RCC), led by Danish Lieutenant General Michael Lollesgaard, head of the UN observer team in Hodeida, drew up the redeployment plans under a pact agreed last December in Stockholm, Sweden, the first […]
Continue reading …A bullet hole can be seen in the window of the car where a 44 year old woman was shot dead in Offenbach. Photo: DPA A woman has died after being shot in Offenbach, east of Frankfurt, in the state of Hesse. According to German media reports, the 44-year-old was shot by someone in a […]
Continue reading …The Ministry of Commerce expressed “deep regrets” on Friday at the United States’ decision to hike tariffs and said China will have to take necessary countermeasures. The comments came shortly after the US raised tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports from 10 percent to 25 percent. The ministry said in a statement that […]
Continue reading …The T-14 Armata Main Battle Tank. ©Sputnik / Aleksey Filippov Russia’s troops and military vehicles marched across Moscow’s Red Square during the annual V-Day parade on Thursday. No aircraft were flown this year due to the weather, but the mightiest war machines were aplenty on the ground. The parade in central Moscow on Victory Day […]
Continue reading …Archive photo shows a drone and an aeroplane. Photo: DPA Frankfurt airport was shut down for nearly an hour on Thursday morning as operators halted flights over a drone sighting, in the latest such incident affecting a busy European hub. No landings or take-offs were allowed after a drone was spotted over the southern part […]
Continue reading …South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired at least one unidentified projectile from its western area. It’s the second such launch in the last five days. The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff had no other immediate details of the Thursday afternoon launch. North Korea and the United States are currently deadlocked in diplomacy meant […]
Continue reading …Pete Marovich/Getty Images The White House has repeatedly rebuffed House Democrats’ oversight demands, from requests for President Donald Trump’s taxes to testimony from the former White House counsel. Democrats have gone so far as to issue subpoenas in some cases, but Trump has vowed to fight each one. Here are the major battles being waged […]
Continue reading …LAHORE: At least nine people, including six security personnel, were martyred when an Elite Force vehicle was targeted by a suicide bomber in Lahore on Wednesday. LAHORE: At least nine people, including six security personnel, were martyred when an Elite Force vehicle was targeted by a suicide bomber in Lahore on Wednesday. Three civilians were among the martyred and 21 people were injured in the […]
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