World

9 years ago | April 26, 2015

7,9 magnitude quake rattles Nepal, India

A powerful earthquake struck Nepal and sent tremors through northern India on Saturday, killing hundreds of people, ...

Johannesburg experiences tremor

Johannesburg – Certain areas of Johannesburg felt the earth shake on Saturday. News24’s Naledi Shange said she ...

All-clear at Statue of Liberty after bomb scare

The Statue of Liberty was declared safe on Friday after a bomb scare forced the evacuation of thousands of tourists from ...

Merkel calls for UK to take even more immigrants

Angela Merkel threw down the gauntlet to David Cameron last night and said large countries should be prepared to accept ...

9 years ago | April 19, 2015

Pope urges global response to Italy boat crisis

Rome — Pope Francis yesterday urged the international community to act over a deadly surge in the numbers of migrants ...

Afghanistan suicide blast kills 33

JALALABAD, Afghanistan — A suicide bomb blast in Afghanistan’s eastern city of Jalalabad killed 33 people and injured ...

UN still trying to broker Libyan talks

Skhirat, Morocco — The United Nations says it is trying to narrow differences between Libya’s rival parliaments over an ...

Burundi police fire teargas at protesters

Bujumbura — Police in Burundi on Friday fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters calling for the president ...

17 die from ‘mysterious’ disease in Nigeria

Lagos — A “mysterious” disease that kills patients within 24 hours has claimed at least 17 lives in a southeastern ...

9 years ago | April 12, 2015

Nigerians vote for powerful governors in state elections

Lagos — The final stage of Nigeria’s election began yesterday with voting for powerful state governors, two weeks after ...

Castro, Obama shake hands, seek better ties

PANAMA CITY — US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro shook hands on Friday at a summit in Panama, a ...

9 years ago | April 5, 2015

ANC appalled by Kenya attack

Johannesburg — The attack at the Garissa university in Kenya, where 148 people were killed by Somali Islamists was ...

Somali militants threaten more bloody attacks against Kenya

Somali militants yesterday threatened to stage more bloody attacks on Kenya after the group’s fighters killed nearly 150 ...

Iran views nuclear deal as new relationship with world

Iran’s president said on Friday that a framework for a nuclear deal was just the first step toward building a new ...