Claire MawisaBBC Africa Eye, Free State BBC Marthinus has applied to move to the US fearing for his family’s safety The 4m-high (13ft) electric steel gates, capped with spikes, creak open as Marthinus, a farmer, drives through in his pick-up truck. Cameras positioned at the entrance track his every move, while reams of barbed wire…
Donald Trump has slammed Democrat Henry Cuellar’s “lack of loyalty” for not defecting to the Republican party after he was pardoned by the US president. In issuing his pardon on Wednesday, Trump said the Texas representative – who was charged last year with bribery and money laundering – had been politically targeted by the Biden…
London’s Heathrow Airport witnessed chaos when unknown individuals sprayed pepper spray inside a passenger area. According to airport officials: 5 passengers were affected severely and were immediately shifted to a nearby hospital. 16 others received first aid at the scene. Following the incident, security at Heathrow Airport has been further tightened, and an investigation has…
Federal Health Minister and MQM leader Mustafa Kamal has said that people should be grateful the Pakistan Army is responding to allegations only through press conferences, despite what he called “extremely filthy accusations.” Speaking at a press conference in Karachi, Mustafa Kamal said the Pakistan Army has defeated the ambitions of a much larger Indian…
Israeli President Isaac Herzog has turned down U.S. President Donald Trump’s request to pardon Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been facing corruption cases for the past five years. Trump wrote a letter to the Israeli president, calling the charges against Netanyahu unfair and political. He asked that Netanyahu be pardoned. President Herzog rejected…
By Farzana Chaudhry — Lahore, Pakistan The National Women Journalists Forum and the Lahore Press Club jointly organized a vibrant and family-friendly Meena Bazaar on a “No Profit, No Loss” basis at the Lahore Press Club, attracting a large number of women journalists and families. The event was inaugurated by Lahore Press Club President Arshad…
Russia has welcomed Donald Trump’s new US National Security Strategy, calling it “largely consistent” with Moscow’s vision. The 33-page document, unveiled by the US administration last week, suggests Europe is facing “civilisational erasure” and does not cast Russia as a threat to the US. Combatting foreign influence, ending mass migration, and rejecting the EU’s perceived…
Frankfurt — Voice of Germany News In a historic development for the northwestern German city of Nordhorn, located near the Dutch border and home to around 54,000 residents, the city’s first-ever mosque, Masjid Sadiq, has officially been inaugurated. The opening ceremony, held on 6 december, was led by German convert to Islam Abdullah Wageshauser, who…
Paul Njie, Thomas Naadi,BBC Africa reportersand Lucy Fleming BTV The soldiers appeared on state TV early on Sunday morning to say they were suspending the constitution Benin’s interior minister has appeared on national TV to announce that an attempted coup in the West Africa nation has been thwarted. Earlier, a group of soldiers, led by…
A volcano in Hawaii sent lava spewing towards a remote camera recording the eruption, engulfing it in ash and knocking it offline. Footage from the US Geological Survey (USGS) shows the camera glitching and stalling before its feed drops out in the wake of the eruption. Lava fountains up to 30m (100ft) high were seen…
