Women activists who pushed for end to Saudi driving ban have been arrested weeks before the decades-old ban is set to be lifted. Saudi authorities have arrested seven prominent women’s rights advocates, just weeks before…
Israel’s massive gunning down of peaceful protestors is not only a violation of international law, but her actions are tantamount to war crimes under International Criminal Court laws. The reaction of the IDF were draconian,…
South Africans are all aware of the crisis in the Middle East. All who have not been corrupted or blinded by prejudice can see clear as daylight that it is a typical story of David…
There seems to be a belief amongst many indigenous Africans that the conflict in Palestine is a religious one and those who show solidarity with them are traitors, writes Thandile Kona. The recent massacre of…
A four-ship Freedom Flotilla has already set sail for the Gaza Strip to challenge Israel’s decade-old blockade of the besieged territory. The vessel, the Al-Awda (Arabic for The Return) has set sail three weeks ago…
Israel wants to curb media freedom by banning photographs of its soldiers. This harks back to the time when Sam Nzima was punished by SA apartheid police when he took the famous photo of Hector…
By Imraan Buccus The intersection between business and politics in the form of outright gangsterism was not restricted to Zuma and the Guptas. As so often happens the rot at the top of society has…
By Sharon Ekambaram The xenophobic violence and the bloodshed of May 2008 remains a scar which should be carried with shame by every South African and our government. It is concerning that as we mark…
Myanmar is willing to take back all 700,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled to Bangladesh if they volunteer to return, the country’s national security adviser U Thaung Tun said during a security conference. He…
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants public schools to promote Islamic values alongside Turkish nationalism, writes Fariba Nawa and Ozge Sebzeci. For the 100th week running, parents stand with protest signs in front of Ismail Tarman,…