Category: GLOBAL NEWS
Trump threatens bombing if Iran does not make nuclear deal – SABC News
US President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Sunday with bombing and secondary tariffs if Tehran did not come to an agreement with Washington over its nuclear program. In Trump’s first remarks
Read More‘At every step I want to cry’: Tourist describes Myanmar destruction – SABC News
A man who witnessed the earthquake which rocked Myanmar spoke to Reuters on Sunday, described his fear during it and the desperation of the destruction it has caused. Tourist Ravil
Read MoreRichard Chamberlain, star of ‘Thorn Birds’, dies aged 90 – SABC News
Richard Chamberlain, the Emmy-nominated actor and 1960s heartthrob who rocketed to fame in the TV medical drama “Dr. Kildare” and starred in the mini-series “Shogun” and “The Thorn Birds” has
Read MoreAid rushes into Myanmar after earthquake claims over 1 600 – SABC News
Myanmar’s neighbours sent warships and aircraft laden with relief materials and rescue personnel today, as international aid gained steam after a massive earthquake ravaged much of the poor Southeast Asian
Read MoreThree Chinese nationals missing off Ghana after suspected kidnapping – SABC News
Three Chinese nationals have gone missing from Ghanaian waters and are believed to have been kidnapped after a “suspected pirate attack” on their Ghanaian-registered fishing vessel, the West African nation’s
Read MoreMyanmar quake death toll passes 1 600, junta lets in foreign rescuers – SABC News
Myanmar‘s military rulers let in hundreds of foreign rescue personnel on Saturday after an earthquake killed more than 1 600 people, the deadliest natural disaster to hit the impoverished, war-torn
Read MoreUS judge halts deportation of student over Pro-Palestinian support – SABC News
A federal judge in Massachusetts on Friday temporarily barred the deportation of a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, who voiced support for Palestinians in Israel’s war in Gaza and
Read MoreMyanmar quake death toll nears 700, international aid starts arriving – SABC News
International aid began to arrive in Myanmar today as rescuers searched for survivors after a powerful earthquake devastated the Southeast Asian nation amid concerns the number killed would soar. The
Read MoreSituation in S Sudan ‘darkly reminiscent’ of civil wars: UN Chief – SABC News
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that a peace agreement in South Sudan was in a shambles, telling the country’s leaders to put down their weapons and put
Read MorePutin suggests temporary administration for Ukraine to end war – SABC News
Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Ukraine be placed under a form of temporary administration to allow for new elections and the signature of key accords to reach a settlement in
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