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Muslim nations denounce Quran burning in Sweden
Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE and other Middle Eastern nations on Thursday condemned the burning of the Quran by an Iraqi living in Sweden, warning such acts "inflame" the feelings of Muslims around t...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 16:40hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
The end of the Petrodollar and the rise of the Petroyuan
A "Petrodollar" is a U.S. Dollar obtained through the sale of crude oil, i.e. it's a term created particularly to describe the situation of the OPEC countries, where the sale of this commodity allows ...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 07:17hrs | 10 | by Hugo Martins | Analyst
Chamisa: Illusions of democracy, statesmanship
LAST week CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa was pontificating about the sovereignty of Ukraine, railing against the Russian special mission into its neighbour as a travesty that trampled on international s...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | | by Fungi Kwaramba
When the police officer is actually a thug
CRISES bring out the best or worst in people.Well, for Britain, the current fuel shortages have brought out the bad and nasty side of a people that we are told are supposedly more civilised th...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:10hrs | 1 | by Bishop Lazi
No respite for Zimbabwe under Biden
The United States of America, believed by many to be the sole superpower post-Cold War, has arguably the most staggering defence budget ever known to humanity. Post the cataclysmic attacks of ...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:43hrs | | by Sapien Sapien
Iran's supreme leader bans Covid-19 vaccines from UK, US
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has prohibited imports of Covid-19 vaccines from the United States and the United Kingdom. In a televised speech yesterday, the supreme leader said he has no...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Trump pardons 15, commutes 5 sentences, including GOP allies
President Donald Trump has pardoned 15 people, including a pair of congressional Republicans who were strong and early supporters, a 2016 campaign official ensnared in the Russia probe and former gove...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:10hrs | 1 | by AP
Musona says Warriors ready to rock and roll
WARRIORS captain, Knowledge Musona, says his troops are ready to turn the tables when they meet old foes Algeria at the National Sports Stadium this afternoon. Kick-off is 3pm.Fans will not be...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Warriors seek revenge
Warriors coach Zdravko Lugarusic says he will approach tomorrow's clash against Algeria with the same positive intent that served his team so well in the second half of the two teams' first meeting on...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Warriors beaten
Algeria 3 1 ZimbabweZIMBABWE missed a glut of chances and were made to pay by a clinical Algeria in this 2022 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier played in an empty Stade 5 Juliet 1962 Olympic last ni...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa secures himself with Briefcase guns, drones and bulletproof vests
When President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrived at the National Sports Stadium for a ceremony to mark Zimbabwe Defence Forces Day on Tuesday, he was sandwiched between men in dark suits carrying briefcases....Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 15:10hrs | 1 | by ZimLive
This is how Zimbabweans can play for a $393 million American jackpot prize
The Mega Millions lottery jackpot is $393 million; you could win it without leaving your home in Zimbabwe!Up until now, you've probably assumed that the...Published: 23 May 2019 at 07:44hrs | 286 | by Staff Writer
'Studying for the Grave'
Morris Mtisi's pen is unrelenting as the didactic nature of his first novel leaves the reader with more questions than answers as to why seemingly very bright female students at university are oblivio...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army appears torn between the old and new order
The top leadership of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) appears torn between the old and new order after they dodged a crucial press briefing convened in Harare on Wednesday to allay fears that the ar...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 15:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa cancels primaries
MDC-T led by Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday failed to conduct primary elections in Hwange for the second time in as many weeks as internal violence continues to dog the opposition party.The party...Published: 26 May 2018 at 14:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T Chamisa cancels primaries as violence continues
MDC-T led by Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday failed to conduct primary elections in Hwange for the second time in as many weeks as internal violence continues to dog the opposition party.The party...Published: 26 May 2018 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe is 'peaceful and stable' insists Mugabe's Minister - echo Saddam's 'Chemical' Ali
"Foreign Affairs Minister Walter Mzembi has told Zambian leader, Edgar Lungu that Zimbabwe will be stable and united ahead of next year's polls," reported Zimeye."Mzembi spoke as he delivered ...Published: 14 Nov 2017 at 18:32hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Anglo-Saxon enemies behind this, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I am unable to fully address you this week. You noticed that I was unable to join you in bidding farewell to Cde Shuvai, I am still in a state of sh...Published: 24 Aug 2017 at 17:48hrs | | by CZ
Global backlash grows against Trump
United States President Donald Trump vowed to improve floundering ties with Russia, while also reassuring close US allies he supports NATO.Trump said this during a telephone conversation h...Published: 30 Jan 2017 at 05:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Keeping ZDERA alive
A key strategy of imperialism is raising false dust so as to cloud national focus and vision. Or to blur a clear identification and knowledge of who the real enemy is. History, including our own, is r...Published: 21 Jan 2017 at 11:16hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
To Decide is to Govern!
I have made a pledge to you my readers. A pledge I will always endeavour to fulfil for as long as I write. That pledge is to raise difficult questions, break taboos, speak and spill the truth, so this...Published: 27 Aug 2016 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Gaddafi's son Saif sentenced to death
Reports say a court in Libya has sentenced Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam, and eight others to death over war crimes linked to the 2011 revolution.More than 30 close associates o...Published: 28 Jul 2015 at 12:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drape Rhodes' grave with human dung and dance 'borrowdale' on it
While Rhodes sleeps, sleeps well at the Matopos, he sits on one in Cape Town, the place he lived most and from where he dreamt colonising Africa, north of the Limpopo. Among his many beneficiary i...Published: 28 Mar 2015 at 05:57hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Goodluck Jonathan calls for US help as Boko Haram invade city
Kano - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan appealed for more US help in fighting Boko Haram, as the Islamists struck again on Saturday and called for a boycott of upcoming general elections....Published: 15 Feb 2015 at 10:53hrs | 1 | by AFP
Iraq lifts years-old nightly curfew in Baghdad
Iraq has lifted a years-old nightly curfew in the capital, Baghdad, in a bid by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's government to make the city feel more liveable despite persistent violence plaguing the...Published: 08 Feb 2015 at 03:22hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
British fighter jets strike ISIS jihadists west of Baghdad
London - British fighter jets fired on Islamic State militants west of Baghdad overnight, the Ministry of Defence said Wednesday, in their second strikes in as many days in Iraq.Two Royal Air ...Published: 01 Oct 2014 at 12:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Islamic State militants plan to attack subway systems in Paris and the United States
New York - Iraq has "credible" intelligence that Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants plan to attack subway systems in Paris and the United States, the prime minister said on Thursday, but...Published: 26 Sep 2014 at 08:21hrs | | by Reuters
Top UK preacher nabbed
London - British police on Thursday arrested nine men including leading radical preacher Anjem Choudary in London on suspicion of links to the banned extremist group Al-Muhajiroun.The ar...Published: 26 Sep 2014 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Islamic State opens new anti-US front with beheading video
Baghdad - Islamic State's beheading of a US journalist and its threat to "destroy the American cross" suggests it has gained enough confidence seizing large areas of Iraq and Syria to take aim at Amer...Published: 20 Aug 2014 at 18:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Judge who sentenced Saddam Hussein to death executed
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters have reportedly captured and executed the judge who sentenced Saddam Hussein to death, a Facebook post attributed to Ibrahim al-Douri, who was a top aid...Published: 23 Jun 2014 at 23:38hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
North Korea's Kim Jong-un carve Mugabe $5 million statues
The despotic and secretive government of North Korea's Kim Jong-un has been allegedly commissioned by Zimbabwe, to sculpt two gigantic statues of President Robert Mugabe, to the tune of a staggering $...Published: 24 Feb 2014 at 09:26hrs | 15 | by Itai Gwatidzo Mushekwe/ Mary-kate Kahari
Woman injured as elephant destroys her house
A 30-year-old Chirundu woman was seriously injured on Monday after an elephant ravaged the house she was sleeping in, resulting in bricks falling on her.Mashonaland West provincial police ...Published: 04 Dec 2013 at 02:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Two bombs explode outside Baghdad cafe, killing 17 people
Two bombs exploded outside a cafe in Baghdad on Monday, killing 17 people and wounding 37, police and medical sources said, the latest in a series of attacks on the few social meeting places left open...Published: 25 Nov 2013 at 16:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Woman caught placing bomb at primary school
Baghdad - A guard caught a woman planting a bomb next to a primary school in Iraq on Monday, while attacks elsewhere killed six security forces members, officials said.The woman was trying to...Published: 07 Oct 2013 at 14:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
al-Qaeda leader calls on Egyptians to fight army
Cairo - A leader of al-Qaeda's Iraqi branch called Saturday on Egyptians to fight their army and derided the Muslim Brotherhood as "evil" for seeking power through democracy.The audio message ...Published: 31 Aug 2013 at 11:53hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Baghdad bomb attacks - 71 people killed, 201 wounded
At least 71 people were killed and 201 wounded in a series of bombings and other attacks across Baghdad on Wednesday, police and medical sources said, extending the worst wave of sectarian bloodshed i...Published: 28 Aug 2013 at 11:02hrs | 1 | by Reuters
Saif Gaddafi trial set for August
Tripoli - Saif al-Islam, the son of slain Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, and other former top regime officials will stand trial in August for crimes committed during the 2011 uprising, an aide to th...Published: 18 Jun 2013 at 00:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
WikiLeaks soldier driven by 'arrogance' says U.S.
Military prosecutors said arrogance drove the U.S. soldier who went on trial on Monday accused of the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history through the WikiLeaks anti-secrecy website ...Published: 04 Jun 2013 at 04:45hrs | | by Reuters
Al-Qaeda poison gas cell busted
Baghdad - Iraq's defence ministry said on Saturday it has broken up an al-Qaeda cell that was working to produce poison gas for attacks within the country as well as in Europe and North America....Published: 02 Jun 2013 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff Report
57 people killed in a series of car bombs in Baghdad
At least 57 people have been killed in a series of car bombs targeting mainly Shia areas in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, the BBC reported Monday.Many more were wounded as at least a dozen bombs...Published: 27 May 2013 at 16:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
15 people killed in clashes between Iraqi security forces and militants
BAGHDAD - At least 15 people were killed in clashes between Iraqi security forces and militants on Wednesday in the northern town of Sulaiman Pek, the mayor of a nearby town said.Four army hel...Published: 24 Apr 2013 at 17:10hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Car bomb kills 7 people in Iraq
BAQUBA, Iraq - A car bomb struck an Iraqi police checkpoint in a town in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala on Monday, killing seven people and wounding 22, Xinhua reports.The attack occu...Published: 18 Mar 2013 at 18:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Iraqi President can talk now says doctor
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is now able to talk, his doctor said, adding he was hopeful the Kurdish statesman would soon be fit to return to Iraq from Germany, where he has been receiving medical t...Published: 23 Feb 2013 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Iraqi govt warns of possible 'terrorists attacks'
Baghdad - The Iraqi government warned on Friday of possible "terrorists attacks" targeting mass protests being held by the country's Sunni Muslims against Shi'ite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, amid...Published: 04 Jan 2013 at 12:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Caps United, FC Platinum progress to Mbada Diamond Cup semi-finals
CAPS United are through to the semi-finals of the Mbada Diamonds Cup after beating Buffaloes 2-nil in a quarter-final match played at Gibo stadium in Chiredzi this Saturday.FC Platinum also bo...Published: 21 Oct 2012 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Sports reporter
Prostitution levels in Chirundu peak
UNDER the simmering heat of the Zambezi Valley, the road winds up and down, turning into sudden hairpin curves before breaking into open Mopane flat land and here a road insignia screams, Chirundu 40...Published: 03 Jun 2012 at 04:35hrs | | by Peter Matambanadzo
Mugabe has entered 'a reality distortion field' says Biti
Finance minister Tendai Biti who is also secretary general of the MDC-T said President Robert Mugabe has entered into a reality distortion field similar to that suffered by the late Iraq dictator Sadd...Published: 09 Mar 2012 at 10:47hrs | 3 | by Ndou Paul
Gunmen kill 27 members of the Iraq security forces
Fallujah - Gunmen disguised as police raided checkpoints and homes in western Iraq on Monday, killing at least 27 members of the security forces, police said, in an attack the authorities said bore th...Published: 05 Mar 2012 at 06:57hrs | | by Moyo Roy
15 people killed, 21 wounded in a suicide bomb attack in Baghdad
At least 15 people were killed and 21 others wounded in a suicide bomb attack on a police academy in eastern Baghdad on Sunday.The attack took place in the afternoon when a suicide bomber blew...Published: 19 Feb 2012 at 14:53hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Al Qaeda claims responsibility for wave of Baghdad attacks that killed 69
BAGHDAD - An Al Qaeda front group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for the wave of terrifying attacks that rocked Baghdad last week and killed 69 people.The coordinated attacks on Thursday t...Published: 27 Dec 2011 at 09:12hrs | | by -
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