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Muppet Starmer says Israel has the right, Iran should not respond
In a call for calm amidst escalating military tensions in the Middle East, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has urged Iran not to retaliate following Israel's airstrikes targeting military sites in Iran...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 16:42hrs | 940 | by Staff reporter
Netanyahu orders UN to evacuate Lebanon peacekeepers
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres withdraw UNIFIL peacekeepers from southern Lebanon, adding that by remaining there they are "providing...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 15:33hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
South Africa is testing the West's claim to moral superiority
Supporters of Palestine have long been told their position is fringe. But this case gives them legitimacy – and tests the limits of human rightsIt was only a little over six hours of legal a...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 05:44hrs | 1 | by Nesrine Malik
Zimbabweans urged to leave Israel, Pakistan
Zimbabwean citizens residing in Israel or Pakistan have received an urgent advisory to promptly vacate the area. Those requiring assistance have been directed to contact the Zimbabwean embassy in Egyp...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 06:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean living in Israel says situation scary as defense forces, Hamas skirmishes intensify
A Zimbabwean resident in Tel Aviv described the tense situation in Israel as the country faces ongoing skirmishes with Hamas militants. The conflict has resulted in over 1,000 casualties, with 700 Isr...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 06:13hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean jihadist who fights with Isis 'may still be alive'
UNITED Kingdom-based Zimbabwean man, Raymond Matimba, a jihadist, who fled Manchester for Syria has been identified as a key member of a clique of British fighters that include the notorious Islamic S...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Donald Trump launches US air strikes against Assad regime, Russian military informed
The United States launched a military strike Thursday on a Syrian government target in response to their chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians earlier in the week.On Presiden...Published: 07 Apr 2017 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
The boy who started the Syrian War tells his story on Al Jazeera
"If we had known what would happen, we'd never have written that graffiti," says Mouawiya Syasneh in The Boy Who Started The Syrian War, a recent Al Jazeera documentary that tells his story. ...Published: 12 Feb 2017 at 21:37hrs | | by Al Jazeera
US admits to butchering dozens of Syrian forces
The US has admitted carrying out an attack in eastern Syria that killed dozens of Syrian forces fighting so-called Islamic State (IS).According to the BBC, the US-led coalition said the "m...Published: 29 Nov 2016 at 18:12hrs | | by BBC
Escaped Nigerian girl misses her Boko Haram 'husband'
Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) - Escaped Chibok girl Amina Ali Nkeki says she misses her Boko Haram fighter husband and is still thinking about him three months after escaping the militants' camp.Amina ...Published: 17 Aug 2016 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by CNN
Boko Haram releases 'video' of Chibok girls
Boko Haram has released a video of the Nigerian schoolgirls allegedly kidnapped two years ago, showing some who are still alive and claiming others died in air strikes. The armed group, wh...Published: 15 Aug 2016 at 06:57hrs | | by Al Jazeera
Britons vote for WAR
British fighter jets have taken part in their first airstrikes in Syria, hours after UK lawmakers voted in favor of bombing ISIS strongholds there."RAF Tornadoes have just returned from their ...Published: 03 Dec 2015 at 06:01hrs | | by CNN
Russia launches airstrikes in Syria
Russia has launched its first airstrikes in Syria, sparking concern from the US, France and Britain.The Russian defence ministry said a number of airstrikes had targeted vehicles and warehouse...Published: 30 Sep 2015 at 21:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Pray for the Pope - T.B. Joshua
Nigerian Prophet T.B. Joshua gave another surprising revelation in his church service on Sunday 7th August 2014, specifically calling for prayer for Pope Francis of the Catholic Church, as well as pr...Published: 08 Sep 2014 at 12:03hrs | | by Ihechukwu Njoku - freelance Nigerian journalist
President Obama says eradicating Islamic State will not be easy
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama cautioned on Tuesday that wiping out a radical group like the Islamic State will not be easy and quick.The president made the comment as he has authori...Published: 27 Aug 2014 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Gaza Strip death toll hits 121
Tel Aviv/Gaza City - The death toll in the Gaza Strip topped 121, as Israel bombed dozens of targets overnight on the fifth day of airstrikes on Saturday.Three men were killed near a mosque in...Published: 12 Jul 2014 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Nigeria airstrike kills 50 Islamist insurgents
Nigeria's military said that it may have killed more than 50 rebels in an airstrike on one of their main bases in the northeast of the country.The latest strikes on Thursday targeted Boko Hara...Published: 30 Nov 2013 at 07:10hrs | | by Reuters
US Airstrikes kill 5 in Yemen!
Washington - The NY Times reported on Wednesday that US military aircraft had launched strikes that killed at least five suspected militants in southern Yemen in one of the deadliest attacks since the...Published: 01 Feb 2012 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Voice of an African Muslim Woman - Religion In Zimbabwe
I recently sat down with Nebila Abdulmelik, a 25 year old woman who has lived in Harare, but is of Ethiopian heritage. She did her university studies in the United States of America and at the m...Published: 02 Jan 2012 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Nonku Vundla
Gaddafi's daughter pressing UN war-crimes prosecutors
The daughter of ousted Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi is pressing U.N. war-crimes prosecutors to investigate the October deaths of her father and one of her brothers during Libya's civil war....Published: 13 Dec 2011 at 22:26hrs | | by -
Zuma: AU better without Gaddafi
Pretoria - The African Union will work better without Libya's ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi, who repeatedly tried to convince members to form a pan-African government, President Jacob Zuma said on Th...Published: 14 Oct 2011 at 08:26hrs | | by -
Gaddafi is welcome, deserves all the respect
Bissau - Guinea Bissau Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior said on Saturday Libya's ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi would be welcomed "with open arms" if he seeks exile in the West African country....Published: 11 Sep 2011 at 10:26hrs | | by Sapa
Nato bombs Libyan satellite dishes in Tripoli
Nato said on Saturday it had bombed and disabled three Libyan satellite dishes in the capital Tripoli in order to prevent leader Muammar Gaddafi from using television to terrorise civilians....Published: 31 Jul 2011 at 15:35hrs | | by Reuters
Summary of the International Press on the Libyan Revolution
The United Kingdom recognises Libya's rebel umbrella group, not Muammar Al Qathafi's regime, as that nation's legitimate government, Foreign Secretary William Hague said Wednesday."We are de...Published: 28 Jul 2011 at 07:29hrs | | by CNN | tripolipost.com
Britain to send more warplanes to Libya
Britain said on Friday it will send four more Tornado warplanes to support the NATO mission in Libya, in addition to the 12 already deployed."These are the aircraft which are particularly well...Published: 15 Jul 2011 at 08:18hrs | | by Reuters
Gaddafi contacts Nato, ready to leave power
Tripoli - Emissaries from Libya's Muammar Gaddafi have been in contact with Nato members to say he is ready to leave power, France said on Tuesday, the latest sign of a possible negotiated end to the...Published: 12 Jul 2011 at 23:19hrs | | by Reuters
Nato helicopter crashes
A Nato helicopter crashed on Thursday in eastern Afghanistan but no one was hurt, the US-led coalition said.The crew was recovered after the crash, which occurred in Parwan province. Nato sa...Published: 07 Jul 2011 at 14:30hrs | | by AP
CIA chief says Gadhafi alive after hit on house
TRIPOLI, Libya – The CIA chief says he believes Moammar Gadhafi is still alive, despite a NATO airstrike that reduced much of the Libyan leader's family compound to rubble.Ga...Published: 04 May 2011 at 08:10hrs | | by AP
Libya accepts cease-fire plan: Zuma
South African President Jacob Zuma says Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has accepted the African Union's "road map" for a cease-fire with rebels.Zuma and other African le...Published: 11 Apr 2011 at 05:14hrs | | by Byo24News
Europe's Libya Intervention: A Special Report
Distinct interests sparked the European involvement in Libya. The United Kingdom and France have issued vociferous calls for intervention in Libya for the past month, ultimately managing to con...Published: 25 Mar 2011 at 15:24hrs | | by Stratfor
West acting like 'vampires' who are after Libya's oil: Mugabe
The Libya no-fly coalition carried out its third day of bombings on Libya's air defences as debate over the strategy caused splits among the coalition members, within NATO and even within the lea...Published: 22 Mar 2011 at 07:45hrs | | by Byo24News
Strip Obama of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize: Evo Morales
BOLIVIAN President Evo Morales demanded Monday that the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament deprive US President Barack Obama of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize after he ordered airstrikes on ...Published: 22 Mar 2011 at 07:45hrs | | by Byo24News
Gaddafi's forces pushes rebel fighters off oil port
Muammar Gaddafi's forces pushed rebel fighters from the strategic oil port of Ras Lanouf today, driving the opposition from the city with a withering rain of artillery fire.The lightly armed ...Published: 10 Mar 2011 at 19:52hrs | 1 | by Byo24News
Pro-Qaddafi Forces Hit Besieged City
TRIPOLI, Libya - Each side of the conflict in Libya pushed forward on Saturday as militia forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi launched a second day of attac...Published: 05 Mar 2011 at 22:47hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
Gaddafi launches renewed air-strikes
BREGA, Libya - Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi launched renewed airstrikes against two rebel-held towns yesterday, a day after citizens repelled a...Published: 05 Mar 2011 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Brain L. Samuels
Gaddafi bombs oil town of Marsa el-Brega
Libyan warplanes Thursday struck the rebel-held oil port in the eastern town of Marsa el-Brega, as pro-Gadhafi forces and rebels fought for control of the strategic oil installation, t...Published: 03 Mar 2011 at 12:05hrs | | by Byo24News
I will kill my people if the West intervenes: Gaddafi
Muammar Gaddafi warns "thousands" would die if the West intervened in Libya as rebels repulsed a fierce onslaught by his forces on a key oil town.As the world clamoured ...Published: 03 Mar 2011 at 07:44hrs | | by Byo24News
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