Cape Town, South Africa – Thousands of Zimbabweans living in South Africa face an uncertain future and possible deportation before a June 2023 expiration of their work permits, following an announcement by the home government last year that there will be no extension. *Matilda Tebogo (not her real name), a 35-year-old shopkeeper, says she is stressed…
A vessel with around 400 migrants and refugees onboard is adrift between Italy and Malta as it awaits rescue from Italian coastguard, according to sea rescue support service Alarm Phone. People onboard the vessel told Alarm Phone in a distress call on Sunday that the boat had been adrift for two days as it had…
A Palestinian child has been killed by Israeli forces in the Aqabet Jaber refugee camp in Jericho, as a settler march to an illegal outpost near the occupied city of Nablus brought more violence to the West Bank. Mohammad Fayez Balhan, who was 15 years old, was shot in the head, chest and stomach on…
Shelling by Russian forces over the weekend killed at least seven civilians, Ukrainian officials reported on Sunday. Russian forces launched 40 air strikes, four missile strikes and 58 attacks from multiple-rocket launchers on various parts of Ukraine between Saturday and Sunday morning, the General Staff of the Ukrainian armed forces reported. The Zaporizhia region’s Governor…
China has kicked off a third day of live-fire drills near Taiwan in response to Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s recent trip to the United States. Chinese fighter jets carried out “simulated strikes” near the self-governed island during the exercises, which also included the Shandong aircraft carrier, the Chinese military said on Monday. Multiple batches of H-6K fighters…
Pakistan-born Oscar-winning director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is set to become the first woman and person of colour to direct a Star Wars film. Studio executives on Friday announced three new Star Wars movies are in the making, with the first slated for release in 2025 Obaid Chinoy will direct a film set 15 years after the end of the last movie, starring…
At least 20 people are missing after a boat attempting to cross Mediterranean sank off Tunisia, according to an official, amid a sharp rise in the number of refugees trying to reach Europe by boat from the North African country. The coastguard rescued 17 others, two of whom are in critical condition, after the boat sank off the…
China has begun three days of mil itary exercises around Taiwan amid anger in Beijing over Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting in California with the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy. China, which claims Taiwan as its own and has not ruled out the use of force to achieve its aims,…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in neighbouring Poland for an official visit to a close ally that has galvanised support for Kyiv. A Ukrainian drone crashed near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, in an incident that took place as the head of the global nuclear watchdog is expected in Moscow for talks on the…
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has announced that it is mulling criminal action against a group that ran a crypto investment scheme dubbed Sports Chain, seven months after an Al Jazeera investigation exposed it as a scam. In a notice published on March 21, the monetary authority declared that the investment venture had been run…
