JOHANNESBURG, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A South African court on Wednesday found radical left politician Julius Malema guilty of hate speech for telling his supporters at a 2022 rally that they should "never be scared to kill". Malema, the firebrand leader of the small opposition and populist Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, has long been criticised by South Africa's white minority for his radical rhetoric and his singing of the anti-apartheid song "Kill the Boer, kill the farmer", which some say incites anti-white violence. He has been at the centre of tensions between Washington and Pretoria and featured prominently in a video that President Donald Trump showed in a meeting with his counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa in May to back...
DAKAR, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Mauritanian security forces have committed "serious human rights violations" against migrants and asylum seekers ranging from torture to rape...
KHULNA, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS) - A Khulna court today sentenced two persons, including a former Grameen Bank manager and a sub-postmaster, to eight years...
DHAKA, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS) – A Dhaka court today ordered freezing of 120 additional bank accounts belonging to former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, as...
KIGALI, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A first group of seven migrants has arrived in Rwanda as part of a deal to accept deportees from...
ROME, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The UN's World Food Programme warned Thursday that Gaza is "at breaking point" and appealed to urgently revive its...
BANGKOK, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The toll in northern Thailand from landslides and flooding triggered by Typhoon Kajiki rose to five dead and 15...
PARIS, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday accused Russia of showing "terror and barbarism" with missile and drone attacks on...
RANGPUR, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS) - A court here has sentenced a couple to 14 years in prison for possession of counterfeit Bidi band-rolls, in...
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - EU chief Antonio Costa on Thursday said he was "horrified" by a fresh round of deadly Russian strikes...
JERUSALEM, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Israel's defence minister said Thursday its forces were operating in "all combat zones", after Syrian state media reported a...
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Investigators were seeking to find out why a heavily-armed shooter opened fire on school children at a church service...
WASHINGTON, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Global air pollution is worsening, with the United States and Canada experiencing the sharpest increases due to record-breaking, climate-supercharged...