Riots

The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) has expressed concern over how law enforcement officials handled some of the looting incidents in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. SANDF and SAPS members have been accused by some of abusing their power, particularly in how some have responded during the riots. While the commission says…

Action SA wants answers on the recent riots which rocked KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and Gauteng and has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to establish a judicial commission of inquiry in that respect. The party, led by former Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba, is giving Ramaphosa 60 days to request the Acting Chief…

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Rioters clash with police using big ladder trying to enter Capitol building through the front doors. Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Imag A probe into the US Capitol riots begins its work on Tuesday.A mob of people purporting to be supporters of former US president Donald Trump stormed the Capitol…

As was anticipated, Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) was picked by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) as the second Republican behind Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) to sit on the much-touted House Select Committee to investigate the Capitol riots. Predictably, Democrats and the mainstream media cheered the move as supposed further evidence…

Former President Donald Trump praised Arizona officials at a rally in Phoenix on Saturday, touting their “courage” in reexamining the 2020 election results in an ongoing audit. Mr. Trump, who has long claimed the 2020 election was mired in voter fraud, thanked state officials by name for their efforts to…

The United Nations Security Council has condemned a plan by Turkish and Turkish Cypriot leaders to partially reopen the abandoned resort of Varosha and called for an immediate reversal of the decision. Turkish Cypriots, backed by officials in Ankara, said on Tuesday that part of Varosha - now a military…

AP Photo/Doug Murray New England Patriots cornerback Stephon Gilmore reported to the team's training camp Thursday, according to Field Yates of ESPN. He is on the physically unable to perform list as he recovers from the quad injury that ended his 2020 season in Week 15. Gilmore did not report…

Over the last six months, Republicans have tried to rewrite the history of the January assault on the Capitol, casting a violent attempt to overturn the presidential election as a love-in, a peaceful gathering of patriots who were, deep down, no different from tourists. At the same time, congressional Republicans…

SINGAPORE — A 68-year-old man will be charged in court on Friday (July 23) for alleged offences under the Air Navigation Act, following a drone sighting in the vicinity of the police’s Special Operations Command base at Queensway. In a statement on Thursday night, the police said that they had…