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Separate mass shootings in South Africa townships leave at least 27 people dead

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By GERALD IMRAY, Associated Press | Posted by TOE Eight gunmen with AK-47 rifles and pistols opened fire at patrons at a bar in the first of two separate mass shootings in South African townships in the space of a few hours that left at least 27 people dead, police said Sunday. The first massacre occurred late Saturday night near Johannesburg. The second happened in the early hours of Sunday near Cape Town. No arrests had been made in the two shootings, which came just five days after another mass shooting in a township near the city of Durban killed at least 11 people. The South African Police Service said 17 people were killed Saturday night when eight suspects armed with AK-47 rifles and pistols opened fire at a bar in Wedela township, southwest of South Africa’s biggest city of Johannesburg, around 9.30 p.m. The suspects shot at patrons outside the bar, then moved inside to continue the killing. The victims included 13 men and four women. At least 15 others sustain...
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Iran proposes a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in 7 days if the US meets its conditions

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By CARA ANNA, FARNOUSH AMIRI and AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press | Posted by TOE Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume talks on its nuclear program in seven days if the United States lifts its naval blockade of Iranian ports, waives sanctions on Iranian oil sales and observes a ceasefire that would include Lebanon. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi detailed the proposal to reporters outside the U.N. Security Council on Friday, saying it would also restart stalled talks with the U.S. on Iran’s nuclear program. “The seven-day timeline will start as soon as the United States accepts this plan,” he said. Araghchi said initial steps would take about four to five days to complete, and the strait would be open on the sixth day. “And on day seven, the talks with the U.S. will be started for the final deal on mutually agreed subjects,” he said, referring to the nuclear program. Iran’s disruption of the strait — through which a fifth of the world’s...
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Israel kills four Hamas members in Gaza, destroys 2 km tunnel

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By DPA | Posted by TOE Israel’s military said on Friday it had again killed members of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, including a commander it said had taken part in the October 7, 2023, massacre in Israel and had subsequently held abducted Israeli hostages. The military reported a total of four targeted killings of members of Hamas’ military wing. One of those killed is said to have been involved in transferring funds to the terrorist organization. The Hamas members had also been preparing attacks on Israeli soldiers and civilians and working to rebuild Hamas’ strength, the military said, adding that this constituted a violation of the ceasefire agreement. “The terrorists were eliminated to remove the threat they posed,” the Israeli military said. The Palestinian news agency WAFA had reported several fatalities in Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including in the north of the territory. Israeli military destroys tunnel in G...
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Beijingers eye Xi-Trump summit for trade relief, stable ties

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By Isabel KUA AFP | Posted by TOE Residents in China’s capital hope President Xi Jinping’s high-stakes meeting with US counterpart Donald Trump in Washington will stabilise ties between the two countries, telling AFP on Thursday a trade war “hurts everyone”. Xi was greeted in Washington on Wednesday evening local time by Trump, kicking off a pomp-filled state visit where the two leaders are expected to discuss everything from AI and trade to Iran. In Beijing, a 59-year-old resident surnamed Huang called it a “very important” visit which would be critical in shaping the relationship between the two global superpowers. “As an ordinary citizen, I naturally hope that China-US relations can achieve long-term, stable, and mutually beneficial development,” Huang told AFP in central Beijing on an overcast Thursday morning. “I also hope that through President Xi’s visit to the US and friendly, harmonious, and goodwi...
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Al Qaeda-linked militants kill more than 100 Malian soldiers in attack this month

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By Portia Crowe Reuters | Posted by TOE Jihadists killed more ​than 100 soldiers in central Mali this month, two sources said, while the army ‌said it had evacuated troops from the camp under attack and struck enemy positions during a retaliatory operation lasting more than a week. The September 10 attack in the town of Dioura and another on the airport ​in the town of Sevare were the latest by al Qaeda-linked Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam ​wal Muslimin (JNIM) against Mali’s military rulers who seized power in coups in ⁠2020 and 2021. In April, JNIM joined forces with the Tuareg-led separatist group the FLA to carry ​out nationwide attacks that killed Mali’s defence minister and hit the main airport, highlighting lack of progress ​by pro-government fighters against the insurgents. A security source said 130 soldiers died in the September 10 attack in Dioura with more than 100 taken hostage. A diplomatic source said around 120 soldiers were killed. ...
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Denmark hails ‘binding’ Greenland deal with Trump

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By Camille BAS-WOHLERT AFP | Posted by TOE Denmark on Saturday hailed a “binding” deal announced by US President Donald Trump to give Washington “permanent control” over Greenland’s security and bar Russian and Chinese bases from the Arctic territory. Since returning to the White House in January 2025, Trump has repeatedly insisted that Washington needed to control Greenland for strategic reasons, alarming NATO ally Denmark and sparking fierce pushback from the alliance. Denmark and Greenland — an autonomous Danish territory — both hailed the deal and said they would sign it on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York next week. Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said Saturday that the potential signing meant “next week could be a good week”. “A long period of uncertainty will hopefully be replaced by a binding agreement that strengthens security in the Arctic and North Atlantic,...
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Nigeria miners struggled to breathe in cell before 37 died

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By AFP | Posted by TOE Authorities imposed an overnight curfew in Nigeria’s central city of Minna on Friday after security forces opened fire as hundreds of people took to the streets to protest against the deaths of 37 detainees in the ‌custody of a paramilitary force. Survivors of a Nigerian disaster that saw 37 suspected illegal gold miners die while in the custody of a paramilitary civil defence group recounted their panic on Friday as they struggled to breathe inside the cell. Police fired shots to disperse protests as tensions spilled onto the streets of Minna, the capital of mineral-rich Niger state in central Nigeria. It was not immediately clear whether police were firing anti-riot pellets or live ammunition in Minna, where mobs blocked a main street and attacked a transport depot, a bank, political party offices and private businesses. Government has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew to curtail the unrest. Nigeria’s government suspended a civil...
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