Almost three people were murdered every hour in South Africa during the first three months of the year, according to police statistics released on Tuesday.. Some 6,289 people were killed in the country -- which has one of the world's highest murder rates -- between January and March, up 3.4 percent on the same period last year.
South Africa's leading opposition party said on Tuesday it had taken legal action to force the government to arrest Vladimir Putin if the Russian President were to attend a planned summit in the country.. On Tuesday, the Democratic Alliance (DA) party said it launched a court application to ensure the government detains the Russian leader and hands him over to the ICC "should President Putin set foot in South Africa."
A swarm of drones hit Moscow on Tuesday in an unprecedented attack, while Russian drones struck Kyiv for a third straight day as Ukraine gears up for a major offensive against Russian forces.. - 'No fear' - Moscow also said it believed the attack was a "response" by Kyiv to a recent Russian hit in Ukraine.
Fighting flared again in Sudan on Tuesday despite the latest ceasefire pledges of the two warring generals that are meant to allow desperately needed aid to reach besieged civilians.. - Malnourished children - Sudan was already poverty-stricken before the war, with a third of its 45 million-strong population relying on aid.
North Korea said Tuesday that it would launch a military reconnaissance satellite by June 11, prompting concern from Seoul, Tokyo and Washington, which claim the move would violate UN sanctions.. It told Japan on Monday it would launch one between May 31 and June 11.
The baseball pitch is shared with grazing cows, but the rustic conditions are no distraction for Ugandan major league hopeful Dennis Kasumba. . "We want Kasumba to play in the highest league in the world, that's our hope," said coach Sempa.
The situation in northern Kosovo remained tense Tuesday as ethnic Serbs continued to gather in front of a town hall in Zvecan after violent clashes with NATO-led peacekeepers left 30 soldiers injured.. Three armoured vehicles of the ethnic Albanian Kosovo police -- whose presence always stirs controversy in Serb-majority northern areas -- remained parked in front of the town hall.
Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko alleged on Tuesday he was being "illegally held" by security forces and urged the public to protest.. He resurfaced on social media in the early hours of Tuesday to say he was being "illegally held."
The situation in northern Kosovo remained tense Tuesday as ethnic Serbs continued to gather in front of a town hall in Zvecan after violent clashes with NATO-led peacekeepers left 30 soldiers injured.. Three armoured vehicles of the ethnic Albanian Kosovo police -- whose presence always stirs controversy in Serb-majority northern areas -- remained parked in front of the town hall.
Malaysia's coastguard said Tuesday that authorities were questioning the crew of a Chinese vessel detained on suspicion of looting two British World War II shipwrecks.. The shells could also be linked to the discovery of unexploded World War II-era ordnance at a jetty in Johor on May 19, the maritime agency said in a statement Monday.
