Section: Independent Online (South Africa)
Istanbul airport attack ‘a jigsaw puzzle’
Investigators are going through CCTV footage and witness statements after the attack at Istanbul’s main airport in which 41 were killed [VIDEOS]. ||| Istanbul – Turkish investigators pored over video footage and witness statements on Wednesday after three suspected Islamic State suicide bombers opened fire and blew themselves up in...
#Brexit could undermine EU-NATO defence strategy
Britain’s departure from the EU risks undermining Europe’s new defence strategy, officials say. ||| Brussels – Britain’s departure from the European Union risks undermining Europe’s new defence strategy, days before NATO and EU governments sign a landmark pact to confront a range of threats from Russia to the...
Zimbabwe to import maize from Mexico
Zimbabwe needs to bring in more than 250 000 tons of maize from Mexico to fill the shortfall caused by the severe drought. ||| Harare – Drought-hit Zimbabwe will import more than 250 000 tons of maize from Mexico to fill the shortfall caused by the severe drought sweeping through the southern Africa, the agriculture minister said on...
Putin accepts US is sole superpower, but …
President Vladimir Putin said he accepted the US was probably still the world’s sole superpower, but didn’t want to be told how to live by Americans. ||| St Petersburg, Russia – President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he accepted the United States was probably still the world’s sole superpower and he was ready to work with...
Big missile part found at MH17 crash site
Investigators examining the wreckage of flight MH17 discovered the end-piece of a Russian-made Buk surface-to-air missile at the wreckage site. ||| Amsterdam – International investigators examining the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was shot down over Ukraine in 2014, discovered the end-piece of a Russian-made Buk...
Malaysia Airlines passengers describe ‘chaotic moment’
Passengers started screaming and a food trolley and other items seemed to be floating in the air. ||| London – The crisis-hit Malaysia Airlines was at the centre of another drama on Sunday after 34 people were injured during severe turbulence on a flight from London. Flight MH1 to Kuala Lumpur was over the Bay of Bengal when it suddenly...
17 killed in Ukraine care home blaze
Seventeen people have been killed after a fire broke out in a residential building housing elderly people in a village near Kiev, emergency service said. ||| Kiev – Seventeen people have been killed after a fire broke out in a residential building housing elderly people in a village near Kiev, Ukraine’s state emergency service said on...
Around the world on his bicycle
Imagine travelling the world, one country at a time, on a bicycle. Well, that is what Turkish travel blogger Gurkan Genc is doing. ||| Johannesburg – Imagine travelling the world, one country at a time, on a bicycle. Well, that is what Turkish travel blogger Gurkan Genc is doing.Genc is in Pretoria this week on a four-month tour of South...
Global growth is our urgent priority – G7
G7 leaders have expressed concern over the global economy and the political situations in North Korea and Russia. ||| Ise-Shima, Japan – The Group of Seven industrial powers pledged on Friday to seek strong global growth, while papering over differences on currencies and stimulus policies and expressing concern over North Korea, Russia and...
Ukraine pilot ‘freed in prison swap’
Nadiya Savchenko was released from Russian captivity in exchange for two Russians detained in Ukraine, sources said. ||| Moscow/ Kiev – Ukrainian servicewoman Nadiya Savchenko was heading home on a plane from Russian captivity on Wednesday, part of an exchange for two Russians detained in Ukraine, two sources close to the swap told Reuters....
