A 21-year-old man has been arrested after handing himself over to police in connection with the m8rder of a 16-year-old girl whose body was discovered in Joza, Makhanda, Eastern Cape, South Africa.....TAP TO CONTINUE READING

Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Siphokazi Mawisa, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, January 11, 2026, said the suspect was arrested on Friday after he reported himself at Joza SAPS.

The arrest follows the k!lling of Linomtha Skeyi, whose body was found in an open field behind the Department of Social Development premises at Joza in Makhanda on Christmas Day, 25 December 2025.

Police said Skeyi was reported missing on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2025.

A search and rescue operation was subsequently launched, during which her body was discovered the following day.

At this stage, investigators have not established a motive.

“The motive behind the m8rder is not clear at the moment but forms part of the ongoing investigation,” said Mawisa.

The suspect is expected to appear before the Makhanda Magistrate’s Court on Monday, January 12, 2026.

Mawisa confirmed that investigations are continuing as police work to establish the full circumstances surrounding the teenager’s d3ath.

Several chilling videos circulating online show bodies piled up on the streets of Iran as the country turns into a “war zone”. The videos show a large number of people waiting outside a forensic institute in Kahrizak, south of the capital, Tehran.....TAP TO CONTINUE READING

As per data from the US-based Human Rights Activist News Agency, around 495 protesters and 48 security personnel nationwide have died as mass protests continue in Iran. Another 10,600 people have been detained over the fortnight of unrest, the agency says. Large‑scale demonstrations against Iran’s ruling theocracy have continued for more than two weeks now, with huge crowds gathering in both Tehran and cities across the country.

around 495 protesters and 48 security personnel nationwide have died as mass protests continue in Iran.

Footage has surfaced from the Forensic Diagnostic and Laboratory Centre of Tehran Province, a morgue in Kahrizak, showing rows of body bags and around 180 shrouded bodies laid out, many of them exposed. In the video, people searching for missing relatives can be heard crying out in anguish.

The images have been deliberately blurred to shield the identities of those present, as they could be at risk of further persecution by the authorities.

Robina Aminian, 23, was shot in the head during the protests. A fashion student at a Tehran university, she had joined the protests after finishing her classes.

Two relatives told Sky News that officials attempted to stop the family from recovering her body. They eventually succeeded in taking her to Kermanshah in western Iran, where she was buried quietly and in secret.

Dozens of bodies in body bags laid out for family members in iran

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Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has blamed the US and Israel for the unrest.

“They have trained certain individuals inside the country and abroad, brought terrorists into the country from outside, set mosques on fire, and attacked markets and guilds in Rasht, setting the bazaar ablaze,” he said without providing evidence.

Iran’s attorney general said anyone protesting would be considered an “enemy of God” – an offence that carries the death penalty – while Khamenei has dismissed demonstrators as a “bunch of vandals” seeking to “please” Trump.

On Sunday the country announced three days of mourning for what it called “martyrs killed in Iranian national battle against the US and Israel”.

This comes just days after Trump signed an Executive Order declaring a national emergency to protect Venezuelan oil revenue held in US Treasury accounts from legal attachment or judicial seizure.....TAP TO CONTINUE READING

A controversial social media post by U.S. President Donald Trump has sparked fresh debate and confusion across international political circles.

President Trump shared an image on his social media platform, Truth Social, portraying himself as the “Acting President of Venezuela.”

This comes just days after Trump signed an Executive Order declaring a national emergency to protect Venezuelan oil revenue held in US Treasury accounts from legal attachment or judicial seizure.

He said the move is aimed at advancing US foreign policy and national security objectives.

According to the White House, the Executive Order blocks any attachment, judgment, lien, execution, garnishment or other judicial process against Venezuelan oil revenues and diluent sales deposited in US Treasury accounts.

These funds, termed “Foreign Government Deposit Funds,” are to remain frozen unless specifically authorised under the new order.

The order also prohibits any transfer or dealing in the funds and overrides earlier directives that may have regulated or restricted such transfers or dealings.

It states that the oil revenues are the sovereign property of Venezuela, held in US custody for governmental and diplomatic purposes, and cannot be claimed by private parties.

The U.S. Embassy had also warned that the security situation in Venezuela remained highly unstable and urged all U.S. citizens not to travel to the country and to depart immediately if already there.

In a January 10, 2026 security alert, the embassy reiterated longstanding travel warnings dating back to 2019, when the U.S. fully withdrew diplomatic personnel from its Caracas mission and suspended all consular services.

On January 3, 2026, the U.S. military launched a targeted operation in Venezuela that resulted in the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.

In the early hours of January 3, more than 200 U.S. Special Operations forces conducted a pre-dawn raid in Caracas. The mission, codenamed Operation Absolute Resolve, targeted several locations, primarily the Fort Tiuna military complex.

U.S. forces reportedly “dragged” Maduro and Flores from their residence within the complex. They were transported to the USS Iwo Jima and subsequently flown to New York City.

While no U.S. personnel were killed, the raid resulted in significant casualties. Reports indicate that at least dozens of Venezuelan security officers and Cuban special forces, acting as Maduro’s bodyguards, were killed.

Following the capture, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as acting president by the National Assembly, denouncing the operation as a “kidnapping” and a violation of sovereignty.

The public justification for the operation was framed as a law enforcement action. Upon their arrival in New York, an indictment was unsealed charging Maduro and Flores with narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy and weapons charges.

The U.S. Department of Justice alleged that Maduro had led a “cocaine-fueled” government for decades, partnering with cartels like the Sinaloa Cartel and the FARC to flood the U.S. with drugs.

On January 5, both Maduro and his wife pleaded not guilty in a Manhattan federal court.

Once the capture was secured, the rhetoric from the Trump administration began to shift from strictly criminal charges to the geopolitical and economic control of Venezuela’s natural resources.

President Trump stated shortly after the raid that the U.S. would “run the country” until a transition of power occurred.

Within days, the administration began organizing meetings with U.S. oil and gas executives to discuss rebuilding Venezuela’s energy sector.

The U.S. Department of Energy indicated it would “selectively roll back” sanctions to enable the sale of Venezuelan crude to global markets, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggesting an “oil quarantine” to exert leverage.

Critics and international observers noted that while the war on drugs provided the legal pretext for the “extraction,” the subsequent focus on oil reserves suggested that securing energy assets and regional influence were primary strategic goals.

SOURCE: Sahara Reporters