The African National Congress appeared on course to lose the parliamentary majority it has held for 30 years, partial results from South Africa's national election showed, in what would be the most dramatic political shift since the end of apartheid....
The BBC's Quentin Sommerville spent a month with revolutionary forces at jungle bases and on front lines in Myanmar....Two loudspeakers, as big as the men carrying them, are brought to the rocky hilltop. Some 800m below, in the town of Hpasang, lies a sprawling Myanmar army base....
An Israeli airstrike killed at least 35 people on Sunday and hit tents for displaced people in the southern city of Rafah, Palestinian health workers say. The report came hours after Hamas fired a barrage of rockets that set off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv. AP reports: https://flip.it/fTMULA #News#WorldNews#Israel#Gaza
South Africa election: ANC seen losing majority, DA and Zuma's party performing well (www.reuters.com)
The African National Congress appeared on course to lose the parliamentary majority it has held for 30 years, partial results from South Africa's national election showed, in what would be the most dramatic political shift since the end of apartheid....
Feature: Myanmar: Young insurgents changing the course of a forgotten war (www.bbc.com)
The BBC's Quentin Sommerville spent a month with revolutionary forces at jungle bases and on front lines in Myanmar....Two loudspeakers, as big as the men carrying them, are brought to the rocky hilltop. Some 800m below, in the town of Hpasang, lies a sprawling Myanmar army base....