Reuters, Pretoria
South Africa’s scandal-plagued President Jacob Zuma faces a no confidence vote on Monday by the ANC’s National Executive Committee (NEC), with at least three of his cabinet ministers turning against him, local media reported.
The NEC, which can remove Zuma from office, extended a scheduled weekend meeting into a third day on Monday after Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom proposed the no-confidence motion on Saturday, the Afrikaans-language daily Beeld said.
Turkey detains BBC, VoA reporters
AFP, Istanbul
Turkish authorities have detained two reporters working for foreign news organizations in southeast Turkey, the latest journalists taken into custody in the government’s sweeping crackdown following July’s failed coup. BBC Turkish reports that correspondent Hatice Kamer was detained Saturday in the town of Sirvan to cover a recent mine collapse on November 17 where 11 bodies have been recovered so far.
Bomb defused near US embassy in Philippines
AFP, Manila
Philippine police defused a bomb found in a rubbish bin near the US embassy in Manila Monday, authorities said, with officials blaming Islamic terrorists for what they called an attempted terrorist act. An improvised explosive device composed of a cellphone, blasting cap, nine-volt battery and 81-millimetre mortar bomb was found by a street sweeper about 200 meters from the embassy, according to Manila police.
