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Cops help with childbirth

JOHANNESBURG - A newborn baby turning blue when the umbilical cord wound around his neck was helped by two Gqeberha police officers on Sunday. The mother was giving birth under a bridge on a cold and wet winter day when a passerby flagged down police on patrol at 2pm in North End, said Police Spokesperson Col Priscilla Naidu. W/O Werner Maree and a colleague found the woman on the corner of Green and Adcock streets. “She had already given birth but the umbilical cord was attached and wound around the baby’s neck’’.

Hostile witness detained

JOHANNESBURG - A government worker who rudely refused to sign a subpoena to testify as a witness in a fraud trial has been arrested and detained. “The arrest should serve as a reminder to others that witnesses have an obligation to appear before court to testify and not at their discretion. Any witness who undermine the court will become an accused,” said Hawks Mpumalanga Head Maj-Gen Zodwa Mokoena. The 45-year-old potential witness defied the instructions of the court by refusing to receive or sign for the J32 subpoena in a criminal proceeding which summonsed her to attend and give evidence in court on Friday, said Spokesperson Capt Dineo Lucy Sekgotodi.

Floods kill 52 people

SUDAN - Flooding caused by torrential rains in Sudan have killed at least 52 people and damaged or destroyed thousands of homes, state media reported on Saturday. Heavy rains usually fall in Sudan between May and October, and the country faces severe flooding every year, wrecking properties, infrastructure, and crops. SUNA reported, quoting Abdel Jalil Abdelreheem, Spokesperson for Sudan’s National Council for Civil Defence: Abdelreheem said 5 345 houses had been destroyed and 2 862 damaged across Sudan.

KUWAIT - Kuwait has appointed an ambassador to Iran, both countries said on Sunday, more than six years after recalling its top envoy to Tehran in solidarity with Saudi Arabia after it severed ties with the Islamic Republic in 2016.

Ambassador Bader Abdullah Al-Munaikh handed his credentials to Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in Tehran on Saturday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on its website. Kuwait’s foreign ministry confirmed Munaikh was appointed envoy to Iran.

Iran already has an ambassador in Kuwait.

The move comes as Sunni Muslim powerhouse Saudi Arabia works to improve ties with Shi’ite Iran, with which it has been locked in a rivalry that has played out across conflicts in the region.