Libya’s flood-hit Derna to host reconstruction conference: authorities

Flash floods in the eastern Libyan city of Derna razed entire neighbourhoods BEMGHAZI (Libya), Sept 23 (NNN0-AGENCIES) — Libya’s eastern-based administration said that it would host an international conference next month in the flood-hit port city of Derna to aid reconstruction efforts. A tsunami-sized flash flood broke through two ageing dams…

Four Argentine soldiers killed in lorry crash into ravine; 18 injured

BUENOS AIRES, Sept 22 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Four Argentine soldiers died Thursday and 18 others were injured when a a military lorry derailed on Provincial Route 62 in the San Martín de los Andes area in the Patagonian province of Neuquén as it was bringing back the soldiers to their barracks…

Burkina Faso parliament votes to send troops to Niger

Burkinabe soldiers OUAGADOUGOU, Sept 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Burkina Faso’s transitional parliament has unanimously voted to send troops to neighbouring Niger, where the military seized power on July 26.State TV quoted Defence Minister Col Maj Kassoum Coulibaly as saying the troops will have a three-month renewable stay in Niger, “fighting terrorism and…

President mourns passing of South African Navy submariners

PRETORIA, Sept 22 (NNN-SANEWS) — As Commander-in-Chief of South Africa’s Armed Forces, President Cyril Ramaphosa is deeply saddened by the loss of three crew members of the South African Navy submarine, SAS Manthatisi, who perished at sea off Kommetjie, near Cape Town, on Wednesday. The SAS Manthatisi was en route to…

Mali: Attack kills at least two in Timbuktu

BAMAKO, Sept 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two people died and five were woundedThursday after shelling fired on the northern Malian city of Timbuktu, thearmy said, a month and a half into a jihadist blockade on the area. “The city of Timbuktu has come under terrorist shellfire this afternoon,” themilitary said in…

Canada: PM Trudeau says he’s not looking to ‘provoke’; urges India to work with Canada to uncover truth

NEW YORK, Sept 22 (NNN-PTI) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada is not looking to “provoke or cause problems” with India amid a raging diplomatic row over the killing of a Khalistani extremist leader as he urged New Delhi to take the matter “extremely seriously” and work with Ottawa…

Fragile ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh after ‘constructive’ peace talks

YEVLAKH (Azerbaijan), Sept 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A fragile ceasefire held on Friday in Nagorno-Karabakh, after Armenian separatists this week capitulated to Azerbaijan’s lightning offensive. Azerbaijan and the separatists from the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh held their first direct peace talks Thursday, after Baku claimed to have regained control over the…

Sudan army chief warns UN that war could spill over in region

 UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan’s army chief warned at the United Nations that months of war could spill over in the region as he urged international pressure on the paramilitary unit he is fighting. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the de facto ruler of Sudan since a 2021 coup,…

9/11 detainee tortured by CIA ruled unfit for trial: report

 WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A judge at the US military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay on Thursday ruled that a Yemeni detainee who was tortured by the CIA is unfit to stand trial in a death-penalty case, US media reported. Ramzi bin al-Shibh, 51, had been scheduled to be one…

US Sec of State Blinken lauds Kenya’s peace, climate change initiatives

NEW YORK, Sept 22 (NNN-KBC) — United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has lauded Kenya’s contribution to peace and stability in the Horn of Africa and across the world. Blinken said Kenya, under President William Ruto, has established itself as a champion of regional peace and security. Blinken commended…