UK air travel crisis could stretch for days, passengers urged to plan accordingly

LONDON, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Airline passengers have been cautioned about potential extended flight disruptions as a technical breakdown in the UK’s air traffic control system left hundreds of thousands of travellers stranded on Monday. Returning holidaymakers and those intending to depart from UK airports encountered flight cancellations and delays…

El Niño likely to bring heavy rain to Horn of Africa: ICPAC

NAIROBI, Aug 29 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — After enduring years of devastating droughts, East African countries could be drowned from October to December by El Niño-derived biblical downpours, according to the International Center for Prediction and Applications (ICPAC). The forecast includes a greater-than 80 per cent chance of above average rainfall…

Haitian Police condemns murder of dozen civilians in Canaan

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Aug 29 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The Haitian Police on Monday strongly condemned the devastating tragedy occurred in Canaan, where a dozen people in a religious march were killed by gangs. According to a press release, local authorities were aware of the demonstration and took measures to establish security perimeters…

Storm Idalia close to becoming a hurricane near Cuba

HAVANA, Aug 29 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Tropical storm Idalia is about to become a hurricane as it approaches Cape San Antonio, the westernmost tip of Cuba, the Institute of Meteorology (Insmet) reported. According to the most recent report, the satellite and radar images show strong rain activity concentrated around the…

Burnt bodies found in neighboring Brazil homes

  SALVADOR (Bahia, Brazil), Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian police are investigating after nine bodies — most charred and at least three belonging to children, according to local media — were discovered in two rural homes. Five of the bodies were burnt beyond recognition, two partially, and two others not…

Mali junta calls for dialogue over flagging peace deal

 BAMAKO, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mali’s junta on Monday called on armed groups in the north to renew dialogue and an ailing peace deal, amid fears of fresh hostilities after the UN peacekeeping force withdraws. A peace deal signed in 2015 — the so-called Algiers agreement between the government and…

Tripartite talks over Nile dam dispute end with no tangible results: statement

CAIRO, Aug 29 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation on Monday said the latest round of negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) dispute concluded in Cairo with no “tangible results.” Stalled talks between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan resumed on Sunday in the Egyptian capital…

UN seeks to revive Cyprus peace talks: senior UN official

UN Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas Miroslav Jenca arrives to meet with Cyprus’ President Nikos Christodoulides in Nicosia NICOSIA, Aug 29 (NNN-XINHUA) — A high-ranking UN official met here separately on Monday with Cyprus’ President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar in a bid to…

Venezuelan president shuffles cabinet

CARACAS, Aug 29 (NNN-XINHUA) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday unveiled several changes to his cabinet and the leadership at Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA), Venezuela’s state-owned oil company. Lawyer Dheliz Alvarez was named as the new Minister of National Commerce, replacing Colonel Antonio Morales, Communication and Information Minister…

Sudan crisis: UN agencies deliver aid to Sudanese despite military conflict

Grain is provided to people in Port Sudan who have fled conflict in Khartoum UNITED NATIONS, Aug 29 (NNN-XINHUA) — Despite the ongoing military conflict in Sudan, three UN agencies have been providing relief, ranging from cash to health care, in four separate border states, a UN spokesman said. Teams…