Russia-Ukraine conflict: Suggestion Americans captured in Ukraine should face death penalty is ‘appalling’, says White House

Americans Andy Huynh (left) and Alexander Drueke were captured earlier this month while fighting with the Ukrainian military WASHINGTON, June 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A White House official said that it is “appalling” that a public official in Russia would suggest the death penalty for Americans captured in Ukraine. The Kremlin…

Oil prices slide as Pres Biden pushes for US fuel cost cuts

WASHINGTON, June 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Oil prices skidded in early trade on Wednesday amid a push by US President Joe Biden to bring down soaring fuel costs, including pressure on major US firms to help ease the pain for drivers during the country’s peak summer demand. US West Texas Intermediate…

Ethiopia ethnic violence: Oromia villages full of dead bodies – witnesses

Ethiopia has seen a rise of ethnic violence in the past three years  ADDIS ABABA, June 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eyewitnesses to an outbreak of ethnic violence in western Ethiopia said that they were left helpless during attacks, which resulted in the deaths of more than 250 people. One man said…

Russia sentences US teacher to 14 years for cannabis smuggling

The drugs were found during a search at Moscow’s airport in 2021 MOSCOW, June 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Russian court has sentenced a former US diplomat to 14 years in prison for “large-scale” cannabis smuggling. Marc Fogel had previously worked at the US embassy in Moscow, but was employed as an…

France elections: Pres Macron to meet rival parties after losing majority

 PARIS, June 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French President Emmanuel Macron will meet political opponents on Tuesday after he and his allies lost its majority in the National Assembly. Macron is now under pressure to secure support from rivals to fulfil his government’s reform agenda. But neither Marine Le Pen’s far-right nor…

Belgium hands over tooth to family of Congo independence hero Patrice Lumumba

Francois, Roland and Juliana Lumumba arrive for a ceremony during which the remains of their late father, Democratic Republic of the Congo’s first Prime Minister Patrice Emery Lumumba, are symbolically handed over to the murdered leader’s children and to an official delegation, at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, Belgium BRUSSELS,…

Mali: Latest attack against UN peacekeepers leaves Guinean ‘Blue Helmet’ dead

MINUSMA peacekeepers held a memorial ceremony in honour of two fallen “blue helmets”, killed during an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion UNITED NATIONS, June 20 (NNN-UNNS) — The United Nations Secretary-General Antonia Guterres strongly condemned an attack in Kidal, a city in northern Mali, against a convoy of UN peacekeepers…

CHOGM gets underway in Rwanda

KIGALI, June 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) kicked off in Kigali Sunday, with the youth at the centre of deliberations on Day I. The Meeting, which was initially due to take place in 2020 before it was postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic,…

Killers of Paraguayan prosecutor convicted in Colombia

BOGOTA, June 20 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The killers of Paraguayan Organized Crime Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci have been sentenced to 23 years and a half in jail after a plea bargain with Colombian state attorneys, it was announced. Four out of five people under arrest have confessed to their crimes and apologized…

Britain set for biggest rail strike in decades

A passenger walks past a closed entrance to a platform at Clapham Junction station in London during a Southern Rail drivers strike LONDON, June 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain’s railway network this week faces its biggest strike action in more than three decades in a row over pay as soaring inflation…