US shooting violence: One dead, two injured in Alabama church shooting

MONTGOMERY (Alabama, US), June 17 (NNN-Xinhua) — One person died and two others were injured after a shooting at a church in Vestavia Hills in the U.S. state of Alabama on Thursday evening. Vestavia Hills police said they received a call of an active shooter at Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church…

Violence displaces over 17,000 in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado: UN

UNITED NATIONS, June 17 (NNN-Xinhua) — The UN Humanitarian Air Service is flying in aid supplies for some of the 17,000 people fleeing attacks in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado in the past week, a UN spokesman said. “Our partners are also prepositioning food, education and hygiene kits,” said Stephane Dujarric, chief…

Kenya calls for immediate deployment of EAC regional force to DR Congo

Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta NAIROBI, June 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta called for urgent activation of an East African standby force to help quell the violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.A statement issued by the State House in Nairobi said President Kenyatta was concerned with renewed…

M23 clash: DRC suspends bilateral trade agreements with Rwanda

Félix Tshisekedi, DR Congo President KINSHASA, June 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Democratic Republic of Congo is suspending all agreements with Rwanda, which it accuses of supporting the M23 rebels, even though Kigali denies the charge.After a meeting which ended late in the night on Wednesday, June 15, Patrick Muyaya, the…

Somali terror couple jailed for 15 years

Dayib Moalim Hassan and Halima Abdi Mursal MOGADISHU, June 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A military court has convicted a Somali couple in the capital Mogadishu for terrorism activities under Somalia’s Islamic State (IS) branch.Dayib Moalim Hassan and his wife Halima Abdi Mursal were on Thursday identified as having worked for the…

US, Canada, Mexico named World Cup 2026 host countries

NEW YORK, June 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — FIFA president Gianni Infantino says he expects soccer to be the biggest sport in North America in time for the 2026 World Cup as the host cities for the tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico were announced on Thursday. World soccer governing…

Brazil: Pres Bolsonaro blamed as evidence mounts of Amazon murders

BRASILIA, June 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nature defenders, colleagues and family of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira expressed anger as evidence mounted they were murdered in the Amazon, laying the blame at the door of Brazil’s government. Guardian contributor Phillips, 57, and Pereira, 41, went missing on…

Scandal-hit UK PM loses second ethics chief

LONDON, June 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s top ethics adviser said he had quit after the government forced him into an “impossible and odious” position, according to a letter released on Thursday. Christopher Geidt is the second official to quit the role in two years in protest…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: US urges Russia to open Ukrainian ports for grain exports

UNITED NATIONS, June 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack called on Russia to rapidly open Ukraine’s ports to permit the export of millions of tonnes of stockpiled grain. “They should be acting immediately to open up those ports and they should end this war,” Vilsack told reporters at…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: US urges Russia ‘humane treatment’ of Americans captured in Ukraine

WASHINGTON, June 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States urged Russia to treat any American volunteers captured while fighting alongside Ukrainian troops as prisoners of war guaranteed humane treatment. The State Department also said that a third American was believed to be missing in Ukraine in addition to two military veterans…