US aircrew cleared in review of deadly incident during evacuation flight from Kabul

Hundreds of Afghans ran alongside the US Air Force C-17 plane as it moved down the runway at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul WASHINGTON, June 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Air Force crew that took off from an Afghan airport last year while civilians swarmed their plane “acted appropriately”, an…

Update: Rwanda says ‘not deterred’ after UK asylum seeker flight cancelled

KIGALI, June 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Rwandan government said on Wednesday it was still committed to taking in asylum seekers sent by the UK under a controversial deal after a first flight was cancelled following a European court ruling. “We are not deterred by these developments. Rwanda remains fully committed…

Growing numbers globally avoiding news as ‘too depressing’, trust in the media fell by half: research group

PARIS, June 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The depressing state of the world is leading people to switch off from the news, the Reuters Institute reported on Wednesday. The combined impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Russia-Ukraine war and cost-of-living crisis have led to declining interest in the news, a survey by the…

Tunisia arrests 72 Italy-bound illegal immigrants off coast

TUNIS, June 15 (NNN-Xinhua) — Tunisia arrested 72 migrants who attempted to cross the Mediterranean to enter Italy illegally, the Tunisian Ministry of Defense said. They were arrested in two operations and are of various African nationalities, the ministry said in a statement, adding 42 of them were rescued by…

With 5 total monkeypox cases, Mexico rules out pandemic

MEXICO CITY, June 15 (NNN-Xinhua) — Mexico has recorded a total of five monkeypox cases so far, and there is no evidence that it could develop into pandemic levels, Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion Hugo Lopez-Gatell said. During a press conference, the official detailed that four cases were reported…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: UN warns against adoption of Ukrainian children in Russia

UNITED NATIONS, June 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ukrainian children should not be adopted in Russia, where several thousand young people are believed to have been moved since Moscow’s February invasion, a UN official said. “We’re reiterating, including to the Russian Federation, that adoption should never occur during or immediately after emergencies,”…

Eight gendarmes killed in Niger attack; 50 terrorists dead

NIAMEY, June 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Armed fighters killed eight gendarmes and injured 33 in a “terrorist” attack near Niger’s border with Burkina Faso, the Nigerien government said. A defence ministry statement said “armed terrorists” riding motorcycles and other vehicles attacked the gendarmes in Waraou in southwestern Niger at around 05:30…

Floods, fires, heat waves: US struggles with climate catastrophes

WASHINGTON, June 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Raging floods, devastating fires, powerful thunderstorms and a dangerous heat wave affecting a third of the population: the United States was being walloped by climate-related catastrophes. A series of slow motion disasters is gripping the country as it enters summer, with warnings of misery for…

Dying children reflect brutal toll of Somalia drought

MOGADISHU, June 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Arbay Mahad Qasim has already lost two children to a vicious drought, and now the Somali villager fears she could lose a third as her malnourished toddler Ifrah awaits treatment in a Mogadishu hospital. Barely out of her teens, Qasim is among dozens of weary…

US shooting violence: Maryland mourns sheriff’s deputy shot and killed while chasing a fugitive

Deputy First Class Glenn Hilliard PITTSVILLE (Maryland, US), June 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Maryland sheriff’s deputy was fatally shot while chasing a fugitive, according to authorities. Deputy First Class Glenn Hilliard was killed outside an apartment complex in Pittsville around 8:25 p.m Sunday while trying to apprehend a suspect who…