Nigeria’s Abuja to Kaduna train attack: Gunmen free 11 hostages

 ABUJA, June 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kidnappers who had detained some victims of the March attack on the Abuja to Kaduna train in northern Nigeria have released 11 hostages. The spokesman to the cleric acting as go-between for the government and the attackers, Tukur Mamu, said that 51 people were still…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Erdogan to discuss ‘grain corridor’ from Ukraine with Putin, Zelensky

ANKARA, June 14 (NNN-TASS) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he planned to hold talks next week with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky to discuss safe grain exports from Ukraine, according to a video of his meeting with Turkish youth that was released by the…

World headed for new era of nuclear rearmament: SIPRI

STOCKHOLM, June 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of nuclear weapons in the world is set to rise in the coming decade after 35 years of decline as global tensions flare amid Russia’s war in Ukraine, researchers said. The nine nuclear powers — Britain, China, France, India, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan,…

Covid-19: US FDA says Pfizer vaccine effective in kids under five

WASHINGTON, June 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said the Pfizer Covid vaccine is safe and effective in children under five, ahead of a meeting to weigh its authorization later this week. Children under five are the only age group not yet eligible for vaccination…

Mexico reports 37 US-bound migrants have died this year

MEXICO CITY, June 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 37 undocumented migrants traveling through Mexico have died so far this year, most of whom drowned attempting to cross the Rio Grande into the United States, Mexico’s government reported. In addition to four migrants who died due to various causes in the…

At least six killed in latest Burkina suspected jihadist attacks

OUAGADOUGOU, June 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least six people were killed in northern Burkina Faso in several attacks attributed to jihadists, local and military sources said. Several hundred people took to the streets of Burkina over the weekend to protest the wave of jihadist attacks engulfing the poor West African…

Human remains found in search for Amazon missing: Bolsonaro

BRASILIA, June 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Human remains have been found in the search for British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, who disappeared in the Amazon after receiving threats, Brazil’s president said, as relatives said two bodies had been found. “The evidence leads us to believe something…

Macron’s majority in doubt after first-round of French parliament vote

French President Emmanuel Macron casts his vote in the first round of parliamentary elections, at a polling station in Le Touquet PARIS, June 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French President Emmanuel Macron was in danger of falling short of a parliamentary majority after a first round of voting on Sunday, with some…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Ukraine forces pushed back from Severodonetsk centre, fighting for ‘every metre’

KRAMATORSK (Ukraine), June 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Ukraine said that its forces had been pushed back from the centre of key industrial city Severodonetsk, where President Volodymyr Zelensky described a fight for “literally every metre”. The cities of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk, which are separated by a river, have been targeted for…

French go to polls to give Macron working majority or not

A woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Marseille PARIS, June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French voters go to the polls on Sunday in the first of two rounds that will decide whether President Emmanuel Macron gets a working majority in parliament or ends up without the support needed…