International tourist arrivals rise 4 pct in 2025: UN Tourism

MADRID, Jan 21 (NNN-XINHUA) — International tourist arrivals grew by 4 percent in 2025, with an estimated 1.52 billion people making global trips in 2025 — about 60 million more than in 2024, the Madrid-based UN Tourism reported. Europe, the world’s largest destination region, welcomed 793 million international tourists in…

Ghana-China trade hits record US$15 billion

Tong Defa and Prof Jane Naana Opku-Agyemang ACCRA, Jan 21 (NNN-GNA) — The outgoing Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Tong Defa has disclosed that bilateral trade between Ghana and China has reached an unprecedented US$15 billion, underscoring the strength of economic ties between the two countries.Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang shared the…

Driver killed in second Spain train crash days after high-speed collision

Fire crews inspect the wreckage of the train in Catalonia BARCELONA (Spain), Jan 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A train driver has been killed and at least 37 people injured, five seriously, after a commuter train derailed and crashed near Barcelona just days on from a deadly two-train collision in southern Spain…

Royals visit deadly train crash site as Spain mourns

Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia visit the site of the deadly derailment of two high-speed trains near Adamuz, in Cordoba CORDOBA (Spain), Jan 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Spain’s king and queen visited Tuesday the site of the collision of two high-speed trains that killed at least 42 people, as the country began…

Mexico hands over dozens more suspected cartel members to US

Mexico’s federal forces escort a prisoner wanted in the US for ties to drug-trafficking groups at the Altiplano high-security prison in Almoloya de Juarez, Mexico MEXICO CITY, Jan 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico said it has handed 37 suspected members of organised crime gangs over to the United States, whose President Donald…

Niger: Suspected jihadist attack kills 31 civilians in Tillaberi region

NIAMEY, Jan 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An armed attack has killed at least 31 civilians in western Niger near the borders with Burkina Faso and Mali in a region rife with jihadist groups, local sources said. The assailants struck on Sunday in a village lying in the Tillaberi region, located in…

Spain to hold three days of mourning for victims of high-speed train crash

Rescuers are still searching the wreckage at the crash site MADRID, Jn 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has announced three days of national mourning for victims of a high-speed train crash that killed at least 40 people.Sanchez also promised to get to the bottom of why the…

Update Nigeria kidnappings: Kaduna, police dismiss church attack, 100 worshippers’ kidnap

The Kaduna State Police Command have dismissed reports of abduction KADUNA (Nigeria), Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Kaduna State Government and the Kaduna State Police Command have dismissed reports that over 100 worshippers were abducted during attacks on two churches in Kajuru Local Government Area of the state, describing the…

Guatemalans call for iron fist over surge in gang violence

GUATEMALA CITY, Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guatemalans on Monday called for an iron fist to stamp out gang violence after the murder of nine police officers and riots in several prisons, which led to the declaration of a state of emergency. On Sunday, suspected members of the notorious Barrio 18…

French navy seizes almost 5 tonnes of cocaine from ship in Pacific

PAPEETE (French Polynesia), Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — France’s navy has seized 4.87 tonnes of cocaine, believed to be bound for Australia, from a fishing vessel in the South Pacific, French officials said. The vessel, coming from Central America, was intercepted on Jan 16, France’s High Commission in French Polynesia said…