Russia-Ukraine conflict: UK’s PM Johnson arrives in India for hard sell on anti-Russia action

AHMEDABAD (India), April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrived in India on Thursday touting job-creating investment but facing long odds to get his reluctant counterpart Narendra Modi to back Western action against Russia. Johnson arrived in western Gujarat – Modi’s home state – where he is scheduled…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Wimbledon bans Russian and Belarusian players, but ATP, WTA slam ‘unfair’ move

LONDON, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Wimbledon has banned Russian and Belarusian players from the 2022 tournament in response to the invasion of Ukraine, but ATP and WTA organisers branded the move “unfair” and “verydisappointing” on Wednesday. The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC), which runs Wimbledon, said it was acting…

Plane carrying Army parachute team causes evacuation scare at US Capitol

The US Army parachute team the Golden Knights jump out of their aircraft before a baseball game at Nationals Park in Washington WASHINGTON, April 21 (NNN-Xinhua) — The US Capitol and surrounding buildings here were briefly evacuated on Wednesday evening due to “a probable threat” from an aircraft. The Capitol…

Pilot killed after small plane crashes near freeway in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One person was killed after a small plane crashed near a major freeway in Los Angeles in the western US state of California, authorities said. The fixed wing red Cessna aircraft went down around 12:30 p.m. local time on the 210 freeway embankment in…

UN investigators question 3-week-old Mali military operation that claimed 200-plus lives

UN peacekeepers in Mali UNITED NATIONS, April 21 (NNN-Xinhua) — Mali officials block human rights representatives from investigating a three-week-old military operation that claimed 200-plus lives amid reports most victims were civilians, a UN spokesman said. “Our human rights colleagues are telling us that they are extremely concerned that the…

Slovenia braces for tight parliamentary election on Sunday

People line up to vote during the early voting for 2022 Slovenian parliamentary election in Ljubljana, Slovenia LJUBLJANA, April 21 (NNN-Xinhua) — About 1.7 million eligible voters in Slovenia will cast their ballots on April 24 to elect the country’s new Parliament. Most polls predicted a close race between Prime…

6 soldiers killed in bomb blast in NW Colombia; 5 injured, 1 missing

BOGOTA, April 21 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least six soldiers were killed, five others were injured and one was missing after they were ambushed with explosives in the predawn hours of Wednesday in the northwest Colombian department of Antioquia, Colombia’s National Army said. Colombian President Ivan Duque has condemned the attack…

UN Security Council condemns terrorist attack against school, education center in Afghanistan

UNITED NATIONS, April 21 (NNN-Xinhua) — The UN Security Council strongly condemned Tuesday’s terrorist attack against a school and an education center in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. According to the statement issued by council president for the month of April, Barbara Woodward, the council members condemned “in the strongest…

US: Alleged intruder at Peruvian embassy in Washington shot dead by Secret Service

WASHINGTON, April 21 (NNN-Xinhua) — An alleged intruder at the Peruvian Embassy in Washington, D.C., was shot and killed by Secret Service on Wednesday morning, according to the police. The suspect was found smashing windows of the Peruvian ambassador’s residence in the Forest Hills neighborhood of northwest D.C., Metropolitan Police…

UN top court to rule in Nicaragua, Colombia sea row

THE HAGUE, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Judges at the UN’s top court will hand down a ruling Thursday in a bitter decades-long battle between Nicaragua and Colombia over maritime borders. The hearing before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is likely to be the final ruling in the legal wrangle…