Family from India who died in freezing cold by US-Canada border identified

OTTAWA, Jan 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canadian authorities believe the deaths of four Indian nationals found steps away from the Canada-US border are connected to a human smuggling scheme. Jagdish Patel, 39, Vaishailben Patel, 37, and their children Vihangi, 11, and Dharkmik, 3, died from exposure due to the frigid cold…

Elephant tramples Saudi tourist to death in Uganda

KAMPALA, Jan 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A tourist from Saudi Arabia was trampled to death by an elephant in a national park in Uganda after he got out of the car he was travelling in, a wildlife official said. The deceased was passing through the Murchison Falls National Park to Arua…

Update Ethiopia-Tigray crisis: Doctors among those begging for food in Tigray

No UN food convoy has reached Tigray since December  MEKELE (Tigray, Ethiopia), Jan 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Some of the nurses and doctors at the biggest hospital in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region are having to beg for food to feed themselves, one of the medics said. They have not been paid for…

DR Congo court set for verdict in murder of UN experts

KANANGA (DR Congo), Jan 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A military court in Democratic Republic of Congo Saturday is set to pronounce a long-awaited verdict in a mass trial over the 2017 murder of two UN experts in a troubled central region.    Dozens of people have been on trial for more…

Thousands of flights canceled as Eastern US braces for winter storm

NEW YORK, Jan 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of flights in the United States were canceled Saturday as parts of the East Coast braced for a shellacking by a powerful winter storm packing heavy snow and high winds.   Places in the North East, including New York and Boston, were expected…

Working with US, Guatemala detains 10 people in raids on migrant smugglers

People attend the funeral of 3 migrants killed in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas while trying to reach the US GUATEMALA CITY, Jan 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guatemalan authorities working with the US Homeland Security agency on Friday arrested 10 people in raids against a migrant smuggling group linked to the massacre of…

US: At collapsed bridge, Pres Biden envisions rebuilding America

PITTSBURGH (Pennsylvania, US), Jan 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A collapsed bridge in Pittsburgh provided a symbolic backdrop for President Joe Biden’s trip to the city to tout his $1 trillion infrastructure plan — and try rebuilding hisown crumbling approval ratings.    Arriving in the gritty city in Pennsylvania — a key…

Security Council renews mandate of UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 29 (NNN-Xinhua) — The UN Security Council renewed the mandate for the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until July 31, 2022, but expressed serious concern about several issues, including the continued violations of the military status quo along the ceasefire lines. Unanimously adopting resolution 2618,…

UN releases 20 mln USD in relief for Yemen victims following recent airstrikes

Yemen has been devasted by five years of conflict UNITED NATIONS, Jan 29 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United Nations on Friday released 20 million US dollars in emergency funds for 270,000 people in Yemen, including those newly displaced by airstrikes, a UN spokesman said. UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths allocated…

Tunisia arrests woman on suspicion of plotting terrorist attack

TUNIS, Jan 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Tunisian Interior Ministry announced that a 22-year-old woman was arrested at Tunis-Carthage International Airport on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack. “On Jan 10, the anti-terrorist unit under the National Guard arrested a 22-year-old woman at Tunis-Carthage Airport who arrived from Turkey,” the ministry…