Update: Italy firefighters battle 500 blazes after record heat
Italian firefighters battled hundreds of fires throughout the country’s south that have killed four people ROME, Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Italian…
Update: Algeria leader calls wildfires ‘disaster’, says 22 arsonists arrested
Men attempt to put out a fire in Iboudraren village, in the mountainous Kabylie region of Tizi Ouzou, east of…
Significant progress has been made in Somalia’s political situation: UN envoy
Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia James Swan UNITED NATIONS, Aug 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — The top UN envoy…
Covid: Germany fears thousands got saline, not vaccine from nurse
Many of those given the harmless salt solution were in their 70s BERLIN, Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities in north…
Covid-19: US authorizes boosters for those with weakened immune systems
WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States authorized an extra dose of Covid vaccine for people with weakened…
US, UK to launch evacuation flights as Taliban advance across Afghanistan
WASHINGTON/LONDON/KABUL, Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and Britain ordered Friday the deployment of thousands of troops to…
UK shooting: Six dead including suspected gunman
LONDON, Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Six people, including the suspected gunman, died following a “serious firearms incident” in the…
Covid-19: French Pres Macron urges better protection for vaccination centres after vandalism
A man holds a sign saying “our liberties pass away” during a protest against vaccines and health passes in Paris…
Firefighters, volunteers and residents fight wall of flames in Greece
The wildfires have been blazing for eight consecutive nights ATHENS, Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Firefighters, volunteers, and residents on the…
Russia imposes sanctions on British citizens in a tit-for-tat response
Russia’s Foreign Ministry MOSCOW, Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia announced entry bans on several British citizens, in response to sanctions…