Russia: Daesh fighters massing in Afghanistan, says Pres Putin

   MOSCOW, Oct 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said hundreds of fighters loyal to the Daesh group were massing in northern Afghanistan, as Moscow prepares to host international talks on the country next week.   The United States, China and Pakistan will join talks on the Taliban takeover…

Lebanon on edge after deadly sectarian flare-up

  BEIRUT, Oct 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Lebanon prepared to bury the victims of its deadliest sectarian unrest in years after gunfire gripped central Beirut for hours and revived the ghosts of the civil war.   Six people were killed and dozens wounded Thursday when violence erupted following a rally by…

Four migrants dead, 21 missing off coast of Spain

 MADRID, Oct 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The bodies of four migrants have been found off southern Spain, the coast guard said, adding that it was looking for 21 others still missing after their boat sank.    One body was recovered from the boat while the other three were found floating nearby,…

Moscow to host US, China, Pakistan for Afghanistan talks next week

   MOSCOW, Oct 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Moscow will host the United States, China and Pakistan next week for talks on Afghanistan, the Kremlin’s envoy to the country told Russian news agencies.    News agencies cited Zamir Kabulov as saying the meeting would take place on Tuesday and that the countries…

UK politics in shock as Conservative MP stabbed to death

 LONDON, Oct 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British lawmaker David Amess was killed on Friday after being stabbed multipletimes, according to police, in the second death of a UK politician while meeting voters since 2016.   The pro-Brexit Conservative MP, 69, a father-of-five first elected to parliament in 1983, was attacked inside…

South Africa: Ministers freed in military vets hostage drama

CAPE TOWN, Oct 15 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Thandi Modise, Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele, and Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Thabang Makwetla were held hostage by disgruntled military veterans who said the South African government failed to address their demands. The ministers were attending…

Cameroon authorities urge calm after police kill girl, 5, in Buea

Hundreds of residents took to the streets of Buea BUEA (Cameroon), Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities in English-speaking western Cameroon have appealed for calm after the killing of a five-year-old girl by a policeman in the troubled region and his subsequent lynching by an angry crowd. The incident took place…

Migrant: Syrian man found dead on Polish-Belarusian border

WARSAW, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Polish police said they have found the body of a Syrian migrant near the border with Belarus, the latest death among people trying to cross the European Union’s eastern border through dense forest and swamps. Bialystok police spokesman Tomasz Krupa said that a police helicopter…

Four inmates found dead in riot-hit Ecuador prison, allegedly committed suicide

Inmates hold signs while standing atop a roof at the Regional 8 prison, next to the penitentiary, in the outskirts of Guayaquil QUITO, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four inmates were found dead Thursday at the same Ecuadorian prison where 119 prisoners were killed in the country’s deadliest inmate riot two…

Covid-19: More than 85% of cases in Africa undetected – WHO

BRAZZAVILLE, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Six out of every seven coronavirus cases are not being detected in Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. It has made the calculation based on a formula that looks at recorded deaths and case fatality rates. So far only eight million Covid cases have…