Azerbaijan, Iran agree to mend ties ‘through dialogue’

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister , Jeyhun Bayramov BAKU, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Azerbaijan says it has agreed to resolve a diplomatic crisis with Iran through dialogue, weeks after ties soured over Tehran’s allegations that Israel’s military was active in the country.The breakthrough came during talks between Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and…

Nigerian military kills scores of Boko Haram fighters as many insurgents invade Borno town

The terrorists had attempted to attack a military base in the area MAIDUGURI (Borno, Nigeria), Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two fighter helicopters of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) foiled a Boko Haram terrorists attack on Ngamdu, a border town between Yobe and Borno states.Ngamdu is in the Kaga Local Government…

Covid-19: Eritrea, Burundi, North Korea have yet to start vaccination – WHO chief

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director General GENEVA, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eritrea and Burundi along with North Korea are the only countries that have yet to roll out COVID-19 vaccination campaigns.This was revealed by WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in his Coronavirus briefing.He bemoaned the increasing lack of vaccines which according to him…

Covid-19: US vaccine mandates are working, Pres Biden says, but 66 million still don’t have shot

WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden touted the success of mandates in spurring vaccination against COVID-19 in the United States but said more needed to be done to get the 66 million people who are eligible but still unvaccinated to get the shot. Vaccination rates against COVID-19 in…

Norway: Detention hearing for radicalised bow-and-arrow attacker

Espen Andersen Brathen KONGSBERG (Norway), Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A judge in Norway will rule in a custody hearing on Friday for the man who confessed to a deadly bow-and-arrow attack that police have said was probably an act of terror. Emotions were still running high in Kongsberg, a quiet town in southeastern…

Poland passes legislation allowing migrant pushbacks at border

WARSAW, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Poland’s parliament passed legislation that human rights advocates say aims to legalise pushbacks of migrants across its borders in breach of the country’s commitments under international law. Poland, Lithuania and Latvia have reported sharp increases in migrants from countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq trying to…

Spain’s main parties agree on renewing constitutional court judges

The Spanish Constitutional Court building MADRID, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Spain’s ruling Socialist party has reached a deal with the main opposition People’s Party to renew the line-up of the Constitutional Court, paving the way to ending a years-long stalemate, the prime minister’s office said. The approval of the judges…

Mexico City prosecutor to press homicide, other criminal charges for metro collapse

MEXICO CITY, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico City’s attorney general said she will press charges of homicide, personal injury and property damage against people and companies linked to the collapse of a section of a metro line in the capital that left 26 dead in May. “This attorney general’s office…

Covid-19: US to reopen Mexico, Canada land borders for fully vaccinated travellers

The US has closed its land borders with Canada and Mexico since March 2020  WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US has said it will reopen its land borders with Mexico and Canada to fully vaccinated travellers from November. It means those sealed out of the US because of the…

Huge blackmail and corruption trial opens in Spain; royalty also involves

MADRID, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A notorious ex-police chief at the centre of a web of scandal is on trial in Spain for blackmail and corruption. Jose Manuel Villarejo, 70, is accused of secretly recording conversations with top businesspeople to blackmail them or destroy their reputations for other wealthy clients.…