Sixteen killed in Russian parachutists’ plane crash

A wreckage at a site of the L-410 plane crash near the town of Menzelinsk in the Republic of Tatarstan MOSCOW, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sixteen people were killed when a plane carrying parachutists crashed in central Russia on Sunday, the emergencies ministry said. The L-410 plane carrying 22 people…

Kenya: Three fishermen killed after boat capsizes in Lake Victoria, 2 rescued

NAIROBI, Oct 11 (NNN-KBC) — Three Kenyan fishermen have died while two others have been rescued after their boat capsized at Nyagina beach near Mbita causeway in Suba North constituency, Homa Bay County. The men were on their routine fishing expedition when the accident occurred. Confirming the incident, Mbita Sub…

US couple arrested for selling nuclear warship data

  WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A US couple has been arrested in the state of West Virginia for allegedly selling information on nuclear warships to what they believed was a foreign state, the Justice Department said.   Jonathan Toebbe, 42, who worked as a nuclear engineer for the US…

More than 1,000 migrants cross English Channel to UK in two days

  LONDON, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain has rescued or intercepted a total of 1,115 migrants attempting to cross the English Channel over just two days, the country’s interior ministry said.   Rising numbers of Channel crossings by migrants in small boats have contributed to growing tensions between the UK…

1 dead, 17 hurt in Chile as police clash with indigenous protesters

  SANTIAGO, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One person died and 17 others were injured as riot police clashed with protesters in the Chilean capital during a rally by the indigenous Mapuche community.   About a thousand activists, many wearing ponchos and traditional head ornaments, marched Sunday in the center of…

Covid-19: UK records another 34,574 coronavirus cases

LONDON, Oct 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — Another 34,574 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 8,154,306, according to official figures released Sunday. The country also recorded another 38 coronavirus-related deaths. The total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Britain now…

Western embassies in Libya welcome Action Plan to withdraw foreign forces from Libya

TRIPOLI, Oct 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — Western embassies in Libya welcomed the comprehensive Action Plan signed two days ago by the Libyan 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) to withdraw foreign forces from Libya. “The Embassies of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States in Libya join Special Envoy…

Covid-19: Venezuela receives over 2 mln doses of vaccines through COVAX

Workers offload the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines under the COVAX scheme CARACAS, Oct 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — Venezuela received more than 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX program in another step towards the goal of vaccinating 70 percent of its population. Venezuelan Health Minister Carlos Alvarado welcomed the shipment of…

US shooting: Three men arrested in connection with mass shooting in Minnesota; 1 dead, 14 injured

WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three men have been arrested in connection with an early Sunday morning shootout at a bar in St. Paul, Minnesota, that left one woman dead and 14 people injured. “Three men have been arrested in connection to this morning’s shootings and the tragic death of…

Algerian president demands ‘total respect’ from France

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune ALGIERS, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune demanded France’s “total respect”, following a row over visas and critical comments from Paris about the North African country. Last weekend Algeria recalled its ambassador from Paris and banned French military planes from its airspace, which France regularly…