South Africa says it’s ‘not in a position’ to receive Afghan refugees
The country has been asked to temporarily host Afghan refugees in neighboring Pakistan PRETORIA, Sept 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa…
Covid-19: Taiwan receives first batch of politically charged Pfizer vaccines
TAIPEI, Sept 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Taiwan received its first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccines on Thursday, a delivery organised by…
‘Uncoverable stall’ caused Philippine military plane crash: armed forces
MANILA, Sept 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Philippine aircraft carrying soldiers crashed in July after an “unrecoverable stall”, killing more than…
Qatar working with Taliban to reopen Kabul airport ‘as soon as possible’
DOHA, Sept 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Qatar is working with the Taliban to reopen Kabul’s airport as soon as possible, its…
65 dead as fighting for Yemen’s Marib flares anew
ADEN, Sept 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sixty-five combatants have been killed in fighting after Yemen’s Houthi rebels renewed an offensive on…
Bangladesh: Schools, colleges to be reopened soon – PM Hasina
DHAKA, Sept 3 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina told parliament that measures are…
Hurricane Ida: At least 7 dead in New York City after flash floods – police
NEW YORK, Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least seven people have died in New York City, according to police, as…
South Sudan receives additional 59,000 COVID-19 doses from France
Most African countries are receiving AstraZeneca jabs from the COVAX platform JUBA, Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Sudan’s government has…
Ethiopia shuts its embassy in Algeria citing cash crunch
Abiy Ahmed Ali is Ethiopian Prime Minister ADDIS ABABA, Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Ethiopian government announced it had closed…
Covid-19: More vaccine donations are urgently needed in the Americas, says PAHO
According to PAHO, more than a third of countries in the Americas have yet to vaccinate 20 percent of their…