Sixteen soldiers killed in central Mali attack

   BAMAKO, Oct 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sixteen soldiers were killed and 10 wounded in an attack in central Mali on Wednesday, security and health officials in the war-torn Sahel state said.    In a statement, Mali’s army said the troops had been the target of a “complex IED attack” —…

Germany puts 100-year-old on trial for Nazi crimes

  BERLIN, Oct 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A 100-year-old former concentration camp guard will on Thursday become the oldest person yet to be tried for Nazi-era crimes in Germany when he goes before court charged with complicity in mass murder.   The suspect, identified only as Josef S., stands accused of…

French ambassador to return to Australia after subs row

 PARIS, Oct 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — France announced it will return its ambassador to Australia, ending a weeks-long diplomatic protest over Canberra’s decision to scrap a submarine contract.   Paris recalled its envoy on Sept 17, enraged at Australia’s decision to tear up a landmark defence contract worth about US$65 billion…

More than 50 migrants died in 2021 while crossing Panama jungle

  PANAMA CITY, Oct 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 50 migrants have died since the start of the year while trying to cross the Panama jungle in an effort to reach the United States, the Panamanian prosecutor’s office said.   “The Institute of Forensic Medicine and Forensic Sciences of Panama…

Update: Peru president names woman environmentalist as new PM

Mirtha Vasque was sworn in as the new prime minister replacing Guido Bellido LIMA, Oct 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peruvian President Pedro Castillo accepted the resignation of his prime minister Wednesday and replaced him with a female environmental activist.   Under Peruvian law, the prime minister’s resignation automatically triggered that of…

UN chief says Ethiopia has no right to expel UN staff

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres UNITED NATIONS, Oct 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that Ethiopia has no right to expel UN staff and it is violating the international law in doing this. In his right of reply at the Security Council meeting on Ethiopia, the top…

Cameroonian PM urges citizens to embrace peace in restive Anglophone region

Source: Xinhua| 2021-10-07 03:05:45|Editor: huaxia Y Reuters 2 minute read AOUNDE, Oct 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — Cameroonian Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute urged citizens in the country’s restive Anglophone region of Northwest to embrace peace, saying that it’s the foremost prerequisite for the development of the region. “I bring to you a…

Peru’s president announces resignation of PM

Peru’s Prime Minister Guido Bellido (C)  LIMA, Oct 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — Peru’s President Pedro Castillo announced the resignation of Prime Minister Guido Bellido to preserve the “governability of the country” mired in political tension since Bellido took office on July 29. “Today I have accepted the resignation of the president…

Mexico: Fiery road crash kills 3 migrants in Gulf Coast, 20 injured

MEXICO CITY, Oct 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least three migrants were burned to death and about 20 others were injured in a fiery road crash early Wednesday in Mexico’s Gulf Coast state of Veracruz, the National Immigration Institute (INM) said. Among the victims were Honduran, Haitian and Guatemalan migrants, the…

Post-Brexit crisis: EU vows to fix UK-France fishing row

French fishermen threaten to blockade Brexit Britain BRUSSELS, Oct 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — The European Commission aims to make sure that French fishermen will be issued licenses needed for them to continue to operate in the territorial waters of the United Kingdom (UK) and Jersey, a Commission spokesperson said as tensions…