President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says Mexico doesn’t want to be “camp of migrants”

President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador MEXICO CITY, Sept 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador stressed that he does not want Mexico to become a “camp of migrants”.At a press conference at the National Palace, a journalist asked the president about the possibility of the United States…

Several arrests after protests against Duma election result in Russia

MOSCOW, Sept 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Several people have been arrested in Russia after protests against the results of recent parliamentary election.In Yekaterinburg in the Urals, police officers arrested nine activists, the civil rights portal OVD-Info reported. One of them was reportedly beaten during his arrest.On Saturday, people in several Russian…

Mali PM accuses France of ‘abandonment’ over troop drawdown

Mali’s Prime Minister Choguel Maiga addresses the 76th session of the UNGA UNITED NATIONS, Sept 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mali Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga accused France of abandoning the conflict-torn country with its decision to draw down troops this year.Maiga told the UN General Assembly that he regretted the “unilateral…

Ivory Coast: Former first lady Simone Gbabgo launches political movement

ABIDJAN, Sept 27 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The former Ivorian first lady, Simone Gbagbo, attended a launch event of a political movement to support her, a step further towards creating her own political party for the 2025 presidential election.She emphasized her “vision of a strong, sovereign, reconciled, modern and prosperous Côte d’Ivoire”,…

Libyans protest no-confidence vote against the unity government

Libyans gathering to express support to the country’s unity government TRIPOLI, Sept 27 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Thousands of people gathered in Libya’s capital Tripoli to protest a parliamentary no-confidence vote against the unity government earlier this week, three months ahead of planned elections.Protesters gathered in Martyrs’ Square with Libyan flags and…

Romanian PM elected ruling party head

Romania’s Prime Minister and the new chairman of National Liberal Party (PNL) Florin Citu BUCHAREST, Sept 27 (NNN-Xinhua) — Romanian Prime Minister Florin Citu was elected Chairman of the main ruling National Liberal Party (PNL) at the party congress. Citu, 49, won 60.2 percent of the votes in the voting…

SPD leads slightly in German federal election, situation not yet clear

Chancellor candidate of Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) Olaf Scholz BERLIN, Sept 27 (NNN-Xinhua) — Germany’s center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) slightly led in the federal election on Sunday, while its major competitor plunged to a record low after 16 years in office of Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to projections…

Five dead in attack by suspected FARC dissidents in Colombia

  BOGOTA, Sept 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five people were killed in an attack by suspected dissident members of Colombia’s FARC rebels, officials said.    The deadly incident took place at a “public establishment” in a rural area of Tumaco, in the southern department of Narino, the army said.    Colombia…

US: Three dead, at least 50 injured after train derailment in Montana state

Around 141 passengers and 16 crew members were traveling from Chicago towards the Pacific coast on an Amtrak train when eight of the 10 cars came off the tracks WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Amtrak expressed condolences to the families of those killed when a train derailed in northern Montana,…

Car bomb kills 8 near Somalia’s presidential palace: police

Security officers patrol on the site of a car-bomb attack in Mogadishu MOGADISHU, Sept 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A car bomb exploded at a checkpoint near Somalia’s presidential palace Saturday, killing eight people, police said, as the Al-Shabaab jihadist group claimed responsibility for the attack. “We have confirmed that eight people…