US pullout from Afghanistan at least 13% complete: Pentagon
A US airman walks past a row of Chinook helicopters at Kandahar airbase in southern Afghanistan WASHINGTON, May 19 (NNN-AGENCIES)…
US: Three Guantanamo prisoners approved for release
WASHINGTON, May 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three of the 40 prisoners still at the Guantanamo Bay US military prison have been…
Covid-19: Sudan bans travellers from India, imposes virus curbs
KHARTOUM, May 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan banned travellers arriving from India and imposed new coronavirus restrictions including closing schools, as…
US expands citizenship for children of surrogates
WASHINGTON, May 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States made it easier to pass citizenship to children born through surrogates or…
Covid-19: Austria, Italy relaxes restrictions
VIENNA/ROME, May 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Quarantine will no longer be required for many foreign visitors to AUSTRIA starting on Wednesday,…
Multiple emergencies declared as floods strike Brazil’s Amazon region
The country’s geological service has said 30.35 metres is plausible this year BRASILIA, May 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Floodwaters have reached…
Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis ‘horrific’, says World Health Organization chief
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Head of the World Health Organization GENEVA, May 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray…
Covid-19: Tanzania president advised to accept vaccines
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan DA4R ES SALAAM, My 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A special committee formed by Tanzanian President Samia…
Workers strike in Mali paralyses economic activities
oThe strike is being widely observed BAMAKO, May 19 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The National Workers’ Union of Mali (UNTM) has begun…
Covid-19: US winning war on coronavirus as cases, deaths decrease – White House
WASHINGTON, May 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States is seeing signs of victory in the “war” against the novel coronavirus,…