Nigeria kidnapping: Gunmen attack college, students, teachers missing: police

ABUJA, June 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gunmen attacked a college in northwestern Nigeria on Thursday, and three teachers and an unknown number of students are missing, police said. The attack on the Federal Government College in Kebbi State was the third assault by kidnap gangs on a school or college in…

Donors pledge US$1.5 billion for Venezuelan migrants, humanitarian crisis

OTTAWA, June 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 30 countries and two development banks pledged more than US$1.5 billion in grants and loans to aid Venezuelan migrants fleeing a humanitarian crisis, as well as their host countries and vulnerable people still in the country. The US$954 million in grants announced at a donors’…

Juneteenth: US to add Federal holiday marking end of slavery

WASHINGTON, June 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Congress has overwhelmingly passed a bill to add a federal holiday to the calendar marking Juneteenth – the end of slavery in the nation. The House of Representatives backed the legislation by 415-14, a day after it was unanimously approved by the Senate. It…

Germany: Squatters riot in Berlin leaves 60 police wounded

Protesters set a barricade alight outside 94 Rigaer Straße BERLIN, June 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sixty German police officers have been injured in riots over a building being occupied by squatters in Berlin. A court has granted officials permission to carry out a fire inspection, but when police attempted to secure…

Germany shooting: Hunt for gunman who killed two in Espelkamp

One victim was shot dead outside these homes in Espelkamp  BIELEFELD (Germany), June 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — German police are searching for a gunman who shot and killed a man and a woman in Espelkamp, a small northern town near the city of Bielefeld. Police have not hinted at any motive…

US welcomes ‘clear commitment’ from Turkey to secure Afghanistan’s Kabul airport

WASHINGTON, June 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States hailed Turkey’s promise to secure Kabul’s airport once US forces leave, saying the two nations’ presidents agreed at their summit to work out the logistics. President Joe Biden and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — who met in Brussels on Monday after…

US Pres Biden gifts Russian counterpart Putin pair of iconic American-made aviators

RANDOLPH (US), June 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — For his first meeting with Vladimir Putin in Geneva this week, President Joe Biden gifted his Russian counterpart a pair of American-made sunglasses in the US leader’s signature aviator style. Peter Waszkiewicz, head of Randolph Engineering, said he felt “surprise” at seeing the sunglasses…

Algeria’s Islamist MSP party ‘very satisfied’ with election results

Leader of Algeria’s Islamist party (MSP), Abderrazak Mokri ALGIERS, June 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Leader of Algeria’s Islamist party, known as the Movement of Society for Peace (MSP) has said his party is ‘’very satisfied’’ with results of the elections.Abderrazak Mokri was speaking at a press conference at his party’s headquarters…

African Union launches probe into alleged rights abuses in Tigray

ADDIS ABABA, June 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The African Union (AU) has launched a commission of inquiry into alleged human rights violations in Ethiopia’s northernmost region of Tigray, where a bloody seven-month conflict has led to warnings of famine and allegations of ethnic cleansing.In a statement, the body said the commission,…

Covid-19: Residents in Portuguese capital not allowed to leave region to curb rising cases

 A group of young people chat at a viewpoint overlooking Lisbon’s old centre – a travel ban has been imposed on the region LISBON, June 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Portuguese government announced that the entire Metropolitan Area of Lisbon (AML) will be in isolation on weekends, from 3 p.m. on…