Open skies treaty: US tells Russia it will not rejoin key arms control deal

The treaty permits unarmed surveillance flights over more than 30 participating countries  WASHINGTON, May 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US has told Russia it will not rejoin an arms control deal that permits unarmed aerial flights over dozens of participating countries. The state department said the Open Skies Treaty “has been…

Spain: Three sentenced over Barcelona and Cambrils jihadist attacks

Driss Oukabir (left) and Mohamed Houli Chemlal (right), pictured after their arrest in 2017  BARCELONA (Spain), May 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three men who assisted the perpetrators of terrorist attacks in and around Barcelona that killed 16 people in 2017 have been jailed in Spain. Two of the group were handed sentences of…

UN aviation body to launch investigation into Belarus plane diversion

MONTREAL, May 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN civil aviation agency will launch an investigation into the May 23 diversion by Belarus of a European flight and arrest of a dissident on board, it announced on Thursday. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council “decided to undertake a fact-finding investigation of…

Canada: PM Trudeau apologizes to Italian-Canadians for WWII treatment

OTTAWA, May 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada on Thursday formally apologized for interning more than 600 Italian-Canadians during World War II. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, addressing the House of Commons, also apologized for harm suffered by members of the community, with about 31,000 declared “enemy aliens.” “To the tens of thousands…

Covid-19: Cases continue to rise in UK amid India-related variant concerns

LONDON, May 28 (NNN-XINHUA) — Another 3,542 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19 as the daily number of coronavirus cases continued to rise in Britain amid India-related variant concerns, according to official figures. The latest Thursday number is up from 3,180 cases recorded Wednesday, which was the highest…

Covid-19: US urges WHO to conduct phase 2 study of coronavirus

GENEVA, May 28 (NNN-TASS) – The United States views the previous stage of the research into origins of the coronavirus initiated by the World Health Organization (WHO) as “inconclusive” and calls to move to phase 2 with the study again carried out in China, the US Mission to the UN…

UN orders probe of ‘systematic’ abuses in Israel, Palestinian areas

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet is seen on a screen delivering her speech remotely at the opening of a UN Human Rights Council emergency meeting on occupied Palestinian territory including East Jerusalem in Geneva on May 27 GENEVA, May 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN Human Rights…

US: For the first time, a Black woman will serve as a judge on Missouri’s Supreme Court

Judge Robin Ransom JEFFERSON CITY (Missouri, US), May 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — After nearly two centuries, a Black woman has been appointed to serve as a Missouri Supreme Court judge. Judge Robin Ransom was appointed earlier this week by Gov Mike Parson, which makes her the first Black woman to be…

Germany recognizes colonial-era massacres in Namibia as genocide

Ceremony in Berlin to hand remains back to Namibia following the 1904-1908 genocide BERLIN, May 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Germany has recognized for the first time that it committed genocide in Namibia during its colonial rule more than a century ago and promised financial support worth more than one billion euros…

Tanzania will not send troops to Mozambique to battle insurgencies

DAR ES SALAAM, May 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tanzania will not send troops to Mozambique to counter insurgents in gas rich Carbo Del Gado Province which is close to the border between the two countries.The Tanzania government has, instead, emphasized on the need for talks as a means of promoting peace…