Update: Lebanon president says Beirut fire could be sabotage or accident
BEIRUT, Sept 11, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Lebanon’s president said Thursday a huge fire at the Beirut port could have been…
Saudi intercepts Yemeni rebel missiles, drones: coalition
RIYADH, Sept 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Saudi-led coalition Thursday intercepted multiple ballistic missiles and drones launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels…
New York to mark 9/11 anniversary amid virus gloom
NEW YORK, Sept 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — With crime on the rise, shops and apartments increasingly vacant and homeless people on…
US Pres Trump boasted of saving Saudi prince over journalist killing: report
WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump boasted that he saved Saudi Arabia’s crown prince from greater scrutiny…
UN Security Council calls for better protection of schools as 11,000 attacked since 2015
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN Security Council called on all member states to do more to protect…
Death toll rises to 10 in Colombia rioting over police killing
BOGOTA, Sept 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 10 people were killed andhundreds wounded after rioting broke out in the Colombian…
Covid-19: UN seeks ‘quantum leap’ in funding for virus fight
GENEVA, Sept 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN called for animmediate “quantum leap” in funding to fight the new coronavirus as…
UK rejects EU call to back down over Brexit bill
LONDON, Sept 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) –– Britain’s government defied threats from the European Union of legal action over contentious Brexit legislation,…
US unrest: Mayor of Portland bans the use of tear gas by police
PORTLAND (Oregon, US), Sept 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The mayor of the protest-hit US city of Portland, Oregon ordered city police…
DRCongo: 58 killed in attacks in eastern Ituri province
BUNIA (DR Congo), Sept 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fifty-eight people have been killed in the eastern DR Congo province of Ituri,…