Azerbaijani forces raise flag in last district handed back by Armenia

An Azerbaijani soldier fixes a national flag on a lamp post in the town of Lachin LACHIN (Azerbaijan), Dec 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Azerbaijani soldiers hoisted their country’s flag in the final district given up by Armenia under a peace deal that ended weeks of fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. A…

Ethiopia unrest: UN pleads with Ethiopia for Eritrean refugee access as food runs out

GENEVA/ADDIS ABABA, Dec 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations pleaded with Ethiopia to allow aid for long-standing refugee camps in the northern Tigray region, where nearly 100,000 people from neighbouring Eritrea are thought to have run out of food. The appeal came as Tigray’s dissident leaders claimed fresh fighting was…

Venezuela: Leading poll boycott, opposition leader Guaido seeks more sanctions on Pres Maduro

CARACAS, Dec 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Opposition leader Juan Guaido is leading a boycott of Venezuela’s legislative elections on Sunday and, despite losing political momentum, said he is still the person the international community needs to oust Pres Nicolas Maduro. To make that happen, he needs the continued support of the…

Baby among five killed as car runs down shoppers in Germany; no political motive

Police said they had “no indications of a political motive” TRIER (Germany), Dec 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A baby was among five people killed when a car tore through a pedestrian shopping street in the southwestern German city of Trier on Tuesday (Dec 1), police said. In a press conference, Prosecutor…

US election: Attorney General says no evidence of decisive election fraud; will not reverse Biden’s victory

US Attorney General William Barr WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Attorney General Bill Barr said that the Justice Department has found no evidence of voter fraud significant enough to reverse Democrat Joe Biden’s defeat of President Donald Trump in the Nov 3 election. “To date, we have not seen fraud on a…

Covid-19: More than 2,500 US deaths in 24 hours – Johns Hopkins

WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States, the country hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic and in the throes of a surge in cases, on Tuesday registered more than 2,500 deaths in a 24-hour period, the highest total since late April, Johns Hopkins University said. More than 180,000 new…

Covid-19: England leaves lockdown but sees new virus curbs

LONDON, Dec 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — England exited a month-longlockdown but most of the country remained under restrictions as a newregional system for cutting coronavirus infection rates kicked in. The four-week lockdown, which began in November, was imposed to stopsurging rates of infection, ease pressure on health services, and to allowfamilies…

Uganda to compensate victims of violent riots, pay property lost: Pres Museveni

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni KAMPALA, Dec 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said the government will compensate the victims of the violent protests that left several people dead over the arrest of an opposition presidential candidate.In a televised address, President Museveni said the government will compensate the families of…

Ethiopia unrest: No civilians killed by federal forces in TPLF crackdown – PM Abiy

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ADDIS ABABA, Dec 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopian soldiers did not kill any civilians in Tigray, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said in what could be the latest accusation of mass murder on the part of the rebellious TPLF fighters.In a speech televised to the world, Abiy, who…

UN Security Council members condemn killing of 110 civilians in Nigeria

File photo of Boko Haram UNITED NATIONS, Dec 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The members of the United Nations Security Council strongly condemned the killing of civilians in northeast Nigeria.The council members, reacting to the massacre in a press statement, condemned “in the strongest terms” the terrorist attacks that occurred in northeast…