At least 11 migrants dead in shipwreck off Libya: UN

TRIPOLI, Oct 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 11 migrants died on Sunday when their boat floundered off the coast of Libya, the UN’s migration agency said, days after 20 others died in desperate bids to reach Europe. “At least 11 migrants drowned after their boat capsized this morning (Sunday), according…

Update: Humanitarian ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh region to take effect Monday – joint statement

WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A humanitarian ceasefire will take effect on Monday in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, a joint statement from the U.S. State Department and the two governments said. The ceasefire will take effect at 8 am local time on Oct 26,…

US presidential elections: Early voting surpasses 2016, nine days before election

WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Early voting in the 2020 US election has surpassed all the pre-election ballots from four years earlier, an independent vote monitor said, with nine days still to go before the Nov 3 poll. Millions of Americans wary of crowded polling booths during the coronavirus pandemic…

Covid-19: WHO chief warns against ‘vaccine nationalism’

BERLIN, Oct 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) called for global solidarity in the rollout of any future coronavirus vaccine, as the number of cases soared across the world. In a video address at the opening of the three-day World Health Summit in Berlin, Tedros…

Covid-19: France sets new daily record over 50,000 cases

PARIS, Oct 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — France set a new daily record for coronavirus infections with 52,010 recorded in 24 hours, official data showed Sunday, topping 50,000 for the first time. The Public Health France (SPF) authority said that 116 people had died over the same period, bringing the total number…

Boycott French products’ launched over Pres Macron’s Islam comments

French President, Emmanuel Macron PARIS, Oct 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Several Arab trade associations have announced the boycott of French products, protesting the recent comments made by President Emmanuel Macron on Islam.Earlier this month, Macron pledged to fight “Islamist separatism”, which he said was threatening to take control in some Muslim…

Covid-19: Europe reimposes restrictions

Countries across Europe are implementing new measures this week PARIS, Oct 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — As more European nations see record death and infection tolls from the coronavirus, many are reimposing curfews, partial lockdowns and other restrictions on public life to slow a second wave of COVID-19. Countries across Europe are…

Covid-10: Germany’s infectious disease institute targeted in arson attempt, police say

A Robert Koch Institute (RKI) building in Berlin was targeted with incendiary devices in the early hours of Sunday, police in the German capital said. FRANKFURT, Oct 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Several assailants attacked Germany’s Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases with incendiary devices overnight, causing mild damage to the building,…

New fighting flares over Nagorno-Karabakh as Aliyev warns against Russian involvement

BAKU, Oct 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New fighting erupted between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces over the mountainous enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh as both sides blamed each other for blocking a peaceful settlement to the conflict. Armenia accused Azeri forces of shelling civilian settlements. Baku denied killing civilians and said it was…

At least ‘1.6 million Mozambicans may be affected’ by current rainy season

Prime minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosário asked the government to get ready to help people caught by the expected bad weather MAPUTO, Oct 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Mozambican authorities say at least 1.6 million people could be affected in the current rainy season. They are likely to victims of strong…