Lebanon: Huge fire at Beirut port weeks after deadly blast

BEIRUT, Sept 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A huge fire raged in Beirut port on Thursday, sparking alarm among Lebanese still reeling from a devastating dockside explosion that disfigured the capital last month. Thick black columns of smoke rose into the sky, as the army said the blaze had engulfed a warehouse…

Nearly 60 bridges, 2,000 houses wrecked by typhoon in North Korea

PYONGYANG, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A typhoon that struck North Korea wrecked nearly 60 bridges and destroyed or inundated more than 2,000 houses, state media reported Wednesday, with leader Kim Jong Un saying the damage had disrupted central planning for the rest of the year. Typhoon Maysak brought days of…

Dozens of abandoned migrants rescued in Sahara

An IOM community mobilizer from Dirkou, Niger helps some of the 83 abandoned migrants to board vehicles taking them to safety GENEVA, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 80 African migrants have been rescued from the Sahara desert after they were robbed and left to die by people they had…

US Pres Trump to host Israel-United Arab Emirates deal-signing ceremony on Sept 15

WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump will hold a Sept 15 signing ceremony for a groundbreaking Middle East agreement normalising relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, a senior White House official said. As part of the deal, announced at the White House on Aug 13 following what officials said…

Covid-19: US cases rise in midwest and northeast, deaths fall for third week

NEW YORK, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Several states in the US midwest and northeast have seen new COVID-19 cases increase for two weeks in a row, though nationally both new infections and deaths last week remained on a downward trend. The United States reported more than 287,000 new cases in…

Trump to announce US troop withdrawals from Iraq, Afghanistan

WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump will announce further troop withdrawals from Iraq and Afghanistan in the next few days, a senior administration official said. The official told reporters traveling with the president to expect an announcement Wednesday on Iraq, and on Afghanistan in the coming days.…

UK police to charge man with murder over stabbings in Birmingham

A police forensics officer taking photographs at the site of stabbings in Birmingham BIRMINGHAM, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British police will charge Zephaniah McLeod, 27, with one count of murder and seven counts of attempted murder following a spate of stabbings in Birmingham City on Sunday, the Crown Prosecution Service…

US wildfires: Californians airlifted from fires as dangerous winds arrive

Flames burn at a home leveled by the Creek Fire in Fresno County TOLLHOUSE (California, US), Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Dangerous dry winds whipped up California’s record-breaking wildfires and ignited new blazes on Tuesday, as hundreds were evacuated by helicopter and tens of thousands were plunged into darkness by power outages…

US: 7 Laotians shot dead at illegal California marijuana cultivation site

Aerial view of the property in Aguanga, where seven people were shot dead at an illegal marijuana grow house LOS ANGELES, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Investigators are searching for multiple suspects in the fatal shooting of seven people at a large, illegal marijuana cultivation and processing site in Southern California’s…

US unrest: Rochester police chief resigns after protests over death of black man hooded by officers

Chief La’Ron Singletary says there has been a ‘mischaracterisation and politicisation’ of his actions following the death of Daniel Prude NEW YORK, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The police chief in the US city of Rochester resigned on Tuesday, following days of protest over the death of a black man whom…