US: Heatwave brings record high temperatures, fire risks to San Francisco Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 7 (NNN-XINHUA) — The heatwave over the weekend could push the temperature in the San Francisco Bay Area, Northern California, up to 115 degrees Fahrenheit (about 46.1 degrees Celsius) as the hottest day came on Sunday, while increasing fire risks, according to the National Weather Service (NWS)…

Tropical Storm Julio forms off coast of southern Mexico

MEXICO CITY, Sept 7 (NNN-Xinhua) – Tropical Storm Julio formed in the Pacific off Mexico’s southwestern coast near the state of Guerrero, the National Water Commission (Conagua) reported. The agency said in a release that, as of Saturday afternoon, the center of Julio was about 215 km south of the…

UK: Manhunt as one killed and seven hurt in Birmingham stabbings

LONDON, Sept 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A knifeman who killed one man and wounded seven other people in a two-hour stabbing rampage across Birmingham city centre is being hunted by police. The first stabbing was in Constitution Hill at 00:30 BST then the killer moved south, apparently attacking at random, officers…

Guinea: Protests as Conde files in 3rd term candidacy

Guinea’s President Alpha Conde CONAKRY, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Clashes between police and protesters erupted in Conakry, after Guinean President Alpha Conde filed papers before the Constitutional Court to run for a third term in October’s elections. Police used tear gas against demonstrators in another part of the city, who…

Venezuela seeks extradition of 4 citizens allegedly involved in attempted coup

CARACAS, Sept 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — Venezuela is to request the extradition of four citizens recently captured in Colombia who have been accused of involvement in a coup attempt, Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab said. “We have asked the competent courts of Venezuela, and we will do the same through…

Explosion in western Iran injures more than 200

TEHRAN, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The explosion of a chlorine gas canisterbeing transported by a truck in western Iran has injured 217 people butcaused no deaths, state news agency IRNA reported. The blast struck late Friday in Chardavol county in Ilam province, the newsagency said. The head of the province’s…

Covid-19: India becomes third country to pass 4 million cases

A health worker screens people for symptoms of Covid-19 in the slum of Dharavi in Mumbai NEW DELHI, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — India has become the world’s third country to pass four million COVID-19 infections, setting a new record daily surge in cases on Saturday as the crisis shows no sign…

Niger soldiers executed dozens of civilians during counter-insurgency ops, probe says

Map of Niger locating the Tillaberi region NIAMEY, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Soldiers in Niger executed dozens of civilians during the counterinsurgency campaign against extremists in the country’s troubled Tillaberi region earlier this year, a probe into the deaths reported. The West African nation has suffered years of conflict with militants…

Thousands protest in Pakistan over reprinting of Mohammad cartoons in France

Supporters of the religious and political party Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) protesting against the satirical French weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, which reprinted a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad, during a protest in Karachi KARACHI, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tens of thousands of people protested across Pakistan on Friday against French magazine…

Sudan declares 3-month state of emergency over floods: Report

A Sudanese woman crosses a flooded area, as a result of flooding and torrential rain, in the town of Osaylat, 50 km southeast of the capital Khartoum KHARTOUM, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan’s Security and Defense Council declared a national state of emergency for three months because of floods that…