Zimbabwe suspends mobile banking, stock exchange trade to tackle crime, economic sabotage
HARARE, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe abruptly suspended all mobile money transactions, the most widely used platform to make and…
Covid-19: IMF approves $5.2 bn, 1-year loan program for Egypt
WASHINGTON, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The IMF board on Friday approved a one-year, $5.2 billion financing package for Egypt to…
Covid-19: South Africa to reopen casinos and cinemas despite coronavirus spread
Visitors are seen at the entrance of Gold Reef City and casino in Johannesburg JOHANNESBURG, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South…
US unrest: Pres Trump signs order ‘protecting’ monuments as crowds topple statues
WASHINGTON, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump signed an executive order pledging to enforce prosecution for protesters who…
Covid-19: Argentina cranks up lockdown in capital
BUENOS AIRES, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Argentina President Alberto Fernandez announced on Friday a toughening of lockdown measures in the…
Miners kill two indigenous Yanomami in Brazil: rights group
BRASILIA, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Illegal gold miners killed two men from the Yanomami indigenous group in the Brazilian Amazon,…
Mexico: 4 bodies found by side of road in violence-hit region
MEXICO CITY, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities in Mexico found 14 bodies dumped on the side of a road in…
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan agree to delay filling dam
CAIRO, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have agreed that Addis Ababa will delay filling a mega-dam as…
Israeli jets strike Hamas sites in Gaza after rockets: army
JERUSALEM, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Israeli air force jets have struck Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip after rockets were…
Indonesian fishermen rescue nearly 100 Rohingya refugees in Aceh
Locals evacuate Rohingya refugees from a boat at a coast of North Aceh, Indonesia SEUNUDDON (Indonesia), June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…