Update: Pres Trump says ‘all well’ after Iranian missiles target US troops
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump said that initial casualty assessments indicated “all is well” after Iranian missiles…
Costa Rica protests US travel advisory alert
SAN JOS, Jan 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Costa Rica vehemently objected to the US government’s decision to raise the alert level…
WHO: 6,000 deaths recorded in 2019 following measles epidemic in DR Congo
UNICEF: A mother holds her 3-month-old baby as he receives a vaccination against measles at a health centre in Lubumbashi…
Libya’s Higher Council of State recommends government to cut relations with UAE
TRIPOLI, Jan 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Higher Council of State of Libya, an advisory body, on Tuesday recommended the UN-backed…
UK: Opposition MPs fail to dent Johnson’s Brexit strategy in first votes of new year
LONDON, Jan 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — British lawmakers started a three-day Brexit debate Tuesday on their first House of Commons sitting…
UN says no exodus of civilians from Sirte, envoy concerned about Libyans
Pic: UN Libya UNITED NATIONS, Jan 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — One day after the east-based Libyan National Army (LNA) said it…
Iran fired ‘more than a dozen’ missiles at US forces in Iraq: Pentagon
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Iran fired “more than a dozen” ballistic missiles Tuesday against two airbases in Iraq where…
Kenya: Four civilians killed in al Shabaab attack on telecom mast
Al Shabab militants NAIROBI, Jan 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four Kenyan civilians were killed in a gunfight between police and al…
European powers reject Turkey’s decision to send troops to Libya
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian BRUSSELS, Jan 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — Top European diplomats emerged from a Tuesday meeting saying…
Togo: Pres Gnassingbé to seek another term, hoping to extend family’s decades-long rule
LOME, Jan 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Togo’s president Faure Gnassingbe confirmed his candidacy for elections next month that look set to…