Lesotho: PM Thabane, on medical checkup in South Africa, denies fleeing as murder charges loom
Thomas Thabane has announced that he will step down in July MASERU, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has denied reports…
US prepares to sign withdrawal deal with Taliban on Feb 29
WASHINGTON/KABUL, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US and the Taliban are set to sign a historic agreement that would pave…
UK begins repatriating citizens from virus-stricken Japan cruise ship
LONDON, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The British government said ithad begun repatriating its citizens from a cruise ship quarantined off…
Number of US troops wounded in Iran attack now at 110: Pentagon
WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of US troops who sustained traumatic brain injury when Iran launched missiles at…
UK to start issuing post-Brexit blue passports
LONDON, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain will issue blue passports nextmonth for the first time in almost three decades following…
Niger military operation kills 120 terrorists: official
NIAMEY, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A joint operation by Nigerien and French troops in southwest Niger killed 120 terrorists and…
Vigils held in Germany for victims of ‘racist’ gunman
A mourner reacts during a vigil for the victims of a shooting in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Germany. BERLIN, Feb 21…
South Africa: 20 pupils injured after ceiling collapse; 17 schoolgirls hospitalised after eating marijuana-laced cakes
PRETORIA, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A ceiling has collapsed on pupils at Kgomba Primary School in Hammanskraal, the Gauteng Department…
900,000 pangolins trafficked worldwide: watchdog
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nearly 900,000 pangolins arebelieved to have been trafficked worldwide in the past two decades,…
Libya’s warring rivals resume talks in Geneva – UN
The UN-recognised government pulled out of peace talks after a barrage of rockets GENEVA, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Libya’s warring…