Finland picks youngest-ever prime minister
Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin HELSINKI, Dec 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Finland’s Social Democrats elected a 34-year-old former transport minister to…
Saudi Arabia to host major snooker event for first time
File photo RIYADH, Dec 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Saudi Arabia has agreed a deal with World Snooker to host a ranking…
100 people near New Zealand volcano when it erupted, unknown numbers unaccounted for: PM Ardern
WELLINGTON, Dec 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — About 100 tourists were “on or around” New Zealand’s White Island volcano when it erupted…
Myanmar leader Suu Kyi departs for genocide hearings amid fanfare at home
YANGON, Dec 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Myanmar leader and Nobel peace prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi departed on Sunday for…
Al-Shabaab kills 10 bus passengers in Kenyan border town
Al-Shabaab has targeted Kenya many times since the country joined a regional peacekeeping force to fight the militants WAJIR (Kenya),…
Ethiopia, UN join hands to find durable solutions to displacement crisis
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 9 (NNN-XINHUA) –The Ethiopian government and humanitarian partners have launched a national initiative, dubbed Durable Solutions Initiative…
Libyan UN-backed gov’t forces announce downing of east-based army’s fighter jet
TRIPOLI, Dec 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The forces of Libya’s UN-backed government announced that they shot down a fighter jet belonging…
FBI says investigating Florida Naval Base shooting as “act of terrorism”
The main gate at Naval Air Station Pensacola WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (NNN-XINHUA) — The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said that they are investigating…
Peruvian authorities arrest 27 army members for fuel theft
LIMA, Dec 9 (NNN-XINHUA) — Peruvian authorities have arrested 27 members of the military, including high-ranking officials, on suspicion of stealing fuel between 2013…
Russian Pres Putin set for landmark Paris talks on Ukraine conflict
PARIS, Dec 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian leader Vladimir Putin will for thefirst time hold formal talks with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr…