UN launches probe after peacekeepers suspected in DR Congo protest death
GOMA (DR Congo), Nov 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN peacekeeping mission inDR Congo said it was launching a probe after…
European parliament declares ‘climate emergency’
STRASBOURG (France), Nov 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Parliament voted on Thursday to declare a “climate and environment emergency” in…
Albania earthquake death toll hits 40: defence ministry
TIRANA, Nov 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from the most powerfulearthquake to strike Albania in decades rose to 40…
Iraq PM sacks new commander after 25 killed in crackdown: state TV
BAGHDAD, Nov 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Iraq’s Prime Minister Adel AbdelMahdi sacked the military commander he had dispatched earlier inthe day…
Production resumes at strife-hit Libya oilfield
TRIPOLI, Nov 29 (NNN0-AGENCIES) — Libya’s National Oil Company said production had resumed at a key field in the southwest…
Bangladesh-Turkey hold home minister level meeting in Ankara
DHAKA, Nov 29 (NNN-BSS) — A home-minister level meeting between Bangladesh and Turkey was held at the conference room of…
Riyadh will always stay beside Dhaka on Rohingya issue, Saudi CGS tells PM
DHAKA, Nov 29 (NNN-BSS) — Visiting Chief of General Staff (CGS) of Saudi Armed Forces General Fayyadh bin Hamed Al-…
WHO, UNICEF evacuate 76 staff from Ebola teams in Congo due to insecurity
GENEVA, Nov 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF) evacuated dozens of their…
Floods kill at least 39 in Congolese capital Kinshasa
KINSHASA, Nov 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 39 people died in flooding on Tuesday in Kinshasa, the sprawling capital of…
Nigerian prison chief arrested after $1m scam
Hope Olusegun Aroke is serving a 24-year prison sentence ABUJA, Nov 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The head of a maximum-security jail…