Libya conflict: Rebel forces ‘seize strategic city Sirte’
The self-styled Libyan National Army TRIPOLI, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rebel forces in Libya say they have taken control of…
Nigerian police on heightened alert after US killing of Iranian commander
ABUJA, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigerian police have been placed on a heightened state of alert after the US killing…
Kenya police arrests 3 men attempting to breach British army camp
file photo NAIROBI, Jan 7 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Kenyan police say they have arrested three men who tried to force their…
Burkina Faso: More than a dozen killed in bus attack
Burkina Faso has lost its reputation as a pocket of relative calm in the Sahel region OUAGADOUGOU, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES)…
Troops deployed across fire-hit Australia after horror weekend
SYDNEY, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Reserve troops were deployed tofire-ravaged regions across three Australian states on Monday after a torridweekend…
Iran will forego ‘limit’ on centrifuges as tensions with US soar
TEHRAN, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Iran announced a further rollback of itscommitments to the troubled international nuclear accord Sunday amid…
Merkel-Putin talks in Moscow Saturday over Mideast crisis: Berlin
BERLIN, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Chancellor Angela Merkel will travel toMoscow Saturday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin amidescalating…
Huge crowds in Iran mourn general killed by US drone
TEHRAN, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A sea of black-clad Iranians on Mondaymourned the top commander killed in last week’s US…
MAS leads polls ahead of Bolivian presidential elections
LA PAZ, Jan 4 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) is leading a poll in the run-up to…
Venezuelan prosecutor general calls on Brazil to extradite deserters
CARACAS, Jan 4 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Venezuelan Prosecutor General Tarek William Saab said that he had sent an official communiqué…