Guinea’s Nimba iron ore project gets green light to export via Liberia
A freight train from ArcelorMittal carrying iron ore from the Nimba deposit to the port of Buchanan, Liberia. CONAKRY, Oct…
Brexit: ‘Intense technical’ talks between UK and EU in Brussels
BRUSSELS, Oct 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Negotiators from the UK and EU are having what has been described as “intense technical discussions” in an…
Poland election: Governing party claims victory after exit poll
PiS leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski (c) and Prime Minister Mateusz Marowiecki WARSAW, Oct 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Poland’s governing Law and Justice party…
Spain approves measures to mitigate tourism effects following Thomas Cook bankruptcy
MADRID, Oct 14 (NNN-XINHUA) — The acting Spanish government has approved a package of emergency measures to limit the effects of the collapse of British…
California to ban smoking, vaping at state beaches, parks
LOS ANGELES, Oct 14 (NNN-XINHUA) — California will ban smoking and vaping at state beaches and parks starting next year under a new legislation signed…
Outsider Saied set for landslide in Tunisia presidency: exit polls
TUNIS, Oct 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kais Saied, a political outsider, was headed for a landslide victory Sunday in Tunisia’s presidential…
16 killed in Burkina Faso mosque attack: security sources
OUAGADOUGOU, Oct 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sixteen people died and two were seriously injured in an attack on a mosque in…
Germany bans weapons sales to Turkey over Syria offensive
BERLIN, Oct 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) –– Germany said it is halting sales of weapons to Turkey over its widely criticised operation…
US: Firefighters curb southern California blazes
LOS ANGELES, Oct 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Wildfires raging across southernCalifornia abated on Saturday with evacuation orders lifted after 100,000people were…
Ecuador president orders curfew, military control in Quito
QUITO, Oct 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ecuador President Lenin Morenoordered the capital Quito and surrounding areas placed under curfew andmilitary control,…