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 way into a British Army training camp on the same day that al-Shabaab extremists attacked a military base and killed three U.S. military personnel.The internal police report says the three…

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) — At least 14 people, including seven children, have been killed when a bus carrying students ran over an improvised explosive device in northern Burkina Faso, according to the government.It…

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 that turned swathes of land into smouldering, blackened hellscapes. The bushfires have now destroyed an area the size of Ireland, according toofficial figures, and authorities warned the months-long crisis is…

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 anger over the US killing of a top commander which also prompted Iraq’s parliament to demand the departure of American troops. While vast crowds gathered in Iran’s second city of…

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 tensions following a US drone strike that killed an Iraniangeneral, a German government spokesman said. Merkel, who will be accompanied by Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, willdiscuss “the current conflict troublespots”…

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 drone strike that inflamed tensions across the Middle East, as NATO was set to discuss the spiralling crisis. Iranians clutching “Down with USA” signs and portraits of their heroQasem Soleimani…

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 Bolivia’s presidential elections, even though it has not chosen its candidates for the posts of president and vice president of the Republic. According to local media, the television channel Unitel…

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 to his Brazilian counterpart, Augusto Aras, warning him about the measure adopted by the Brazilian Government regarding five Venezuelan military deserters. He explained that the five deserters assassinated a Venezuelan…

Losing party in Guinea-Bissau vote appeals result

Losing presidential candidate Domingos Simoes Pereira. BISSAU, Jan 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guinea-Bissau’s historic ruling party appealed to the Supreme Court on Friday after its champion lost in the volatile West African country’s presidential elections. Domingos Simoes Pereira, head of the PAIGC party, was credited with 46.45 per cent in Sunday’s…

French government huddles as unions vow to harden strike

A view of empty platforms of the Gare de Lyon train station during the 30th day of transport strikes in Paris PARIS, Jan 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Top French officials met to hash out their strategy ahead of fresh pension overhaul talks with unions who have threatened wider protests alongside a…