Nigeria police in Twitter rage over army ambush
ABUJA, Aug 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria’s police force has taken to Twitter to express anger and demand answers from the…
Italy’s Salvini pulls plug on government, calls for elections
ROME, Aug 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The leader of Italy’s ruling League party, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, declared the governing…
Ethiopia grants first financial services licence to foreign firm
ADDIS ABABA, Aug 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopia’s central bank granted a financial services licence to a foreign-owned company for the…
Zimbabwe: Pres Mnangagwa fires minister for “inappropriate behaviour” after corruption charge
HARARE, Aug 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has fired his tourism minister, who was last month charged with…
DR Congo PM launches talks on forming government
KINSHASA, Aug 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — DR Congo Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba began formal talks on forming a government, more…
Mexico staying on F1 calendar for three more years
MEXICO CITY, Aug 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico will stay on the Formula One calendar for three more years after a…
Radiation briefly spikes in Russian city after rocket engine explosion, 2 dead
MOSCOW, Aug 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two people were killed and a short-term spike in radiation levels was recorded in a…
US House Speaker Pelosi in Central America as Trump seeks asylum deals
GUATEMALA CITY, Aug 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a congressional delegation to Central America on…
Venezuela’s hyperinflation slowing, says opposition-controlled parliament
CARACAS, Aug 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela’s rampant hyperinflation slowed down in July, the opposition-controlled parliament said, calculating its figure for…
Serbia grants citizenship to Thailand’s fugitive ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra
BELGRADE, Aug 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Serbian government has granted citizenship to Thailand’s former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra who fled…