Pres Trump takes steps to bar some Iranian officials from US
WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump gave the State Department the authority to bar senior Iranian officials and…
US authorities seize five tons of cocaine from submarine
US Coast Guard seizes 5.4 tonnes of cocaine aboard homemade submarine off the Pacific coast of South America WASHINGTON, Sept…
Update: UK’s PM Johnson defiant after bombshell court ruling
LONDON, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson challenged opposition MPs to call a confidence vote in his government,…
Dozens trapped as building collapses in Sierra Leone
FREETOWN, SEPT 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An official in Sierra Leone says a three-story building under construction has collapsed and trapped…
Kenya, Somalia agree to normalise relations
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 26 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Somalia and Kenya have agreed to normalise ties, following months of tension over a…
Sudan arrest 138 Africans trying to enter Libya ‘illegally’
KHARTOUM, Sept 26 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Sudan’s paramilitary force announced the arrest of 138 Africans trying to enter Libya ‘illegally’. These…
IMF names Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva as new head
Kristalina Georgieva (left) succeeds Christine Lagarde (right) as IMF head WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva has…
More than 2 million animals perish in Bolivia wildfires: environmental experts
LA PAZ, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than two million wild animals, including jaguars, pumas and llamas, have perished in…
Tanzania summons World Health Organization rep over Ebola complaint
DAR ES SALAAM, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tanzania summoned the World Health Organization’s local representative over its assertion that the…
Zimbabwe’s capital resumes pumping water temporarily
HARARE, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe’s capital Harare will temporarily resume pumping water at its main water works, an official…