Mexico grants asylum to Ecuador opposition lawmakers

Ecuador Foreign Minister Jose Valencia QUITO, Jan 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico granted political asylum to four members of Ecuador’s opposition holed up in its embassy in Quito since widespread social unrest in October, the foreign ministry said. The four lawmakers, including former Congress speaker Gabriela Rivadeneira, “took a commercial flight to…

Gold bar found beneath Mexico City street was part of Moctezuma’s treasure

An x-ray detector scans a large gold bar found decades ago in downtown Mexico City, part of the plunder Spanish conquerors fleeing the Aztec capital MEXICO CITY, Jan 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A new scientific analysis of a large gold bar found decades ago in downtown Mexico City reveals it was…

US Pres Trump uses campaign rally to trumpet Soleimani killing as ‘justice’

TOLEDO (Ohio, US), Jan 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump made the killing of Iranaian general Qassem Soleimanii a theme of his re-election campaign on Thursday, drawing cheers from thousands at a rally when he said the death saved lives and delivered “American justice.” At the campaign rally in Toledo, Ohio, Trump…

US gives green light for sale of F-35B fighter jets to Singapore, pending Congress approval

An F-35A aircraft from the US Air Force WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (NNN-CNA) — The United States will go through with the sale of up to 12 F-35B fighter jets to Singapore, pending approval by Congress, according to a Defense Security Cooperation Agency news. Singapore’s request to buy four F-35B fighter jets, with the…

Lesotho: PM Thabane asked to resign over wife’s murder

Thomas Thabane, prime minister of Lesotho MASERU, Jan 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The ruling ABC party in Lesotho has asked Prime Minister Thomas Thabane to resign over allegations that he was involved in the murder of his estranged wife two years ago.The allegations were made by Lesotho’s police commissioner Holomo Molibeli…

Update: Libya’s Haftar rejects Ankara, Moscow’s call for ceasefire

TRIPOLI, Jan 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar rejected calls for a ceasefire by Turkey and Russia and announced a continuation of his military operations.In a statement read by his spokesman Ahmad al-Mesmari, Haftar claimed a revival of the political process and the country’s stability could only…

Egypt FM to visit Algeria over development in Libya

CAIRO, Jan 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is heading to Algeria over the recent escalations in Libya, said the country’s Foreign Ministry in a statement. “Shoukry carries a message from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to his Algerian counterpart, Abdelmadjid Tebboune,” said the Foreign Ministry in a…

Norway to take 600 Libya evacuees from Rwanda camp

FILE PHOTO: An illegal African migrant prays at a detention camp in Tripoli, Libya KIGALI/OSLO, Jan 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Norway this year will take in 600 people evacuated to Rwanda from Libyan detention centers, the Nordic country said as it sought to discourage the smuggling of refugees across the Mediterranean…

Niger: 63 ‘terrorists’, 25 others killed in army base attack – defence ministry

NIAMEY, Jan 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Heavily armed assailants stormed a military base in Niger on Thursday killing 25 people and leading to fierce clashes that killed 63 “terrorists”, the defence ministry said, in an area where dozens died in a previous attack. The raid near to the volatile frontier with…

US Pres Trump seeks support in Iran crisis but Europe skeptical

WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — With tensions soaring after he ordered the killing of a top Iranian general, US President Donald Trump publicly urged all other powers to abandon a 2015 nuclear accord with Tehran. Within hours, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, one of Trump’s closest international allies, was on…