South Africa counts down to first G20 Summit on African soil

PRETORIA, Nov 20 (NNN-SANEWS) — With South Africa in the final stretch towards hosting the first-ever Group of Twenty (G20) Leaders’ Summit on African soil, the country should be proud of the road it has traversed since assuming the chairmanship of the group in December 2024.“I think that it’s a…

US: 15 years in prison for Afghan who plotted US election day attack

WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An Afghan man was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Wednesday for plotting to carry out an attack on US election day on behalf of the Islamic State (IS) group. Abdullah Haji Zada, 19, pleaded guilty in April to attempting to buy firearms and…

Explosive weapons killed most children on record in 2024: NGO

LONDON, Nov 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Explosive weapons killed or injured children at record levels last year, as wars increasingly move into urban areas, Save the Children said in a report published Thursday. Nearly 12,000 children were killed or injured in conflict last year worldwide, said the UK-based charity, citing UN…

Russia, Togo to open embassies as Moscow expands African footprint

MOSCOW, Nov 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia and Togo will open embassies on each other’s soil next year, the two countries’ leaders said Wednesday, as Moscow expands its footprint in Africa amid waning Western influence. Facing isolation in the West following its full-scale offensive in Ukraine, Moscow has tried to build…

US: Pres Trump says will work to end Sudan war at Saudi prince’s request

WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would start “working” to end the war in Sudan, after visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman asked him to help solve the devastating conflict. Trump has until now barely commented on the conflict between Sudan’s army and…

Gang-wracked Haiti unites, goes wild over World Cup qualification

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Nov 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fireworks and dancing erupted across Haiti in a reprieve from gang violence as people came together to celebrate their national team punching its ticket to the 2026 World Cup. Haiti, the poorest nation in the Americas, will be making its first appearance on international football’s…

Mexico authorities arrest suspect in gang-busting mayor’s murder

MEXICO CITY, Nov 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexican officials announced Wednesday the arrest of one of the alleged masterminds behind the murder of a crime-fighting city mayor, whose death unleashed huge anti-government protests and a flood of federal forces to the region. Carlos Manzo, who led Uruapan in Michoacan state, shot…

Colombia: Young woman mourns kidnapped teen brother killed by military bombing of guerilla outpost

VILLAVICENCIO (Colombia), Nov 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At a morgue in central Colombia, a young woman mourned her brother, a 16-year-old who was kidnapped by guerrillas and killed in a government bombing last week, she said. The boy died after three months in captivity, having been taken from his school in…

Denmark local election: Ruling party Social Democrats lose 100-year hold on Copenhagen

COPENHAGEN, Nov 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s Social Democrats reeled Wednesday from a stinging blow after local elections saw them lose their more than 100-year hold on the capital and almost halve the municipalities under their control. “We lost Copenhagen,” the Social Democrats’ mayoral candidate in the…

Spain: White rhino born at Valencia zoo in conservation success

VALENCIA (Spain), Nov 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A southern white rhino calf has been born at a zoo in eastern Spain, in a success for a European programme aimed at preserving the threatened species. After a 491-day pregnancy, mother Kwanza gave birth to the male calf in early November, the Bioparc…