Ethiopia to give telecoms licences to two firms
President Sahle-Work Zewde ADDIS ABABA, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopia’s President Sahle-work Zewde has given much-awaited details of moves to…
US blacklists 28 Chinese entities over abuses against Muslims in Xinjiang
WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Commerce Department announced it is blacklisting 28 Chinese entities that it says are…
UN rights chief urges Australia to overhaul detention policies
SYDNEY, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN’s top rights official urgedAustralia to reform its criminal and refugee detention systems on…
US judge orders Pres Trump to hand over eight years of tax returns
NEW YORK, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A judge has ordered US President Donald Trump to hand over eight years of his…
US Pres Trump threatens to ‘obliterate’ Turkish economy if Turkey goes over limit over Syria border
WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) —President Donald Trump has threatened to destroy Turkey’s economy if Turkey goes “off limits” after his surprise decision…
Italy: 13 women drown as migrant boat capsizes off Lampedusa
Survivors were taken ashore at Lampedusa after their ordeal ROME, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) —At least 13 women, some of them pregnant, drowned…
Hong Kong journalist hit by petrol bomb recovering in hospital
Flames are seen on the journalist after he was hit with a petrol bomb during a protest HONG KONG, Oct…
DR Congo: Two nuns from Burundi killed by fallen antenna in Uvira
The collapsed antenna is owned by Orange UVIRA (DR Congo), Oct 8 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Two nuns from Burundi were killed…
Thousands gather in France to protest IVF bill
A demonstrator holds a sign reading “Where is your daddy?” PARIS, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Large crowds have taken to…
Rwanda: 19 attackers killed after killing 14 in popular tourist region – police
KIGALI, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rwandan police say 19 attackers have been killed and others are on the run after…