Ukrainian lawmaker’s son killed in attack in Kiev

Vyacheslav Sobolev with his wife Inna. The three-year-old was the youngest of Sobolev’s five children KIEV, Dec 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Unknown gunmen opened fire at the car of a local lawmaker in the centre of Ukrainian capital of Kiev on Sunday, killing his three-year old son, a police source said. Vyacheslav…

Malta PM to resign amid journalist murder probe protests

VALLETTA, Dec 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Malta’s Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, under fire over his handling of the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, said he would step down after his replacement is chosen in January. Muscat declined to make a link with Caruana Galizia’s 2017 murder, saying in a televised…

Greece to ask for NATO support over Turkish-Libyan military agreement

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis ATHENS, Dec 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Greece will seek support from NATO at an alliance summit in London this week following a military deal signed by Turkey and Libya’s UN-recognised government, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said.  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with the head…

Shootouts in northern Mexican town kill 21

MEXICO CITY, Dec 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Clashes between police and suspected cartel gunmen in a northern Mexican town killed 21 people this weekend, authorities said. The government of the northern state of Coahuila said local security forces killed seven gunmen early on Sunday, adding to 10 others who were shot…

At least 24 killed in Tunisia bus crash

The bus was carrying 43 people on board when it veered off the road TUNIS, Dec 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 24 Tunisians were killed on Sunday after a bus crashed during an excursion in the northern town of Amdoun, the health ministry said. The bus veered off a winding…

Nine trampled to death after police raid Sao Paulo neighbourhood

People look on as police raid the Paraisopolis neighbourhood in Sao Paulo SAO PAULO, Dec 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least nine people were trampled to death and two others were injured early on Sunday in the chaotic aftermath of a police raid in a poor Sao Paulo neighbourhood, authorities said.…

Comoros seeks $4.6bn in investment to climb out of poverty

Comoros President Azali Assoumani MORONI, Dec 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Comoros President Azali Assoumani has said he is looking to raise 4.2 billion euros ($4.63bn) at an investment conference this week as he seeks to consolidate political stability and improve the economy ahead of parliamentary elections next year.The Indian Ocean archipelago…

Tunisians protest in southern town after man sets himself alight

TUNIS, Dec 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tunisian police used tear gas to disperse dozens of protesters who blocked roads in the southern town of Jelma following the death of a young man who burned himself to death, witnesses said. Abdelwahed Hablani, 25, set himself on fire and died in hospital on…

Terror checks intensified as London attack enters election fray

LONDON, Dec 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the security services were stepping up monitoring of convicted terrorists released early from prison, as the London Bridge attack became embroiled in the election campaign. The prime minister revealed around 74 people with terrorist convictions had been released early…

US says will ‘protect its interests’ at climate conference

House speaker Nancy Pelosi WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States will send a diplomatic team but no senior members of Donald Trump’s administration to a global climate-change conference starting in Spain on Monday, according to a statement. However, in an effort to raise the US profile in Madrid,…