15 killed in landslide in southern Morocco
RABAT, July 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Moroccan emergency crews pulled 15 bodies from the mud after a rare summer downpour triggered…
Tunisia prepares for polls after death of president
TUNIS, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tunisia has less than two months to organise snap elections following the death of president…
South Africa: Johannesburg court approves US$353 million silicosis settlement
JOHANNESBURG, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Johannesburg High Court approved a 5 billion rand (US$353 million) class action settlement between…
Greece bans pork imports from Bulgaria due to African swine fever
SOFIA, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Greece has banned imports of pork from its northern Balkan neighbor Bulgaria due to outbreaks…
Spain’s Sanchez seeks to avoid election, Podemos coalition offer off
MADRID, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Spain’s Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez will keep working with all parties to avoid a repeat…
WHO says it could use more US experts help on the ground in Ebola fight
GENEVA, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States could bolster the battle against the Ebola virus in Democratic Republic of…
EU partners warn Johnson against Brexit ‘provocations’
PARIS, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain’s European partners warned British Prime Minister Boris Johnson that his hardline Brexit stance was putting…
Brazil calls on BRICS to heed ‘cries’ of Venezuelans
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil’s Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo pleaded with the country’s partners in the BRICS…
Italy: Interior Minister Salvini blocks own coastguard ship with migrants on board from docking
ROME, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said he would not let an Italian coastguard boat carrying 135…
Libya rescuers recover 62 bodies at sea after ‘worst’ wreck of year
TRIPOLI, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rescue workers said they had plucked the bodies of 62 migrants from waters off the Libyan…