Militants kill 5 labourers in India-controlled Kashmir

SRINAGAR, Oct 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Unidentified gunmen shot dead five labourers working in India-controlled Kashmir on Tuesday night. All the dead belonged to India’s eastern state of West Bengal, said media reports. Dead bodies of all those killed were recovered by security forces in the area which was cordoned off…

Bosnian Serb extradited by France handed 20 years for war crimes

SARAJEVO, Oct 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A former Bosnian Serb soldier extradited by France last year was sentenced to 20 years in prison for war crimes by a Sarajevo court on Wednesday, the maximum penalty for the crime. Radomir Susnjar, 64, was convicted of taking part in the murder of at…

Lebanon president asks Hariri to head caretaker cabinet

BEIRUT, Oct 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Lebanon’s president acknowledged the government’s resignation following almost two weeks of unprecedented protests but asked it to stay on until a new cabinet is formed. Michel Aoun “asked the government to continue to conduct affairs until anew cabinet is formed”, his office said in a…

Turkey-Russia joint patrols in Syria to start Friday: Pres Erdogan

ANKARA, Oct 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Joint Turkish-Russian patrols will start in Syria on Friday, Turkey’s president said, after the Kremlin said Syrian Kurdish fighters had withdrawn under a deal between Ankara and Moscow. “We will start the joint work on the ground on Friday, namely we are starting the joint…

Climate-fuelled flooding to imperil 300 million by 2050: Scientists

PARIS, Oct 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Coastal areas currently home to 300million people will be vulnerable by 2050 to flooding made worse by climate change, no matter how aggressively humanity curbs carbon emissions, scientists have warned. In the second half of the 21st century and beyond, however, choices madetoday will determine…

Bangladesh: Gas cylinder blast kills 5 in city

Family members of the victims who were killed in a gas cylinder explosion break down in tears at Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital DHAKA, Oct 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police say at least five children have died and 17 others were injured after a gas cylinder used to inflate balloons exploded near…

Bangladesh accuses Myanmar of spearheading concocted campaign on Rohingyas

DHAKA, Oct 31 (NNN-BSS) — Bangladesh sharply accused Myanmar ofspearheading a “concocted campaign” to evade its pledge to return theRohingyas. The foreign ministry issued a long statement asking Nay Pyi Taw tostop the concocted campaign containing “baseless accusation, falsification,and misrepresentation of facts against Bangladesh”. “The Government of Bangladesh rejects such…

Deadly floods across Africa: Somalia to Cameroon, C.A.R. to Nigeria

BAMAKO, Oct 30 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Floods in parts of Africa are wreaking havoc with rising death tolls and damage to properties. In the case of the Central African Republic, a national catastrophe has been declared. From Beledweyne in Central Somalia through to Bafoussam in Western Cameroon, the Central African Republic’s…

Argentina: Macri and Fernandez agree to start an orderly transition ensuring “dollars and social peace”

The official photo shows the two leaders smiling and good humored BUENOS AIRES, Oct 30 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentine president Mauricio Macri and president-elect Alberto Fernandez met at Government House, Casa Rosada, to discuss terms for an orderly transition until next Dec 10 when the new government takes office, plus exchange…

US-Mexico border arrests hit 11-year high, US seeks to expedite deportations

Migrants detained for illegally crossing the Rio Grande and attempting to evade capture in Hidalgo, Texas EL PASO (Texas, US), Oct 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Immigration arrests at the U.S. border with Mexico soared 88 percent in fiscal 2019 in what U.S. officials labeled a crisis while unveiling their latest measure…