Algerian parliament elects first opposition figure as speaker
ALGIERS, July 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Algerian parliament late on Wednesday elected unanimously Slimane Chenine, an Islamist-oriented lawmaker, as the…
South Africa eyes air transport link to India
PRETORIA, July 11 (NNN-SANEWS) — Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane says South Africa will look at creating an air transport link…
Bombed Tripoli migrant detention centre being emptied: UN
GENEVA, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A migrant detention centre in Tripoli, hit by a deadly air strike last week, is…
Thai king endorses new cabinet weeks after disputed election
BANGKOK, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has endorsed the new civilian cabinet of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha…
Iraq: New Kurdish PM says priority is stronger Baghdad ties, rather than independence
ERBIL (Iraq), July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two years after a failed independence bid plunged Iraq’s Kurdistan Region into months of…
Lebanon: US sanctions won’t affect government – PM Hariri
BEIRUT, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said that US sanctions targeting Hezbollah MPs moved in a “new…
Von der Leyen courts EU lawmakers in bid to become Commission chief
BRUSSELS, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen made her pitch to European lawmakers on Wednesday to be…
Soviet nuclear sub that sank off Norway in 1989 still emitting radiation
OSLO, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Soviet nuclear submarine which sank off Norway in 1989 is still emitting radiation, researchers…
Taiwan president leaves for Caribbean trip with stopovers in US
TAOYUAN (Taiwan), July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen left for the United States on Thursday on a trip…
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards deny trying to stop British tanker in Gulf: Report
GENEVA, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards rejected on Thursday a US claim that they tried to stop a…