Nigerian police to get stun guns, new rules of engagement in push to reduce deaths

Front line police officers now to carry stun guns ABUJA, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigerian police plan to acquire stun guns and revise their rules of engagement in an effort to curb the use of deadly force, the inspector general of the force said. The West African country, which plays…

Mali government says death toll from double attack rises to 38

BAMAKO, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from attacks on two army bases in central Mali has risen to 38 from 25, defence minister Dahirou Dembélé said on state television. The double attack, carried out by unidentified assailants, was among the deadliest suffered by Malian forces this year as…

Kosovo votes amid pressure to reboot talks with Serbia

PRISTINA, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kosovo goes to the polls Sunday in anelection that could usher in new leadership at a time when stalled talks with former war foe Serbia are a source of instability in Europe. Whoever takes the reins will be under heavy pressure from the West to…

Denmark’s Copenhagen opens artificial ski slope above waste incinerator

Amager Bakke has become a landmark in Copenhagen COPENHAGEN, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Copenhill, a new artificial ski slope built on the roof of a huge waste incinerator here, was opened to the public on Friday. While the public can whizz down the 450-meter ski slope, up to 450,000 tonnes…

Ties with Russia at high point: Cuban President

Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel and Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev HAVANA, Oct 6 (NNN-XINHUA) — The political ties between Cuba and Russia are at a high point, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said after holding talks with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. In the current complex international situation, bilateral relations would be strengthened for the benefit…

Nuclear talks: North Korea says talks with US have broken down, US says “good discussions”

Policemen outside the conference centre in Sweden STOCKHOLM, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — North Korea and the United States walked away on Saturday with opposing assessments of nuclear talks in Sweden, which Pyongyang said broke down but Washington called “good discussions.” North Korea’s top nuclear envoy said the talks, after months…

Eight killed, 18 wounded in Rwanda attack

KIGALI, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Unidentified gunmen killed eight people and injured 18 during an overnight attack in northern Rwanda near the border with DR Congo, police said Saturday. The attack took place on Friday in Musanze district’s Kinigi sector which attracts tourists because of its Volcanoes National Park and…

N.Korean, US officials to resume nuclear talks after latest missile test

STOCKHOLM, Oct 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — North Korean and US officials onSaturday were set to resume nuclear talks in Stockholm after months ofdeadlock and Pyongyang’s defiant test of a sea-launched ballistic missilethis week. North Korea’s Kim Myong Gil and Stephen Biegun, the special envoyof US President Donald Trump, are part of…

Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group marks thanksgiving festival

ADDIS ABABA, Oct 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Members of Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group chanted and waved flags as they gathered for the first time tocelebrate their thanksgiving festival in the capital — a city that prominentmembers of the group claim belongs to them. The annual Irreecha festival of the Oromo people…

Ten killed in minibus-lorry collision in Romania

BUCHAREST, Oct 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ten people were killed and seveninjured on Saturday when a lorry collided with a minibus in eastern Romania, the country with the highest level of road deaths in the EU, police said. Nine of the 16 people on the minibus and the driver of the…