World losing ground against violence in Sahel, UN says

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — West African and international powers are failing to tackle the spiralling threat of militancy in the Sahel region, which is spreading towards the Gulf of Guinea, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. Groups with links to al Qaeda and Daesh have strengthened their foothold…

US: Majority of Americans oppose Pres Trump impeachment

WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — According to a poll released Wednesday, 57 percent of US voters are opposed to impeaching President Donald Trump. Only 37 percent of Americans support impeaching Trump and removing him from office, the Quinnipiac University poll revealed. These are the first figures announced since the…

Dual citizenship: Kenyan Parliament advised to cancel nomination of ambassador to Seoul

NAIROBI, Sept 26 (NNN-KBC) — Parliament has been advised to rescind its approval of the nomination of Mwende Mwinzi for appointment as Kenya’s Ambassador to Seoul, South Korea. National Assembly’s Committee on Implementation says Mwinzi’s declaration that she will not renounce her US citizenship had left the appointing authority with…

US Pres Trump says Venezuelans will end up ‘free’

NEW YORK, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US PresidentDonald Trump said that Venezuela was suffering “a tragedy ofhistoric proportions” as he pledged to do everything in his power to isolatePres Nicolas Maduro. Trump told around two dozen Latin American leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly that socialism had…

Popularity of Brazil’s president eroding, poll says

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — The approval rate of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has dropped to 31 percent in September, according to a latest survey. Pollster Ibope said that 31 percent of respondents considered Bolsonaro’s government good or very good, compared with 34 percent who said it was…

Libyan east-based army commander expresses support for national dialogue

TRIPOLI, Sept 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — Spokesman for Libya’s east-based army Ahmad al-Mismari said that the army commander Khalifa Haftar supports national dialogue and political process in the country. “There must be dialogue and political process eventually. The comprehensive national dialogue must preserve the national unity,” al-Mismari said, pointing out that…

US elections, impeachment may waylay free trade deal: Mexican Pres Obrador

MEXICO CITY, Sept 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that the looming US elections and impeachment proceedings could hold up the ratification of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). “We don’t want it to be left until the eve of the elections (in November 2020). It’s better…

One dead, five injured as Morocco football fans clash

RABAT, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One person was killed and five injured in clashes between rival football fans after a cup tie near the Moroccan city of Casablanca, local authorities said.  “A group of supporters of Wydad Casablanca (club) stopped a vehicle carrying fans of AS FAR Rabat, throwing stones and…

Pres Trump takes steps to bar some Iranian officials from US

WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump gave the State Department the authority to bar senior Iranian officials and their family members from entering the United States as immigrants or non-immigrants, the White House said in a proclamation. The proclamation, posted on the White House website and bearing Wednesday’s…

US authorities seize five tons of cocaine from submarine

US Coast Guard seizes 5.4 tonnes of cocaine aboard homemade submarine off the Pacific coast of South America WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A homemade submarine carrying more than five tons of cocaine was intercepted in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America, the US Coast Guard said.…