Venezuela denounces Colombia’s attempts to undermine peace

CARACAS, Oct 9 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The Colombian government continues its escalation of attempts to undermine peace in Venezuela, with threats to use paramilitary groups to generate violence in the Bolivarian nation, President Nicolas Maduro denounced. The president informed the decision to continue with the second phase of the orange…

President Kenyatta thanks AfDB for supporting development projects

NAIROBI, Oct 9 (NNN-KBC) — President Uhuru Kenyatta has thanked the African Development Bank (AfDB) for supporting Kenya’s development projects especially the last mile electricity distribution programme. The President said through AfDB’s funding, the country more than tripled the number of households connected to electricity over the last six years.…

UN Security Council asks for progress in South Sudan peace process

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 9 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Security Council asked for progress in South Sudan’s peace process, one year after the signing of a revitalized peace agreement. In a presidential statement adopted on Tuesday, the Security Council welcomed initial progress in the implementation of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution…

30 suspected terrorists killed in northern Burkina Faso

Regions of Burkina Faso with significant terrorism OUAGADOUGOU, Oct 9 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least 30 suspected terrorists were killed by Burkina Faso’s armed forces in Gorgadji locality in the northern Sahelian region of the country, the national television RTB reported. Several soldiers were injured during the fight in the troubled…

Russia rejects idea of US role in Ukraine conflict talks

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov MOSCOW, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia rejected the idea of involving the United States in talks to help resolve the conflict between the Kiev government and pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s east. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said there was no support for the idea of Washington joining…

Syrian suspect detained after truck rams traffic in western Germany

BERLIN, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Syrian man has been arrested on suspicion of hijacking a truck and ramming it into traffic in western Germany on Monday night, injuring eight people, prosecutors said. German media cited security officials as saying the incident in the city of Limburg was being treated as…

French Pres Macron vows ‘unrelenting fight’ against Islamist terror after police killings

Macron spoke at a ceremony at the police headquarters where the attack took place PARIS, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French Pres Emmanuel Macron vowed an “unrelenting fight” against Islamist extremists as he paid tribute to the four Paris police staff members stabbed to death last week by a radicalised colleague. Mickael Harpon,…

Europeans urge strict sanctions enforcement on North Korea

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — European members of the UN Security Council called for the strict enforcement of international sanctions against North Korea, after a closed-door meeting prompted by Pyongyang’s latest missile test. “International sanctions must remain in place and be fully and strictly enforced,” they said in a…

Mystery oil spills blot more than 130 Brazilian beaches

Oil spilled on Pontal de Coruripe beach in Alagoas, Brazil RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The source of large blots of oil staining more than 130 beaches in northeastern Brazil remained a mystery despite President Jair Bolsonaro’s assertions they came from outside the country and were possibly the…

Five UK ministers on ‘resignation watch list’, PM faces no-deal cabinet rebellion: Report

LONDON, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing a new rebellion from his cabinet over concerns of a no-deal Brexit, with a group of five cabinet ministers being on a “resignation watch list”, The Times newspaper reported. Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan, British Minister for Northern Ireland…