Stampede at Algeria rap concert ‘kills at least five’

ALGIERS, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least five people have been killed in a stampede at a rap concert in the Algerian capital, reports say.Thousands had gathered at a stadium in Algiers to see rapper Abderraouf Derradji, better known as Soolking, perform when a stampede is said to have broken…

Update: Boris Johnson and Donald Trump speak ahead of G7 meeting

LONDON, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Boris Johnson has spoken to US President Donald Trump ahead of meeting him on Sunday for the first time since becoming prime minister.The leaders, who will meet at the G7 summit in France, discussed “foreign policy issues and global trade” in a phone call on…

Drugs worth $161m seized in Malaysia’s biggest haul

Malaysia imposes the mandatory death penalty for possession of a certain amount of cocaine KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Malaysian authorities have seized nearly 3,700kg ketamine and cocaine worth about $161m in the country’s biggest drug haul to date.Malaysia is a key transit point for illegal narcotics, with authorities…

We are ‘far from a malaria-free world’ – WHO report

Each year, about 400,000 people – mostly children in Africa – die from the disease GENEVA, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Malaria experts have warned that the world will not be able to bring the disease under control using currently available means.The World Health Organization (WHO) has a target of reducing…

Kenya: Eggs harvested from last remaining white rhinos

There are only two northern white rhinos left in the world – both of them female and infertile NAIROBI, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A team of vets has successfully managed to harvest 10 eggs from the last two surviving female northern white rhinos in Kenya, in an unprecedented procedure. It…

France: Protests to greet G7 leaders as they discuss Amazon fires, trade

BIARRITZ (France), Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The leaders of the G7 club ofrich countries meet in southern France on Saturday, with the burning Amazon, diving stock markets and their own stark divisions giving little grounds for optimism. US President Donald Trump and fellow Western leaders will also faceprotests as they…

North Korea fires ‘unidentified projectiles’ into sea: Seoul

SEOUL, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — North Korea Saturday fired two“unidentified projectiles” into the sea off its eastern coast, South Korea’smilitary said, the latest in a series of launches by Pyongyang. “Our military is tracking the movement in the North in case of additionallaunches,” the Joint Chiefs of Staff in a…

Syria: Northern Hama countryside empty of rebels for 1st time since 2012

DAMASCUS, Aug 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Syrian army on Friday fully secured the entire northern countryside of the central province of Hama for the first time since 2012, the state media reported. After capturing the strategic town of Khan Shaykhun in the southern countryside of Idlib province in northwestern Syria,…

Water-related accidents claim 69 lives in Mongolia so far this year

ULAN BATOR, Aug 24 (NNN-XINHUA) — A total of 69 people have died in 76 water-related accidents in Mongolia since the beginning of this year, the country’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said. “A total of 76 water-related accidents have been recorded across the country so far this year, killing…

British judge orders confiscation of $1 million in cryptocurrencies from jailed hacker

LONDON, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A London judge ordered on Friday the confiscation of bitcoin and other digital currencies worth nearly $1 million from a prolific computer hacker, in the first case of its kind for Britain’s biggest police force. At Southwark Crown Court, judge Joanna Korner ruled that the…