Italy gets new coalition as lawyers target ex-minister Salvini

ROME, Sept 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Italy’s new government has been appointed amid legal moves against the ousted Interior Minister, Matteo Salvini.Prosecutors launched a libel suit against Salvini on behalf of migrant rescuer Carola Rackete. She ignored Salvini’s order to keep her charity ship out of Italian waters.And a mayor who…

Hurricane Dorian: Bahamas death toll expected to be ‘staggering’ – government

The Bahamas: “It’s total devastation” NASSAU, Sept 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas will be “staggering”, the country’s government has warned as aid efforts are being stepped up.The official death toll stands at 30, but is expected to rise further.Officials are sending morticians and…

Pope Francis hails ‘right to peace’ as he ends Mozambique visit

Pope Francis kisses a baby at Zimpeto hospital on the outskirts of Maputo, Mozambique. MAPUTO, Sept 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pope Francis on Friday told tens of thousands of faithful at a packed stadium not to resort to “vengeance” as he wound up a visit to Mozambique, ravaged by a 16-year…

UK: House of Lords passes bill aimed at blocking no-deal Brexit

LONDON, Sept 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UK parliament’s upper chamber on Friday approved a bill that aims to block a no-deal Brexit at the end of October by forcing Prime Minister Boris Johnson to seek a delay to Britain’s departure from the European Union. The legislation requires Johnson to ask…

Reactions to the death of former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe

HARARE, Sept 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Robert Mugabe, the bush war guerrilla leader who led Zimbabwe to independence in 1980 and crushed his foes during nearly four decades of rule as his country descended into poverty, hyperinflation and unrest, died on Friday aged 95. Following are reactions to his death from…

Attackers kill two aid workers in western Ethiopia – aid group, UN

ADDIS ABABA, Sept 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Unidentified attackers killed two aid workers who were returning from a refugee camp in an western Ethiopia region that shares a border with South Sudan, their aid group and a UN organisation said. The attack happened on Thursday in Gambella region, which shares a…

Angolan president due Saturday in Qatar for two-day visit

PRESIDENT JOÃO LOURENÇO DOHA, Sept 7 (NNN-ANGOP) — Angolan head of state João Lourenço is expected Saturday in Qatar for a two-day state visit, according the President’s Civil Affairs Office. On the same day (Saturday),  Joao Lourenço will visit the Qatar National Museum. Sunday agenda includes meeting with the Qatari…

Militants kill three soldiers, a policeman in NE Nigeria

KANO (Nigeria), Sept 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least three Nigerian soldiersand a policeman were killed when militants attacked thetown of Gajiram in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state on Thursday. Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) stormed thetown around 0100 GMT in nine all-terrain trucks fitted with machine guns…

Hong Kong freedoms must be ‘guaranteed’: German Chancellor Merkel

BEIJING, Sept 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel saidthe rights and freedoms of people in Hong Kong “must be guaranteed”after a Friday meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing, her spokesman said. Hong Kong has been plunged into months of pro-democracy protests, andahead of her three-day visit to…

Brexit deal with UK ‘seems not possible’: Finnish EU presidency

HELSINKI, Sept 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An agreement with Britain to avoid a no-deal Brexit now appears impossible as the country is in “quite a mess”,Finland’s prime minister, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency,said Friday. “I hope that we can reach a situation where this (Brexit) can be solved sothat…