Italy seizes migrant rescue vessel, another to disembark

ROME, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Italian authorities seized thecharity rescue vessel Eleonore, disembarking the around 100 migrants aboard after it entered Italian territorial waters despite a ban. “Now we are in a safe port,” Eleonore’s captain Claus-Peter Reischtweeted, before adding “now our ship is confiscated” and invitingcontributions for a new…

Eight dead, 26 missing as dive boat sinks in flames off California

OXNARD (US), Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eight people were dead andmore than two dozen missing and feared dead Monday after a scuba divingboat caught fire and sank off the California coast, with passengers trappedbelow deck by the roaring blaze. Fire crews in helicopters, small boats and a Coast Guard cutter…

Hurricane Dorian kills five in Bahamas, US evacuates south east coast

PORT SAINT LUCIE (US), Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Monster stormDorian hovered over the Bahamas as surging seawaters and ferocious winds sowed chaos in low-lying island communities, killing at least five people and spurring mass evacuations on the US east coast. Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis on Monday termed the hurricane…

UK: Prime Minister Johnson loses parliamentary majority as MP joins Lib Dems

LONDON, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson lost his working parliamentary majority ahead of a crucial Brexit vote after Conservative MP Phillip Lee defected to the pro-EU Liberal Democrats. “The Liberal Democrats are delighted to announce that Bracknell MP Phillip Lee has joined the party,” the Lib…

Brazil: Amazon fires summit to go ahead without surgery-bound Pres Jair Bolsonaro

BRASILIA, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will not attend a summit with regional leaders to discuss the Amazon fires that is scheduled for Friday in Colombia because of doctors’ orders. Brazilian Government spokesman Otavio Rego Barros said Bolsonaro could not go because of upcoming surgery to treat…

Peru rejects decision of ex-FARC members to take up arms

LIMA, Aug 31 (NNN-ANDINA) — The Government of Peru expresses its strongest condemnation of and rejects the decision of former FARC-EP members to take up arms again, thus violating the Peace Agreement signed with the Colombian Government in 2016. Likewise, the Inca nation expresses its solidarity with the Government and people of…

EU sends technicians to help mitigate fires in Bolivia

Fire burns at the Guarani Nation Ecological Conservation Area Nembi Guasu, Charagua region LA PAZ, Aug 31 (NNN-TELESUR) — The Bolivian authorities are working night and day to extinguish the flames engulfing the Chiquitania region located in the country’s southern sector.  On Friday, seven countries representing the European Union sent squadrons…

Venezuela concerned about resurgence of conflict in Colombia

CARACAS, Aug 31 (NNN-TELESUR) — Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said that his government is concerned about the imminent resurgence of the armed conflict in Colombia, a prospect which could happen due to the rearmament of a sector of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) despite the 2016 Peace Agreement. “Venezuela…

U.S. gives Tunisia $335 million in financial aid over five years

TUNIS, Aug 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has agreed to give Tunisia financial aid worth $335 million over five years to support its democratic transition, the Tunisian Development and International Cooperation‮ ‬Ministry said. The aid will be financed by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). “Aid will fund…

Kenya ‘disappointed’ after UN rejects bid to designate Shabaab terrorists

NAIROBI, Aug 31 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — The Kenyan government expressed disappointment at the decision by the United Nations Security Council to block its push to toughen sanctions on Somali militant group Al Shabaab. Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Macharia Kamau said that he was dismayed that the countries that have been hit…