Brazil police say one arrested in US$29 million gold robbery case

SAO PAULO, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian police said they arrested one person and are seeking an arrest warrant for another in connection with the theft of a gold shipment at São Paulo’s international airport on July 25. The authorities did not name any of the suspects in the theft, which…

Libya buries bodies of 46 migrants after deadly shipwreck

TAJURA (Libya), July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Libyan authorities buried the bodies of 46 migrants Sunday after they were plucked from the sea following one of deadliest shipwrecks in the Mediterranean so far this year. Rescue workers said they had recovered the bodies of 62 migrants from waters off Libya after the overloaded boat went down…

Update: 4 dead in California shooting, including suspected gunman

LOS ANGELES, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four people have died at a California food festival shooting, including a suspected gunman, police chief Scott Smithee told a news conference. Fifteen more were injured, including some who suffered gunshot wounds, although the number of those shot was not immediately clear. Police and…

Iran ships stranded in Brazil are set to depart: officials

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two Iranian ships stranded offthe coast of Brazil for weeks have sailed for home, officials said,after a court ordered state oil giant Petrobras to fuel up the vessels. The bulk carriers had been stuck at Paranagua port in the southern state ofParana since…

Cuba expands internet access, but under a very wary eye

HAVANA, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — All Cubans can now have Wi-Fi in theirhomes, as the island’s government extends internet access. “Cubans support and defend the revolution in every domain, both in the real and the virtual worlds,” Ernesto Rodriguez Hernandez, vice minister ofcommunications, said in an interview. In his eyes,…

US: Multiple victims as shooter opens fire at food festival in Los Angeles and old timers’ day party in New York

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A shooter opened fire at a major food festival in the US state of California on Sunday, police said, with US media reporting at least one person killed and multiple others wounded. Footage on NBC showed people running as shots rang out at…

Morocco: King Mohammed VI marks two stable decades despite economic woes

King Mohammed VI RABAT, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — King Mohammed VI is preparing to mark 20 years on the throne of Morocco.The kingdom’s towns and cities have been decked out with flags to mark the anniversary on Tuesday, while newspapers have published editorials praising the monarch’s achievements.When he took the…

Libya: Air strike on hospital kills five doctors, says UN-backed govt

TRIPOLI, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An air strike has killed five doctors in a hospital in the southern outskirts of Libya’s capital Tripoli, an official from the UN-backed government says.A warplane belonging to Khalifa Hafta, the rogue general who commands the Libyan National Army, carried out the attack, the health…

Sudan protesters reject prosecutor’s report into June sit-in raid

KHARTOUM, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of people have rallied in parts of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, to demand an independent investigation into a deadly June raid on a protest camp after a probe blamed its bloody dispersal on “rogue” military personnel. On June 3, gunmen in military fatigues stormed the…

Togolese protest in Nigeria’s Lagos against Faure Gnassingbe’s 4th term bid

LAGOS (Nigeria), July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of Togolese from several West African countries stormed Lagos to protest against Faure Gnassingbe’s attempts to run for a fourth term in office as president.The 10,000-strong protesters sang and danced to revolutionary songs in native Togolese dialects.Some of the placards carried by the…