Cuba to participate in 50th Pacific Islands Forum

HAVANA, Aug 10 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Cuba will participate in the 50th Pacific Islands Forum to be held Aug 13-16 in the Republic of Tuvalu, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Minrex) announced Saturday. The Cuban delegation will be headed by Emilio Lozada, director general of Bilateral Affairs at the Ministry…

Danish capital hit by second blast in four days: police

COPENHAGEN, Aug 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An explosion damaged a police station in Copenhagen early on Saturday, in the second blast to hit the Danish capital in four days. No one was injured in the blast, which happened outside a station in the Norrebro, just outside the city center, police said…

Mexico expresses concern over massive illegal weapons transfer from U.S.

MEXICO CITY, Aug 10 (NNN-Xinhua) — Mexico expressed concern about the massive transfer of illegal arms from the United States during the Carribean nation’s battle against drug trafficking. The United States identified Mexico as one of the 22 major drug transit and producing countries in a memorandum on Thursday, in…

Russia explosion: Five confirmed dead in rocket blast

MOSCOW, Aug 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five people were killed and three injured following a rocket explosion on a naval test range in Russia on Thursday, state nuclear company Rosatom confirmed.Rostacom said the accident occurred during tests on a liquid propellant rocket engine.The three injured staff members suffered serious burns in…

Former Panama President Martinelli not guilty of corruption

Martinelli surrounded by supporters as he left the court a free man PANAMA CITY, Aug 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli, has been acquitted of corruption and illegal wiretapping.Prosecutors had accused Martinelli of using public funds to record private conversations in order to intimidate rival politicians while in…

South Africa’s Eskom supplies Zimbabwe with 400 megawatts of power

HARARE, Aug 10 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — South African utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. began exports of up to 400 megawatts into Zimbabwe on Friday, easing a protracted power crisis characterized by daily outages lasting up to 18 hours.State-owned Zesa Holdings expects a combination of lower demand and the additional supply to…

Kenya’s first all-female SWAT team set up

The 48 commando officers, drawn from the Administration Police Service (APS), have undergone through five months of physical and combat drilling NAIROBI, Aug 10 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya has for the first time witnessed the graduation of an elite all-female Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team, the first of its kind…

Two dead, one injured when tourist boat collided with fishing boat in Greek waters

ATHENS, Aug 10 (NNN-Xinhua) — Two boats collided on Friday night in the Argolic Gulf, east of Peloponnese peninsula, Greece, killing two men while a woman was seriously injured, Hellenic Coast Guard said. The accident took place between Porto Cheli and Spetses island, a popular weekend destination, about three hours…

UN calls for humanitarian truce in Libya

Fighters of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) TRIPOLI, Aug 10 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) called for a humanitarian truce between the rival parties in Libya, as the armed conflict in the capital Tripoli continues between the UN-backed government and the east-based army.…

Mexico will not repeat mistakes in fighting crime: Pres Obrador

MEXICO CITY, Aug 10 (NNN-Xinhua) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that his government will not fall “into the trap of declaring war” on criminal gangs, a day after about two dozen bodies were found in the western state of Michoacan. “We are going to keep fighting crime,…