Update: 12 dead after gunman fires ‘indiscriminately’ in Virginia govt complex
WASHINGTON, June 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A longtime public utilities employee sprayed gunfire “indiscriminately” in a government building complex on Friday…
Haitian investigators say president in ’embezzlement scheme’
PORT-AU-PRINCE, June 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A panel of judges on Friday accused Haitian President Jovenel Moise of being at the…
African free trade zone takes effect: African Union
ADDIS ABABA, May 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An African free-trade zone came into force on Thursday, a step toward creating what…
Strong quake strikes off El Salvador, no initial reports of damage
SAN SALVADOR, May 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An earthquake measured at 6.6-magnitude struck off the coast of El Salvador early on…
Malaysia arrests 3 terror suspects with Daesh links
KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysian police have arrested three terror suspects, Malaysia’s police chief Abdul Hamid Bador said. The…
Mexico to send USMCA trade deal to Senate for ratification
MEXICO CITY, May 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico’s government will send the trade deal known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)…
Taliban, Afghan opposition officials claim ‘progress’ at talks
MOSCOW, May 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Taliban officials and Afghan opposition figures claimed to have made “tremendous progress” at Moscow talks, but…
Vietnam culls 2 million pigs, urges whole nation to fight swine fever
HANOI, May 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Vietnam said on Friday it has culled 2 million pigs in a bid to curb…
Alleged ringleader admits hiker killings at Morocco trial
SALE (Morocco), May 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The alleged leader of a militant cell accused of killing two Scandinavian hikers in…
Haitian opposition senators ransack meeting room
PORT-AU-PRINCE, May 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four opposition senators trashed their meeting room in Port-au-Prince early on Thursday to prevent, for…