Eighteen migrants hurt trying to cross Bosnia-Croatia border – officials

SARAJEVO, Aug 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eighteen migrants were injured while trying to illegally reach the European Union across Bosnia’s border with Croatia, Bosnian officials said. The migrants, all men from Pakistan and Iraq, were taken to a local hospital overnight by police, the officials said, declining to give further details.…

Mexico wants U.S. help to identify white supremacist threats

MEXICO CITY, Aug 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico’s government wants the United States to cooperate in helping to identify white supremacists that pose a threat to its citizens after a weekend shooting in El Paso, Texas that killed eight Mexican nationals. A total of 22 people lost their lives in the…

AfDB approves $98m grant for Ethiopia road project to Djibouti

ABIDJAN, Aug 8 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $98 million financial package for Ethiopia for a road transport corridor project to neighbouring Djibouti. The project’s total cost is $255 million, comprising an AfDB grant of $98 million to Ethiopia’s government and an AfDB grant of…

US: 4 dead, 2 wounded in Southern California stabbings

GARDEN GROVE (California, US), Aug 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A man killed four people and wounded two in a string of robberies and stabbings in California’s Orange County before he was arrested, police said. The 33-year-old Garden Grove man was taken into custody after he came out of a 7-Eleven store…

Venezuela denounces detaining of ship carrying food inputs

CARACAS, Aug 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez denounced the detaining of a ship headed to Venezuela with primary materials for food production. The ship was stopped at the Panama Canal. “Venezuela is denouncing to the world that, right now, a ship carrying 25,000 tons of soybean meal…

Russia upholds bar on Kremlin critics despite protests

MOSCOW, Aug 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia’s main election board upheld rulings barring several Kremlin critics from a Moscow election next month as the opposition said it would press ahead with nationwide protests this weekend. Police in Moscow have detained more than 2,000 people at recent rallies protesting the exclusion of…

US immigration agents arrest 680 workers at Mississippi plants

MISSISSIPPI, Aug 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US immigration authorities arrested nearly 700 people at seven agricultural processing plants across Mississippi in what federal officials said could be the largest worksite enforcement operation in a single state. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said in a statement they detained about 680 people who…

US says North Korea missiles don’t impact negotiations

WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo downplayed North Korea’s latest missile launches, saying they won’t alter the prospects for negotiations on Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons. One day after North Korea called a new round of short-range missiles a “warning” against joint US-South Korea military exercises, Pompeo on…

Botswana’s private coal mine produces first saleable coal

GABORONE, Aug 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Botswana’s privately owned coal mine has produced its first saleable coal that has been exported to South Africa and Namibia, the chief executive of the company that owns the mine said. The Masama Coal Mine has extracted roughly 39,000 tonnes of coal since July and…

Tunisia: Defense Minister Zbidi submits bid to run for president

Tunisian Defence Minister Abdelkarim Zbidi TUNIS, Aug 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tunisian Defence Minister Abdelkarim Zbidi submitted his candidacy for a presidential election on Sept 15 as an independent on Wednesday and said he would resign from government. Zbidi, 69, who has the support of secular parties including Nidaa Tounes and…