Somalia: At least seven killed in bomb attack in capital Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, July 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least seven people were killed and 27 others wounded when a bomb went off outside a hotel near the international airport in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, medical officials said. The al Shabaab group, which is trying to topple Somalia’s weak U.N.-backed government, claimed…

Libyan warplane makes emergency landing on road in southern Tunisia

TUNIS, July 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A warplane belonging to eastern Libyan forces fighting the internationally recognized Tripoli government made an emergency landing in Tunisia on Monday and the pilot was detained. Negotiations with Tunisian authorities to secure the release of the pilot were under way, the self-declared eastern foreign ministry…

South Africa’s anti-corruption chief Busisiwe Mkhwebane lied under oath: court ruled

 PRETORIA, July 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa’s highest court has ruled that Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane lied under oath and acted in bad faith while investigating a bank bailout. The Constitutional Court upheld a High Court ruling that ordered Mkhwebane to pay $62,000 in legal fees in a dispute between…

US Expands Powers To Deport Migrants Without Going To Court

WASHINGTON, July 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US government is introducing a new fast-track deportation process that will bypass immigration courts. Under the new rules, any undocumented migrants who can’t prove they’ve been in the US continuously for more than two years can be immediately deported. The policy is expected to…

Iran Tanker Seizure: Hunt Seeks European Help On Gulf Shipping

Crew members on the British-flagged vessel are Indian, Russian, Latvian and Filipino  LONDON, July 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has repeated his call for the release of a British-flagged ship and its crew detained in the Gulf by the Iranian military. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard captured the Stena…

UN’s nuclear watchdog chief Yukiya Amano has died: IAEA

Yukiya Amano. Photo courtesy of Kyodo VIENNA (Austria), July 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN’s nuclear watchdog, the Interational Atomic Energy Agency, said that its chief, Yukiya Amano, who has been in poor health for some time, has died at 72. “The Secretariat of the International Atomic Energy Agency regrets to…

New York bans cat declawing

NEW YORK, July 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New York became the first American state to ban the declawing of cats, a practice already illegal in several countries and condemned as cruel by animal rights activists. Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill outlawing the removal of cats’ claws for cosmetic reasons with…

France hails progress on Europe migrant deadlock

PARIS, July 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French President Emmanuel Macron said European countries had made progress on plans to redistribute refugees rescued in the Mediterranean. The issue of what to do with the thousands of refugees still attempting to reach Europe by crossing the Mediterranean Sea has sparked a sharp response…

US Pres Trump says getting ‘harder’ to deal with Iran as he offers to mediate Pakistan-India dispute

US President Donald Trump greets Prime Minister Imran Khan at the White House in Washington. Photo courtesy of app.com.pk WASHINGTON, July 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump said it was becoming more difficult for him to think about negotiating with Iran, following a series of incidents that have sent…

Mexico: 1500 bodies found in 390 clandestine mass graves

Around 1,500 bodies were found in 390 clandestine graves in Mexico | MEXICO CITY, July 22 (NNN-TELESUR) — Mexican authorities found 1,418 human bodies in 390 clandestine graves according to the research “Study Violence and Terror: Findings about clandestine graves in Mexico.” The study said that between 2009 and 2014, 5,786 remains…