Tunisia extends state of emergency for 1 month
TUNIS, May 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — Tunisia announced on Friday the extension of a state of emergency for one more month…
UN envoy says Libyan journalists face rising threats, violence
TRIPOLI, May 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — The UN Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame said that Libyan journalists face rising threats and…
Algerians take to streets as political stalemate continues
ALGIERS, May 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — Hundreds of thousands of Algerians took to the streets across the country for the 11th…
Cuba to hold nationwide drill against disasters
HAVANA, May 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — Cuba will hold its annual nationwide drill later this month to prepare the public for…
Libya: Stalemate persists in Tripoli after overnight fighting, more civilians flee
TRIPOLI, May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fighting raged in the battle for the Libyan capital Tripoli on Friday, with neither faction…
Update: Boeing 737 slides off runway into Florida river, 21 hurt
In this photo released by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, authorities work at the scene of a plane in the water…
Cyprus police chief sacked as anger grows over killings of foreign women, justice minister resigned
NICOSIA, May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday sacked the country’s police chief, as shock over the murders of…
Brazil reports record number of killings by police in Rio state
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state killed a record number of people…
Portugal PM threatens to resign if parliament passes teachers pay hike
LISBON, May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa threatened to resign on Friday after his leftist allies abandoned…
Former Argentine army chief on trial for torture
BUENOS AIRES, May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A former Argentine army chief went on trial Friday for the kidnapping and torture…