Libya: Heavy rainfalls force over 2,500 to flee homes, 4 dead: UNHCR

GENEVA, June 10 (NNN-XINHUA) — More than 2,500 Libyans have been forced to flee their homes after heavy rainfalls caused severe flooding in the town of Ghat, some 1,300 km southwest of Tripoli, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said. In a press release, the UNHCR said the rains, which started on May 28, have already…

Libyan Navy rescues 22 African migrants off western coast

TRIPOLI, June 10 (NNN-XINHUA) —Libyan navy on Saturday announced rescuing 22 migrants of different African nationalities off the country’s western coast. The migrants were rescued some 55 km off the coast of Sabratha city, some 70 km west of the capital Tripoli, the navy said in a statement. The rescued migrants have been provided…

Death Toll From Tripoli Fighting Rises To 653: WHO

TRIPOLI, June 10 (NNN-XINHUA) — A total of 653 people have been killed and 3,547 others injured in the fighting in and around Libya’s capital Tripoli, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. “The toll for the ongoing conflict in Libya’s capital is 653 dead, including 41 civilians, and 3,547 wounded, including 126 civilians,” the WHO…

Armed Group Kills 25 In Fresh Nigeria Attack: Local Police

ABUJA, June 10 (NNN-XINHUA) — Twenty-five people were buried on Sunday in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Sokoto, following an attack allegedly by a local armed group on Saturday. Local police said four people linked to the attack have been arrested, including a woman informant who pretended to be a lunatic. The attack affected three communities…

Anti-gay laws widespread in Africa despite gains

PARIS, June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than half of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa have anti-homosexuality laws, although others have movedtowards legal tolerance, watchdogs say. Twenty-eight out of 49 countries have laws penalising same-sexrelationships, according to Neela Ghoshal, a Human Rights Watch (HRW)specialist in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights.…

Update: Democrats slam Trump’s use of trade threats against ally Mexico

WASHINGTON, June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Democrats slammed Pres Donald Trump’s tactics of threatening punitive tariffs to extract concessions on immigration from Mexico, saying the US president was recklessly endangering ties to a major ally and trade partner. “What the world is tired of, and what I am tired of, is…

Update: 4 dead in Sudan a week after bloody crackdown

KHARTOUM, June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One week after dozens died in acrackdown on Sudanese protesters demanding civilian rule, four people were killed as security forces moved to quell a civil disobedience campaignlaunched Sunday. The deaths marked almost two months since the April 11 ouster of longtimeruler Omar al-Bashir, as talks…

Brexit: UK foreign minister says EU willing to renegotiate deal

LONDON, June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, a contender to replace Theresa May as prime minister, said that German Chancellor Angela Merkel had indicated the EU would be willing to renegotiate the Brexit divorce deal. Hunt, one of nearly a dozen Conservatives vying to succeed May after…

Canada: Hundreds protest in Vancouver against Hong Kong extradition plans

VANCOUVER (Canada), June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of people protested outside the Chinese consulate in Vancouver against controversial plans to allow extraditions from Hong Kong to the Chinese mainland. “This amendment will affect millions of people, not just Hong Kong people— people around the world,” Mabel Tung, the protest organizer…

US military vehicle hit by bomb in Niger, no casualties

WASHINGTON, June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A US military vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in Niger, site of a deadly jihadist attack onAmerican forces in 2017, the military announced Sunday. The Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicle activated the bomb “while entering a firing range in the vicinity…