Kremlin rebuffs call to release Ukrainian sailors – Vedomosti

MOSCOW, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Kremlin said an investigation and trial of 24 Ukrainian sailors captured by Russia in the Black Sea must be completed despite an international maritime tribunal calling for their release, the Vedomosti newspaper reported. The Hamburg-based International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)…

US and Cuban Universities to Strengthen Cooperation

WASHINGTON, May 27 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Cuban Ambassador to the United States Jose Ramon Cabañas announced a memorandum of understanding between universities from the two countries, which are interested in strengthening their ties. Cabañas broke the news during a visit to the Central University of North Carolina, which will strengthen…

S. African President Thanks Cuba for Contribution against Apartheid

PRETORIA, May 27 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa thanked Cuba for its fundamental contribution to the struggle against apartheid and its collaboration in different fields. At a meeting with Cuban First Vice President Salvador Valdes Mesa, Ramaphosa particularly noted the work by Cuban doctors in South Africa.…

Russia ordered to release Ukraine sailors

BERLIN, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An international tribunal has ordered Russia to “immediately” release 24 Ukrainian sailors and three naval ships it seized off Crimea in November. Moscow says the sailors violated its maritime border near the peninsula which it seized from Ukraine in 2014. But the International Tribunal for the…

108 Tanzanian fishermen nabbed on Kenyan waters under investigation

NAIROBI, May 27 (NNN-KBC) — 108 Tanzanian fishermen who had strayed into the country’s waters are under investigations by members of the Kenya Coast Guard Service. The fishermen who were aboard 23 boats, claimed that they drifted within Kenyan territory due to bad weather before washing up at the Kilifi…

30 children go missing in Kenya daily

NAIROBI, May 27 (NNN-KBC) — Close to 30 cases of missing children are reported every day in Kenya as families battle with thoughts of whether their loved ones are alive or dead. As the world marks international missing children day, Missing Child Kenya Executive Director Maryanne Muyendo says there is…

Greece heads to snap polls after ruling party’s defeat in European elections

ATHENS, May 27 (NNN-Xinhua) — Greece is heading to early national elections after the ruling SYRIZA party’s defeat by the conservatives by a wide margin in both European Parliament and local elections on Sunday, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced. In a statement broadcast live on national broadcaster ERT after…

UN calls for release of arbitrarily detained, abducted persons in Libya

TRIPOLI, May 27 (NNN-Xinhua) — The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) called for the immediate release of all persons arbitrarily detained and abducted in Libya. “The Mission calls once again for all those arbitrarily detained and abducted to be immediately released, and reminds all parties to the conflict of…

South Africa: Cabinet announcement later this week

PRETORIA, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The announcement on the members of the new executive will be made later in the week, says the Presidency. “The Constitution of the Republic stipulates that the President must assume office within five days of being elected by the National Assembly – and thereafter appoint…

Burkina Faso: Four dead in new attack on Christians

OUAGADOUGOU, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four people were killed on Sunday at a Catholic church in northern Burkina Faso in the latest in a series of attacks on Christian targets in the region, according to a bishop in the region and a security source. “The Christian community of Toulfe was…