Algerian police arrest brother of former president, two former intelligence chiefs: sources

ALGIERS, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Algerian police have arrested Said Bouteflika, the youngest brother of former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, and two former intelligence chiefs, Generals Bachir Athmane Tartag and Mohamed Mediene, security sources said. No more details were available, and there was no immediate comment from police. The sources were…

Libya’s NOC calls for safe return of head of oil union taken in east

TRIPOLI, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Libyan state oil firm NOC called for the safe return of the national head of the oil workers’ labor union, Saad Dinar, who was abducted by an armed group on Monday near the eastern city of Benghazi. “NOC is gravely concerned about Mr Dinar’s wellbeing.…

Update: 41 people confirmed dead in plane fire in Moscow’s Airport

MOSCOW, May 6 (NNN-XINHUA) —Russia’s Investigative Committee confirmed Monday that 41 people were killed after an SSJ-100 passenger plane en route to the northwestern Russian city of Murmansk caught fire before an emergency landing Sunday at the Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow. “41 people died,” Elena Markovskaya, representative of the committee’s Moscow Interregional Investigation…

Turkey Kills 28 Kurdish Militants In Retaliation To Attacks

ANKARA, May 6 (NNN-XINHUA) — Turkey killed 28 Kurdish militants in retaliation to an attack which left three Turkish soldiers dead, the Defense Ministry said in a statement. Earlier Saturday, three Turkish soldiers were killed and one was injured in a mortar attack by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Turkey southeastern Hakkari province. The attack…

Militants kill politician ahead of new round of India vote; polling station set ablaze

SRINAGAR (Kashmir, India), May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Suspected separatist militants shot dead a local leader from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party in disputed Kashmir ahead of the latest round of India’s marathon election, police said. The killing in Anantnag district of India’s only Muslim-majority state is the latest in…

Air raids hit three hospitals in Syria’s Idlib: monitor

HASS (Syria), May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Air strikes by Syrian allyRussia on Sunday forced the closure of two hospitals and also damaged a third one in the rebel-held Syrian province of Idlib, a war monitor said. It came as eight civilians were killed in bombardment by the government and Russia…

Update: Palestinians agree Gaza ceasefire

GAZA CITY, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Palestinian leaders in Gaza agreed a ceasefire with Israel early Monday, officials said, after the most serious flare-up since a 2014 war. Egypt brokered an agreement to cease hostilities from 4:30 am local time, an official from the strip’s rulers Hamas and anotherfrom its…

British PM Theresa May tells Labour: ‘Let’s do a deal’ on Brexit

LONDON, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Theresa May urged main opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to work with her tobreak the Brexit deadlock, telling him: “Let’s do a deal”. May said she understood why hardcore Brexiteers in her own centre-rightConservative Party, who want a clean break with the…

Senegal: Parliament pass reform to scrap post of prime minister

DAKAR, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Senegalese lawmakers approved aconstitutional reform to scrap the post of prime minister, the firstinitiative of President Macky Sall’s second term in office. The motion passed with 124 MPs voting in favour and only seven against,National Assembly president Moustapha Niasse said after anine-hour debate. The government…

N.Korea tests multiple rocket launchers: KCNA

SEOUL, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — North Korea has tested long-range multiple rocket launchers and tactical guided weapons in a “strike drill” overseen by leader Kim Jong Un, state media said. The Korean Central News Agency said the drill took place Saturday, whenNorth Korea also fired projectiles into the sea in…