UN Stresses: ‘Use of Force Isn’t the Solution in Venezuela’

UNITED NATIONS, May 4 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The President of the UN General Assembly, Maria Fernanda Espinosa, believes that the use of force and violence is not the solution to what is happening in Venezuela, stressed her spokeswoman, Monica Grayley. The high representative also underscored the need for a constructive…

Pres Diaz-Canel: Helms-Burton Won’t Stop the March of Cubans

HAVANA, May 4 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The president of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel, affirmed this Friday that the Helms-Burton law will not stop the march of the Cubans, despite its purpose of preventing the development of the island and attacking its sovereignty. Through Twitter, the president pointed out that the main…

Kenya to ship out first consignment of crude oil in two months

NAIROBI, May 4 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya plans to ship out its first consignment of crude oil in two months. The 200,000 barrels of crude oil will be sold to a refinery that offers the highest price. Petroleum Principal Secretary Andrew Kamau has said Tullow Oil is also expected to start…

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 starting from May 6 to June 4, 2019. This is the first time, since November 2015, that the decision to extend the state of emergency has been published in the…

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 violence in the war-torn nation. “I am reminded today of the risks Libyan journalists face while doing their job every day. We cannot let the truth become a casualty of…

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 consecutive Friday to demand the departure of the regime. The marches staged across the country were once again calm and without major incidents. On the one hand, the opposition parties…

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 the coming hurricane season, Cuban authorities said. According to Cuba’s National Civil Defense Staff (NCD), the drill, dubbed Meteoro, will occur on May 18-19. It aims to raise the public…

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 able to secure gains as an offensive by eastern commander Khalifa Haftar entered its fifth week, killing almost 400 people and displacing 50,000. Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA), which is…

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 in Jacksonville, Florida. Officials say a charter plane traveling from Cuba to north Florida ended up in a river at the end of a runway. A Naval Air Station Jacksonville…

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 seven foreign women and girls gave way to outrage at the authorities for a botched response. A suspect identified in local media as 35-year-old Greek Cypriot army officer Nicos Metaxas has…