Kenya shuts terminal of main airport in Nairobi over fire incident

NAIROBI, April 5 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Kenya has closed one departure terminal at the Jomo Kenyatta Airport in Nairobi after a fire sparked by a baggage system malfunction forced authorities to evacuate passengers and staff, the state-run airports operator said.JKIA, as the airport which is the main gateway into the East…

Afghan forces arrest alleged Islamic State online recruiters

KABUL, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Afghan security forces have arrested six alleged members of the Daesh militant group and accused them of using hundreds of fake accounts on Facebook Inc and other social media to find recruits, authorities said. The men, arrested in the capital, Kabul, also used Twitter Inc,…

UN chief ‘deeply concerned’ by military movement in Libya

TRIPOLI, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN chief Antonio Guterres expressed deep concern over the risk of confrontation in Libya after forces loyal to a controversial strongman announced they were preparing to advance on Tripoli. “I am deeply concerned by the military movement taking place in Libya and the risk of confrontation,”…

Iraqi victims of Daesh leadership deserve justice: UN

GENEVA, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Iraq must ensure that Daesh leadership faces justice for alleged war crimes and genocide against civilians, not just charges of belonging to a terrorist group, a United Nations human rights investigator said. Four men, two Iraqi and two Syrians, were sentenced to death by a…

Myanmar villagers, lawmaker say ‘helicopter attack’ kills five Rohingya, wounds 13

YANGON, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Villagers and a lawmaker in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state said that a military helicopter attacked a group of Rohingya Muslims gathering bamboo, killing five and wounding 13, but a military spokesman declined to comment. Major-General Tun Tun Nyi said the army would release “true news”…

Maldives president hoping for election majority to probe China deals

MALE, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Maldives heads for a parliamentary election on Saturday with President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih seeking a majority for his party to investigate debts to China, which it fears could run as high as US$3 billion and risk sinking the economy. Since he unseated pro-China leader…

NATO seeks new ways to counter Russia ‘aggression’

WASHINGTON, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The 29 NATO nations looked for new ways to counter what they described as rising aggression by Russia as the alliance celebrated its 70th birthday. Despite rifts between the United States with allies Germany and Turkey, foreign ministers from the Western alliance were looking to…

Family of American woman sues Boeing, Ethiopian Airlines over 737 Max crash

CHICAGO, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The family of an American woman killed in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the airline, Boeing Co and Rosemount Aerospace Inc, the manufacturer of a part of the aircraft that is the focus of investigators. The…

Venezuela FM says seeking to avoid Syria-style conflict

DAMASCUS Syria), April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela’s top diplomat said his government was seeking to avoid a Syria-style civil war during a visit to long-time ally Damascus. Caracas has been hit hard by a political feud between President Nicolas Maduro, viewed by the United States as illegitimate, and opposition leader…

Brazil police kill 11 suspects who tried to blow up bank ATMs -up-bank-atms-11414404

SAO PAULO, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police in Sao Paulo state shot and killed 11 assailants who were preparing to blow up automated bank teller machines simultaneously at two branches early on Thursday, authorities said. Sao Paulo state’s Public Security Secretariat said in a statement that about 25 suspects were…