Family of MH17 victim sues Russia banks, US money transfer companies

NEW YORK, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The family of an American teenagerkilled aboard the MH17 flight launched a court case Thursday against Russian banks and US money transfer companies for helping to finance pro-Moscow separatists accused of shooting it down over Ukraine. In a complaint filed in US federal court,…

Flooding in Paraguay’s capital due to heavy rain

ASUNCION, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 20,000 families across Paraguay have been affected by severe flooding from two weeks of heavy rain that caused the country’s main river to burst its banks, a senior official said Wednesday as an emergency was declared in the capital. National Emergency Minister Joaquin…

Libya: Pro-Haftar militia forces reach outskirts of Tripoli

TRIPOLI, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Forces loyal to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar reached a security barrier within 30 kilometres from thecapital Tripoli late Thursday, as world powers warned of consequences for military action. General Abdessalem al-Hassi, head of operations for Haftar’s self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) in the eastern region,…

Philippines: Pres Duterte warns China to back off disputed island

MANILA, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has warned Beijing to back off from a disputed island in the South China Sea, warning of possible military action if China “touches” it amid risingtensions over the key waterway. Duterte, aiming to attract trade and investment from the Asian superpower,has…

Trump gives US-China trade talks another four weeks

WASHINGTON, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump on Thursday said the United States and China were a month from a potentially “epic” trade agreement. But, nine months into the two countries’ trade war, the announcement wasanti-climactic, as the White House had earlier stoked anticipation that Trump could announce a…

Bangladesh: Nearly 600 extremists to surrender on April 9

PABNA (Bangladesh), April 5 (NNN-BSS) — Nearly 600 extremists of 15 districts will surrender to Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on the ground of Shaheed Amin Stadium in Pabna on April 9. Superintendent of Police, Pabna Sheikh Rafiqul Islam told BSS thatdifferent extremist organisations, including Purba Bangla Communist Party,Purba Bangla…

Bangladesh wants to solve Rohingya crisis thru’ discussion: PM Hasina

DHAKA, April 5 (NNN-BSS) — Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reiteratedBangladesh’s stance on solving the Rohingya crisis with Myanmar throughdiscussion, urging all concerned to perform properly their responsibilitiesto this end. “Our aim is to solve the Rohingya crisis through talks and we’re workingto this end,” she said in her introductory speech…

Five dead from suspected food poisoning at French retirement home

TOULOUSE (France), April 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five residents at a retirement home in southern France have died and more than a dozen others are in a serious condition after a suspected case of mass food poisoning, officials said. Twenty-two people at the privately operated Cheneraie residence in Lherm, a town…

Over 1,000 Cholera cases cyclone-hit Mozambique

MAPUTO, April 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cholera has infected at least 1,052 people in Mozambique’s cyclone-hit region, the health ministry said in a new report, marking a massive increase from 139 cases reported four days ago. The mounting cases represent on average more than 200 cases of new infections each day.…

Argentine president to seek re-election in October

BUENOS AIRES, April 2 (NNN-Xinhua) — Argentine President Mauricio Macri will seek re-election in the presidential election in October, said Rogelio Frigerio, minister of the interior, public works and housing. ​”Presidential candidate of the Cambiemos is President Mauricio Macri, who is going to go for re-election,” Frigerio said during a…