Cyclone Idai: Rescuers Race Against Time To Reach Survivors

Rivers burst their banks flooding vast areas around Beira  BEIRA (Mozambique), March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Aid agencies are scrambling to reach survivors of Cyclone Idai in Mozambique as the full scale of the disaster becomes clear. Charities say thousands of people are stranded by catastrophic flooding, clinging to roofs or stuck in trees.…

Two Palestinians Killed In Clashes In Nablus

Hundreds attended the funerals of the two Palestinian men  RAMALLAH, March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Two Palestinian men have been killed in clashes with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli military said explosive devices were hurled from a car at troops guarding Jewish worshippers at Joseph’s Tomb in the city of…

Nicaragua govt agrees to prisoner release to restart opposition talks

MANAGUA, March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Nicaragua’s government agreed to release opposition prisoners within 90 days in order to restart stalled peace talks aimed at ending an 11-month political crisis, a dialogue mediator said. Organization of American States special envoy Luis Angel Rosadilla said in a press conference that President Daniel…

Palestinian shot dead after stone-throwing at Israeli cars: medics, army

JERUSALEM, March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A Palestinian was shot dead in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian medical sources said, with the Israeli army saying a soldier opened fire after Israeli cars were stoned. The Palestinian health ministry said Ahmed Manasara, 26, was shot dead near a checkpoint close to Bethlehem,…

Death toll from east China factory blast jumps to 44: state media

YANCHENG (China), March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The death toll from a massive explosion that rocked a chemical plant in eastern China rose to 44, state media said Friday. According to state-run People’s Daily, 90 others have been seriouslyinjured in Thursday’s blast, which was so powerful it knocked down nearbyfactory buildings…

New Zealand: Kiwi women don headscarves in solidarity with Muslim victims

CHRISTCHURCH (New Zealand), March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Women in Christchurch wore makeshift headscarves as a statement of peace and solidarity on Friday, a week after a white supremacist killed 50 Muslims at two mosques in the southern New Zealand city. Rafaela Stoakes, a 32-year-old mother of two, said wearing the…

Death toll in China landslide rises to 20

BEIJING, March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Rescuers have retrieved the body of afinal missing person in a northern China landslide, bringing the death tollto 20, local officials said. The incident last Friday (Masrch 15) in Shanxi province flattened several residential buildings and a public bathhouse. Authorities initially reported 10 deaths and…

Police probe attacks on four mosques in Birmingham

LONDON, March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Four mosques in the central Englishcity of Birmingham have been attacked, with a man wielding asledgehammer seen smashing windows at two places of worship, the police said. Counter-terrorism officers are investigating Thursday attacks on the mosques in four different areas in the north of the…

Trump supporter pleads guilty to sending bombs to Democrats

NEW YORK, March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A supporter of President Donald Trump pleaded guilty on Thursday to mailing crude bombs to prominent Democrats including former president Barack Obama and former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. Cesar Sayoc, 57, who was arrested in Florida in October, pleaded guilty to65 counts and…

Bangladesh: ruling party AL, Chinese Communist Party ink MoU on boosting cooperation

DHAKA, March 22 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh ruling party Awami League and Communist Party of China (CPC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on boosting cooperation between the two parties. The MoU was inked after a meeting between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and visiting Minister of International Department of CPC Central…