Cuban FM Calls for Int’l Efforts to Prevent New US Sanctions

Photo courtesy of Prensa Latina HAVANA, Apr 25 (NNN- Prensa Latina) – Cuba”s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez called on Thursday for efforts by the international community to avoid the effects of new US actions aimed at economically choke the island. In Twitter, the Foreign Minister described the new measures that…

70 killed, 1,000 people displaced by floods in S.Africa

mhlatuzana Hindu Temple, south of Durban, damaged after the township was hit by heavy rain and flash floods following torrential downpour.  Photo courtesy of News Vision JOHANNESBURG, April 26 (NNN-NEWS VISION) – Devastating floods in South Africa have left 70 dead and forced more than a thousand people from their…

Sudan braces for ‘million-strong’ protest march

Sudanese protesters from the city of Atbara, sitting atop a train, cheer upon arriving at the Bahari station in Khartoum on April 23, 2019. Photo courtesy of OZAN KOSE KHARTOUM, April 26 (NNN-NEWS VISION) – Huge crowds are expected to join a “million-strong” protest march Thursday in Sudan to turn…

Amnesty says Hong Kong office hit by China-linked cyber attack

BEIJING, April 26 (NNN-NEWS VISION) – Amnesty International’s Hong Kong office has been hit by a years-long cyberattack from hackers with known links to the Chinese government, the rights group said Thursday. The attack comes at a time of growing concern in Hong Kong over shrinking freedoms as Beijing flexes…

Nigerian pirates abduct six sailors from oil tanker

ABUJA, April 26 (NNN-NEWS VISION) – Pirates off Nigeria’s oil-rich south have stormed a small oil tanker, kidnapping six sailors, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said on Thursday, the latest in a string of such attacks. The Apecus, a Palau-flagged petroleum products tanker of 3,100 deadweight tonnes, was attacked on…

Former US VP Biden announces 2020 run for White House

WASHINGTON, April 26 (NNN-NEWS VISION) – Former US Vice President Joe Biden announced Thursday he is entering the 2020 White House race, joining an already crowded list of candidates running on the Democratic Party platform. In a tweet accompanied by a three-and-a-half minute video, Biden said he couldn’t stand idly…

Scared Muslim refugees flee Sri Lankan homes over attack fears

Members of the Sri Lankan community pray for the victims of their country’s recent serial suicide bomb attacks on Easter Sunday, at St. Teresa’s church in Christchurch on April 25, 2019. – The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the wave of highly coordinated bombings which hit Sri Lanka on Easter…

France promises trial over missing Japanese student

FRANCE, April 26 (NNN-NEWVISION) – A Chilean national is to be tried in France for the suspected murder of his Japanese ex-girlfriend, with Paris to request his extradition later this year, a prosecutor said Thursday. Narumi Kurosaki, 21, went missing in December 2016 from her university residence in Besancon, a…

US diplomat pleads guilty in China spying case

WASHINGTON, April 26 (NNN-NEWS VISION) – A former US diplomat pleaded guilty Thursday to lying to investigators about money she received from Chinese intelligence agents in exchange for US documents, the Justice Department said. Candace Marie Claiborne, 63, was a Department of State office management specialist based in Beijing and…

Coalition strikes on Raqqa ‘killed 1,600 civilians’

DAMASCUS, April 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Intensive US-led coalition bombardment on the Syrian city of Raqqa killed more than 1,600 civilians over four months in 2017, according to a report released on Thursday. The unprecedented investigation, led by Amnesty International and the Airwars monitoring group, urged top coalition members to show…