Libya to shut down three migrant detention centers

TRIPOLI, Aug 5 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) -Libya plans to shut down three migrant detention centers in the country following deadly shipwrecks on the Mediterranean at the end of July. According to the United Nations, July has seen the deadliest shipwrecks involving migrants to Libya this year. On July 25, a boat carrying…

South Africa to Promote Women’s Role in Peace and Security at UN

Pretoria, Aug 5 (NNN-Prensa Latina) South Africa will promote debates on women”s role in peace and security at the United Nations, taking advantage of its position as a non-permanent member of the Security Council, Foreign Minister Nadeli Pandor announced. The minister for International Relations and Cooperation said at a meeting…

Honduras Concerned over Dengue Deaths

TEGUCIGALPA, Aug 5 (NNN-Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Health of Honduras said Sunday that, at the end of this week, were recorded 62 deaths from dengue and 42,346 infected, of which 9,793 are in critical condition. According to the report released by the Ministry, four more deaths were reported last…

Frenchman Franky Zapata Crosses the English Channel on his Flyboard

PARIS Aug 5 (NNN-Prensa Latina) Frenchman Franky Zapata managed Sunday on his second attempt to cross the English Channel on the flyboard he invented. In the midst of great media hype, the 40-year-old Marseille resident took off from the beach of Sangatte, in the northern department of Pas-de-Calais, and travelled…

Russian military puts out wildfires on over 700,000 hectares in Siberia

MOSCOW, Aug 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — The aviation force of the Russian Defense Ministry has managed to extinguish forest fires on an area of 753,000 hectares in the Krasnoyark and Irkutsk regions in Russia’s Siberia in the last four days, the ministry said Sunday. The aviation group of the Russian Defense…

6 Daesh militants killed in airstrike in northern Iraq

BAGHDAD, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) — A total of six Daesh militants were killed on Sunday in an airstrike by U.S.-led coalition in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, the Iraqi military said. Acting on intelligence reports provided by Nineveh’s Operations Command, an Iraqi army force tracked a group of Daesh militants…

5.2-magnitude earthquake shakes western Iran, no fatalities

TEHRAN, Aug 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — A 5.2-magnitude earthquake hit Choram region of Iran’s western Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province early Monday, Iran’s Seismological Center reported. The epicenter of the quake was reported to be at a depth of 10 km, 50.790 degrees east longitude and 30.594 degrees north latitude. The earthquake…

Death toll from Philippines boat accidents rise to 25

MANILA, Aug 5 (NNN-BSS) – The death toll from three boats sinkingsurged to 25 as rescuers retrieved more bodies from the sea off the centralPhilippines, officials said Sunday. Squalls tipped over the three wooden-hulled outriggers in the GuimarasStrait on Saturday as the rest of the country was battered by rains…

More homes evacuated as new storms threaten collapsing UK dam

WHALEY BRIDGE, United Kingdom, Aug 5 (NNN-BSS) – Another 55 homes have been evacuated from an English town threatened by a collapsing dam, emergency services said Sunday as they raced to reduce the water levels ahead of fresh storms. Around 1,500 people had already been moved out of Whaley Bridge…

Boris Johnson’s spending pledges fuel talk of snap election

LONDON, Aug 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Since Boris Johnson became Britain’s Prime Minister last month, the government has announced a series of spending measures on public services, reigniting talk of a snap election. In the latest development on Sunday evening, Mr Johnson announced an extra £1.85 billion (Dh8.03bn) for Britain’s National…