EU launches aid flights to Sudan’s Darfur as humanitarian crisis escalates

BRUSSELS, Dec 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Union has launched an “air bridge” to bring eight planeloads of humanitarian aid into Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur region.The European Commission’s department overseeing overseas aid unveiled the measure on Monday and said the flights will carry 3.5 million euros ($4.1m) of “life-saving supplies” to…

Hope fades for Indonesian fishermen shipwrecked off Portugal

LISBON, Dec 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hope faded on Sunday for three Indonesian fishermen missing after their vessel sank in the Atlantic near the Portuguese-Spanish border, as rescuers suspended their search. The vessel carrying five people sank on Sunday morning “in a rocky area of Insua Island” in the northern municipality…

Benin: Ex-president son arrested after foiled coup attempt

Chabi Yayi, son of former Benin President Thomas Boni Yayi PORTO-NOVO, Dec 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Chabi Yayi, son of former Beninese president and current opposition figure Thomas Boni Yayi, was arrested early Sunday at his home, according to several of his relatives.No reason was given for the arrest which comes…

UK-France: Small boat migrant crossings resume in English Channel

LONDON, Dec 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Migrants resumed attempts to cross the English Channel to reach Britain on Saturday, four weeks after the last small boat arrived. An interior minister spokesperson condemned the crossings as “shameful”, adding: “The British people deserve better.” The recent pause in crossings — believed to be…

Belarus frees Nobel Prize laureate Bialiatski and opposition figures as US lifts sanctions

Belarusian Nobel Prize winner Ales Bialiatski (R) next to Belarusian opposition leader and political activist Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (L) MINSK, Dec 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Belarusian street protest leader Maria Kolesnikova and Nobel Prize winner Ales Bialiatski walked free on Saturday with 121 other political prisoners released in an unprecedented US-brokered deal.…

Greek Farmers Reject Talks As Protests Escalate Into Third Week

ATHENS, Dec 14 (NNN-AMNA) – Greek farmers, yesterday, rejected a government invitation for talks, vowing to escalate protests, that disrupted traffic across the country for a third week. The decision was made during a nationwide meeting of farmer representatives, who stated that, they would first submit a list of demands…

U.S. Lifts Sanctions On Belarusian Potash: U.S. Special Envoy

MINSK, Dec 14 (NNN-BelTA) – The U.S. decided to lift sanctions, previously imposed on the Belarusian potash industry, U.S. special envoy for Belarus, John Coale, said here yesterday. Coale said, the move came in accordance with the instructions of U.S. President, Donald Trump, and described it as a “very good…

First case of super flu K confirmed in Mexico

mexico city, Dec 13 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Mexico’s Health Ministry confirmed late Friday the country’s first human case of the Influenza A H3N2 subclade K variant, a strain commonly referred to in the media as “super flu K.” The case was detected by the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases (INER). The…

Egyptian, French Leaders Stress Gaza Peace Efforts Must Lead To Palestinian Statehood

CAIRO, Dec 13 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, affirmed yesterday that, the current peace efforts over Gaza must lead to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. During a phone conversation, the two leaders agreed that the current efforts must be followed by…

Non-Aligned Countries (NAM) reject illegal actions and escalation by the US against Venezuela

NEW YORK, Dec 13 (NNN-TELESUR) — The Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) rejected the Trump Administration’s illegal actions against Venezuela and warned that “the growing presence and activities of extra-regional military forces, including deployments involving assets with advanced capabilities, increase risks to regional peace, security, and stability, undermining…
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