Netherlands to house migrants on cruise ship moored in port
A man prays under a tarpaulin as hundreds of migrants who seek shelter prepared to spend the night outside an…
Last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War, dies aged 91
MOSCOW, Aug 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse…
UN appeals for $160 mn to help worst hit in Pakistan floods
GENEVA, Aug 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations and the Pakistani government launched an emergency appeal for $160 million to help those…
Russia-Ukraine conflict: Pres Zelensky meets IAEA team over Ukraine nuclear plant
KYIV, Aug 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky met with a team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)…
Ship with wheat for drought-hit Africa docks in Djibouti
DJIBOUTI, Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A UN-chartered ship loaded with thousands of tonnes of Ukrainian wheat arrived in Djibouti on…
West Africa: Burkinabé peacekeeper in Mali is UN Woman Police Officer of the Year
Chief Warrant Officer Alizeta Kabore Kinda of Burkina Faso UNITED NATIONS, Aug 30 (NNN-UNNS) — A peacekeeper from Burkina Faso…
Two Air France pilots suspended over cockpit “physical altercation” during Geneva-Paris flight
PARIS, Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French carrier Air France has suspended two pilots after a heated disagreement in which “inappropriate…
Tunisia foils 51 illegal immigration attempts toward Italy
TUNIS, Aug 30 (NNN-Xinhua) — Tunisia foiled 51 illegal immigration attempts to cross the Mediterranean to the Italian coast, National…
Greek parliament to probe phone-hacking scandal
ATHENS, Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Greece’s parliament on Monday set up a special committee to investigate a phone-hacking scandal that…
French rail firm faces trial over deadly TGV accident
PARIS, Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French state rail firm SNCF and three employees involved in a deadly crash during testing…