Covid-19: As cases surges, more US Republicans urging vaccinations
WASHINGTON, July 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — With Delta variant infections spiking across the United States, growing numbers of Republican officials…
Iraqi officials discuss US military presence on Washington visit
WASHINGTON, July 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Senior officials from Baghdad were in Washington Thursday for preliminary talks on the US…
Haiti to offer a final farewell to its slain president
PORT-AU-PRINCE, July 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mourners were set to offer their final farewell to Haiti’s slain president under tight security…
Covid-19: IMF board approves big lending increase for poorest nations
WASHINGTON, July 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The IMF board announced it had approved a massive increase in its ability to…
US launches several airstrikes to support Afghan forces: Pentagon
WASHINGTON, July 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US military in the past few days conducted airstrikes in Afghanistan to support Afghan…
US sanctions Cuba for repressing protests, Pres Biden warns more to come
WASHINGTON, July 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States imposed sanctions on Cuba’s defense minister and a special forces unit…
Central African Republic: 13 civilians killed north of capital Bangui, says UN
Rwandan peacekeepers from the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), deployed north of Bangui…
South Africa unrest: Death toll jumps to 337, says govt
JOHANNESBURG, July 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rioting in South Africa this month has claimed 337 lives, the government said on…
Mali opens probe into attempted assassination of interim president Assimi Goita
Goita, dressed in blue, at the prayers in Bamako’s Grand Mosque shortly before the attack BAMAKO, July 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…
Covid-19: 4,000 Nigerian children orphaned by coronavirus in 16 months – World Bank
LONDON, July 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An estimated 4,000 Nigerian children were orphaned by the COVID-19 pandemic between March 2020 and…