Fifth deceased found at the site of explosion in Russia’s Noginsk

  MOSCOW, Sept 9 (NNN-TASS) — The death toll from a household gas explosion in a residential building in Noginsk near Moscow has risen to five people, the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in theMoscow Region said.   “The body of the fifth victim was found under…

125 villagers massacred in Ethiopia’s Amhara: doctors

  ADDIS ABABA, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 125 villagers were massacred in Ethiopia’s Amhara region earlier this month, doctors and local officials said Wednesday, but rebels from neighbouring Tigray rejected claims they wereresponsible.   It was the latest reported mass killing in the 10-month conflict in northern Ethiopia…

ECOWAS suspends Guinea after coup; demand return to constitutional order and release of detained Pres Conde

  ACCRA, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — West Africa bloc ECOWAS has decided to suspend Guinea following a military coup in the country, a top regional diplomat said, urging a return to “normal constitutional order”.   Special forces led by Lieutenant Colonel Mamady Doumbouya seized power in the West African state…

Algeria detains 22 alleged separatist group members

  ALGIERS, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An Algerian court has ordered 22 suspected members of a regional separatist group placed in pre-trial detention, an aid group and local media reported.   The detainees were among around 30 people arrested in recent days by the police on suspicion of belonging to…

Update: Islamists suffer crushing defeat by liberal parties in Morocco vote

  RABAT, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Morocco’s long-ruling Islamists have suffered a crushing defeat in parliamentary elections to liberal parties seen as close to the palace, according to provisional results announced earlyThursday.   The Justice and Development Party (PJD), which headed the ruling coalition for a decade, saw its support…

US Supreme Court grants prisoner stay of execution on religious grounds

 WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A death row prisoner in Texas was granted a last-minute stay of execution by the US Supreme Court Wednesday night after asking that his pastor be allowed to hold him as he is put todeath by lethal injection.   “The application for stay of execution…

US: Tropical Storm Mindy hits Florida

 MIAMI, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tropical Storm Mindy made landfall in northwest Florida Wednesday packing 75 kph winds, the National Hurricane Center said.   The storm first hit land on the island of St. Vincent, which is about 300 meters from the state’s coast, the Miami-based organization said in an…

Mexican military races to help flood victims

  TULA (Mexico), Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Soldiers and emergency workers battled Wednesday to help thousands of victims of flooding in central Mexico that led to the deaths of more than a dozen Covid-19 hospital patients.    More than 1,000 National Guard members, troops and rescuers were deployed after a…

Major Mexico earthquake causes damage, one death

  ACAPULCO (Mexico), Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck near Mexico’s Pacific resort city of Acapulco left at least one person dead and damaged hospitals, homes, shops and hotels, authorities said.   More than 200 aftershocks were recorded after the powerful tremor, whose epicenter was 11 kilometers…

10 dead in fire at Covid hospital in North Macedonia

SKOPJE, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ten people died in a fire Wednesday evening at a hospital treating coronavirus patients in North Macedonia, authorities said.    The fire broke out following an explosion in a Covid-19 clinic in Tetovo in the northwest of the Balkan country, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev,…