Tunisian president rejects dialogue with ‘traitors’

TUNIS, Sept 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tunisia’s President Kais Saied said he would not do deals with those he described as “traitors”, an apparent reference to the moderate Islamist Ennahda party, the biggest in the suspended parliament. Ennahda has called for a national dialogue to find a way forward after Saied…

US ex-presidents Bush, Clinton, Obama band together to aid Afghan refugees

Former US Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama and  Bill Clinton WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three former US presidents – Republican George W Bush and Democrats Bill Clinton and Barack Obama – have banded together behind a new group aimed at supporting refugees from Afghanistan settling in the United States following the recent…

Extreme weather will cost US more than US$100 billion this year: Pres Biden

GOLDEN (Colorado, US), Sept 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden said that extreme weather events would cost the United States over US$100 billion this year, as he visited Colorado to highlight drought conditions and raging wildfires in the US West. Colorado was his last stop on a three-state western swing in which…

Covid-19: Russian Pres Putin to self-isolate due to contact with inner circle

Russian President Vladimir Putin MOSCOW, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) —  Russian President Vladimir Putin is going into self-isolation because of coronavirus cases in his inner circle, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. The announcement came in the Kremlin’s readout of Putin’s phone call with the Tajik President Emomali Rahmon. Putin has been…

Update: Nigeria recaptures 108 inmates after prison outbreak

  ABUJA, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 108 out of 240 inmates who escaped from a prison in central Nigeria have been recaptured, a prison official said Tuesday.    Heavily armed gunmen stormed the Security Custodial Centre in Kabba, in Kogi State, late on Sunday, freeing scores of inmates.    It was…

Rainfall helps firefighters control southern Spain’s inferno

A seaplane flies over a wildfire near the town of Jubrique, in Malaga province, Spain MADRID, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities in southern Spain say that rain has helped to bring under control a major wildfire that ravaged 7,800 hectares of land despite more than five days of intense firefighting work by…

Russian Pres Putin condemns foreign troops in Syria in Assad meeting

 MOSCOW, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the presence of foreign troops in Syria, a Kremlin statement said Tuesday, as he held unannounced talks in Moscow with the country’s embattledPresident Bashar al-Assad.    Moscow has been a key ally of the Assad regime throughout the Syrian conflict…

Tanzania President appoints first female Defence Minister

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan DAR ES SALAAM, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has appointed a politician dismissed for criticising her predecessor as energy minister in a cabinet reshuffle that also included the nomination of the country’s first female defence minister. Former deputy environment minister January…

Covid-19 pass becomes mandatory for certain services in Lithuania

Citizens are seen on a street in Vilnius, Lithuania VILNIUS, Sept 14 (NNN-Xinhua) — The national COVID-19 certificates became mandatory for people to access certain services in Lithuania on Monday. The Opportunity Pass can be issued to people who have recovered from COVID-19 in the past 180 days, have tested…

Tunisian president sacks minister of youth, sports and professional integration

TUNIS, Sept 14 (NNN-Xinhua) — Tunisian President Kais Saied removed Minister of Youth, Sports and Professional Integration Sihem Ayadi from her duties, the Tunisian Presidency said. The statement did not clarify the reasons of this decision. On July 25, Saied announced that he had removed Hichem Mechichi from the post…