Venezuela: Pres Maduro pardons opposition lawmakers, ahead of December elections
CARACAS, Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pardoned more than 100 lawmakers and associates of opposition leader Juan…
US unrest: Pres Trump defends supporters accused in deadly clashes, says they were acting in self-defence
WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) —US President Donald Trump has defended supporters of his for their alleged roles in recent deadly street…
Sudan flood death toll rises to 89
KHARTOUM, Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Floods in Sudan caused by more than a month of torrential rains have killed 89…
Covid-19: WHO urges ‘dialogue’ with protesters
GENEVA, Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization urged governments to engage with people demonstrating against Covid-19 restrictions and…
US vetoes foreign fighters resolution at UN over repatriation: diplomats
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has vetoed a UN resolution on the fate of foreign fighters…
New UN meeting on Belarus on Friday
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN Security Council is to hold an informal meeting on Friday on the…
Covid-19: Russia cases pass 1 million as students back to school
MOSCOW, Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia has surpassed the one million mark in total coronavirus cases as students throughout the…
Covid-19: Nigeria’s ‘Kannywood’ films soar online thanks to virus
KANO (Nigeria), Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At a time when the coronavirus is wreaking havoc on businesses around the world,…
Nigeria: 23,000, mostly children, reported missing in Nigeria in eight years – Red Cross
Destroyed homes in Kajuru, Kaduna MAIDUGURI (Nigeria), Aug 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Not less than 23,000 persons, mostly children were reported…
Kenya: Panic as desert locusts start maturing
A motorist drives within desert locusts near a grazing land on the outskirt of Dusamareb in Galmudug region, Somalia NAIROBI,…