Update: Pres Morales leads outrage over humiliating attack on mayor
LA PAZ, Nov 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bolivia’s President Evo Morales condemned an attack on a female mayor in which an…
UN urges ‘immediate progress’ in South Sudan
Rivals Riek Machar (L) and President Salva Kiir UNITED NATIONS, Nov 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN Security Council has urged…
Japan crab fetches $46,000 at auction, a new world record
TOKYO, Nov 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Japanese bidder forks out $46,000 at auction for a snow crab — a price…
China imposes curfew on young people over fears of video gaming addiction
China is the world’s largest gaming market, with an expected total gaming revenue of $38 billion in BEIJING, Nov 8…
Bolivia: Opposition protesters forcibly cut off Mayor’s hair
Patricia Arce was covered in red paint and had her hair cut off LA PAZ, Nov 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The…
Ten Nigerian troops killed in jihadist ambush
ABUJA, Nov 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 10 Nigerian soldiers have been killed and nine severely injured in an ambush…
Nigeria gives condition for reopening borders
File photo: Trucks left stranded at the border ABUJA, Nov 8 (NNN-GNA) — The Federal Government’s decision to shut the…
Update: Iraqi forces shoot at protesters killing four in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Nov 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Iraqi security forces shot dead at least four protesters in central Baghdad on Thursday, police…
Parliamentary election kicks off in Mauritius
PORT LOUIS, Nov 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Parliamentary election kicks off in Mauritius on Thursday to elect 70 members of the…
ICC judges sentence Congolese warlord Ntaganda to 30 years in prison
Bosco Ntaganda enters the ICC courtroom to hear the sentence in his trial in The Hague, Netherlands THE HAGUE, Nov…