Toll from Niger tanker truck blast rises to 60: authorities
Residents look at a calcined tanker truck after an explosion which killed 60 people NIAMEY, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The…
Sudan army rulers want to retain Sharia as legal guide
KHARTOUM, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan’s army rulers said Islamic law should remain the guiding principle in a new civilian…
As trade truce collapses, US, China scramble to revive a deal
WASHINGTON, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The world’s top two economies on Thursday were due to resume trade talks just as…
Brazilian FM Ernesto Araujo forecasts peaceful change in Venezuela
ROME, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo forecast a peaceful change of government in neighbouring Venezuela while…
US-Mexico border detentions top 100,000 for second month in a row
WASHINGTON, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of migrants detained entering the United States from Mexico without documents in April…
Amid plague of US mass shootings, ‘heroes’ emerge
32 WASHINGTON, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — With no end in sight to the mass shootings that have traumatized the country…
South Africa Readies for Elections, Ruling ANC Expects Win
PRETORIA, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africans are ready to vote on May 8 in its sixth general election since…
Five dead, 233 detained after attempted coup in Venezuela
CARACAS, May 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least five people were killed and around 233 people arrested after the April 30…
Spanish PM Sanchez starts talks to form gov’t
MADRID, May 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez opened talks on Monday with leaders of the country’s main…
U.S. sanctions on Cuba, Venezuela, Iran flout int’l code of conduct: UN expert
GENEVA, May 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — The imposition of “unilateral coercive measures” on Cuba, Venezuela, and Iran by the United States…