Sri Lanka ready for landmark hanging of drug convicts: Minister
COLOMBO, Feb 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sri Lanka is ready to execute five drug convicts and end its 42-year capital punishment…
FIFA, Qatar announce joint venture to deliver 2022 World Cup
ZURICH, Feb 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Global soccer body FIFA says it has set up a joint venture with Qatar to…
Saudis launch office to keep up corruption fight after crackdown
RIYADH, Feb 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Saudi Arabia has launched a new office to monitor state spending, saying it would help…
Dutch former anti-Islam MP says he’s become a Muslim
THE HAGUE, Feb 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Dutch former far-right MP and right-hand man of anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders has…
Audit of burst Brazil dam found issues with drainage, monitoring: Report
BELO HORIZONTE (Brazil), Feb 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A report commissioned by Brazilian miner Vale SA last year to look into…
Thailand blames Australia for arrest of refugee Bahraini footballer
BANGKOK, Feb 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thailand defended on Wednesday its arrest of a Bahraini footballer with refugee status in Australia,…
UK rescuers launch bid to recover body from Sala’s plane
LONDON, Feb 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British crash investigators launched an underwater operation to recover a body from the wreckage of the…
Pope admits priests, bishops sexually abused nuns
VATICAN, Feb 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pope Francis admitted that Catholic priests and bishops had sexually abused nuns, the latest scandal…
Zimbabwe teachers to strike, ignoring government appeal
HARARE, Feb 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwean teachers will go ahead with a national strike after last-ditch negotiations with the government…
Mozambique busts ‘30,000 ghost workers’
MAPUTO, Feb 6 (NNN-ANGOP) — Mozambique’s government has discovered more than 30,000 ghost workers on the civil service payroll. The…