Tunisian president meets Libya’s UN-backed PM on enhancing relations

Tunisian President Kais Saied (R) meets with Libya’s UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj in Tunis  TUNIS, Dec 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — Tunisian President Kais Saied met with Libya’s UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj to discuss strengthening bilateral economic ties and political consultation. The two leaders discussed ways to remove the various…

Update: Five killed in hotel attack in Somali capital; all attackers also died – police

Al-Shabaab fighters MOGADISHU, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five people were killed in a jihadist attack on a hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, police said Wednesday, adding that the victims were three civilians and two members of the security forces. All five jihadist fighters who stormed the hotel also died during…

Final push in Britain’s Brexit election

LONDON, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain’s political leaders were to criss-cross the country on Wednesday’s final day of general election campaigning as a key poll showed the outcome could be hanging in the balance. Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour main opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn were set for whistlestop…

US hopes North Korea abides by commitments: Sec of State Pompeo

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo voiced hope that North Korea would not carry out a nuclear or long-range missile test while Pyongyang demands US concessions by year-end. Pompeo said that the United States was working to “try to…

Rescuers continue search for Chilean plane missing near Antarctica

PUNTA ARENAS (Chile), Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rescue planes and ships continue searching the open sea between the southern tip of South America and Antarctica for a Chilean Air Force plane that went missing with 38 people aboard. The C-130 Hercules cargo plane vanished after departing an airbase in the southern…

Russia’s top diplomat Lavrov visits White House amid impeachment

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as they meet for talks in the Oval Office at the White House on May 10, 2017. WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday opened a visit to Washington in which he will meet Donald…

‘We’re back’: Argentina’s Peronists return as Fernandez sworn into office

Argentina’s Peronists return as Fernandez sworn into office BUENOS AIRES, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Argentina’s Peronist leader Alberto Fernandez was sworn in as president on Tuesday, marking a shift to the left for Latin America’s no 3 economy as the country firefights rampant inflation, credit default fears and rising poverty. The…

Mexico’s former public security chief arrested in US on drug trafficking charges

Genaro García Luna was Mexico’s secretary of public safety. He was arrested Dec 9, 2019 in Dallas NEW YORK, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico’s ex-public security chief has been arrested in Texas on charges of receiving millions of dollars in bribes to help notorious cartel kingpin “El Chapo” ship tons of…

Somalia: Al-Shabaab gunmen attack Mogadishu hotel

An ambulance carrying an injured person from the attack on SYL hotel arrives at the Shaafi hospital in Mogadishu MOGADISHU, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Somali security forces were trying to dislodge a group of jihadist fighters who stormed a hotel in the capital Mogadishu popular with politicians and army officers, police…

World’s youngest PM takes office in Finland

Sanna Marin, the world’s youngest sitting prime minister HELSINKI, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Finland’s Sanna Marin, 34, was officially appointed as the country’s prime minister on Tuesday, becoming the world’s youngest sitting head of government. The former transport minister takes the helm of a coalition of five parties that will…