SINGAPORE, June 06 (Agencies): Singapore's foreign minister will make a two-day trip to Pyongyang this week, its government said Wednesday, as preparations for a summit in the city-state between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un accelerate.Vivian Balakrishnan will pay an official visit to the North Korean capital on Thursday and...
Read moreAt least 192 people are missing and 75 are dead as a result of the explosion of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala on Sunday, officials say, report agencies.Villages on the slopes were buried in volcanic ash and mud.Rescue work on Tuesday was disrupted when a new eruption sent hot gas...
Read moreABUJA, June 06 (AFP): Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday faced a threat of impeachment after lawmakers issued a raft of demands over security and corruption in a deepening rift with the executive.Both chambers of parliament said the National Assembly "will not hesitate to (invoke) its constitutional powers if nothing...
Read moreANTANANARIVO, June 06 (AFP): Madagascar's new prime minister, Christian Ntsay, took office on Wednesday, vowing to push ahead with an "inclusive presidential election" aimed at hauling the country out of a deep crisis."My priority is to prepare an inclusive presidential election that is accepted by all," Ntsay said after taking...
Read moreDAR ES SALAAM, June 06 (Xinhua): At least 10 people died on the spot and 23 others were injured in an accident on Wednesday.A bus collided with a cargo train in Tanzania's western region of Kigoma, police said.Martin Otieno, the Kigoma regional commander, said the bus was thrown 100 metres...
Read morePUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, June 06 (Xinhua): At least two people lost their lives and two others injured as a blast hit a voter registration centre.The blast was in Khawja Alwan area outside Pul-e-Khumri, the capital of northernAfghanistan's Baghlan province, on Wednesday, spokesman Mahmoud Akmal said.A landmine planted by militants in the...
Read morePARIS, June 06 (AFP): France insisted Wednesday that the lifting of damaging sanctions imposed by the EU on Russia over its role in Ukraine crisis be conditioned on advances in the country's peace process.The rise of nationalist and populist parties in the EU has bolstered Russia's campaign to have the...
Read moreWomen dominate Spanish cabinetMADRID, June 06: A female-dominated cabinet is taking shape as part of the new Socialist government, which is choosing a former astronaut as science minister and a European Union bureaucrat to oversee the country's economy. Nadia Calvino, who has been director general for budget at the EU's...
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