U.N. Libya mission says warring sides have engaged in truce talks
Libya’s warring sides have begun to engage in a new round of ceasefire talks, the United Nations said on Wednesday, after rapid gains by the internationally recognised government ended with heavy fighting around the central coastal city of Sirte.
U.N. chief regrets North Korea decision to cut hotlines with South
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres regrets that North Korea has severed hotlines with South Korea, warning that such channels “are necessary to avoid misunderstandings or miscalculations,” a U.N. spokesman said on Wednesday.
Zimbabwe dismisses rumours of coup, says country stable
Zimbabwe’s National Security Council (NSC) in a maiden news conference on Wednesday accused allies of the late former leader Robert Mugabe and some opposition officials of peddling rumours of an impending military coup and said the country was stable.
Libya’s GNA and LNA engage in U.N.-supported 5+5 joint military commission talks: tweet
The United Nations support mission in Libya said in a tweet on Wednesday that both Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Libyan National Army (LNA) are engaged in the third round of 5+5 joint military commission talks.
WHO hopes to work with U.S. on Ebola despite Trump criticism over COVID-19
The World Health Organization hopes to work “side by side” with the United States to contain an outbreak of Ebola in Congo, its chief said on Wednesday, even though President Donald Trump has said he is ending the U.S. relationship with the WHO over it…
New coronavirus deaths in France sharply down, but cases rise
France’s new death toll from COVID-19 on Wednesday was only one-third of the tally the day before but the total of new confirmed infections rose again, one month out of a strict lockdown.
Guatemala says deportation flights restart from U.S.
The United States this week resumed flying Guatemalan deportees to their homeland after a hiatus of several weeks brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, Guatemala’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
Moroccan MPs rap virus lockdown extension, saying people ‘exhausted’
Government and opposition members of parliament on Wednesday criticised the extension of parts of Morocco’s coronavirus lockdown, saying people were desperate to emerge from confinement as the economic damage had worsened.
Belgian prince fined for breaching quarantine rules in Spain
Spain has fined Belgium’s Prince Joachim 10,400 euros ($11,800) for breaking quarantine rules last month during a trip to the country, where he tested positive for the coronavirus, a Spanish government official said on Wednesday.
Families of COVID victims in hard-hit Italian city seek judicial probe
A group representing relatives of people who died of COVID-19 in Bergamo, one of Italy’s hardest-hit cities, asked prosecutors on Wednesday to investigate possible criminal responsibility in the management of the pandemic.
