NewsFeed Somalia’s football federation says the US decision to deny entry to award-winning referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan has deprived the country of a historic World Cup debut. Artan held a valid visa, but US authorities cited an unspecified ‘vetting’ concern and turned him away at the border, sending him back to Turkey, his transit country. … Read more
A teenager injured in the fire that engulfed a bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana during new year celebrations has died in hospital, taking the death toll from the blaze to 41. The Wallis canton’s public prosecutor, Beatrice Pilloud, said in a brief statement on Sunday: “An 18-year-old Swiss national died at a … Read more
The French owner of the Swiss bar where 40 people died in a fire during new year celebrations has told investigators a service door had been locked from the inside. Jacques Moretti, co-owner of the Constellation bar in the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana, was taken into custody on Friday, as prosecutors investigated the tragedy. Most … Read more
On a wet, lazy Sunday evening a baby fur seal waddled into a craft beer bar in Richmond, at the top of New Zealand’s South Island. Accustomed to seeing animals in the pet-friendly bar, co-owner Bella Evans initially assumed the visitor was a dog before she took a closer look. “Everyone was in shock,” Evans … Read more
A 12-year-old boy was among 17 people killed as gunmen fired into a bar in Ecuador, the latest mass shooting in a country ravaged by drug violence. Ecuador’s attorney general’s office said 14 others were injured in the attack on Sunday night at La Clínica bar in El Empalme. Police Major Oscar Valencia said the … Read more
The South American nation has reeled under a substantial increase in violent crime over the last several years. Gunmen in Ecuador have killed at least 17 people, including a child, in an attack on a bar, the latest incident to underscore the South American nation’s challenges with rising violent crime. The country’s attorney general said … Read more
Russia will seek guarantees that Nato will exclude Ukraine from membership and that Ukraine will remain neutral in any peace deal, a Russian deputy foreign minister said. “We will demand that ironclad security guarantees become part of this agreement,” Alexander Grushko told Russian media outlet Izvestia. “Part of these guarantees should be the neutral status … Read more