Greenland cruise ship pulled free after three days stuck in mud

 GREENLAND, Sept 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A luxury cruise ship that has been stuck in the mud in Greenland since Monday has finally been pulled free. The Ocean Explorer and its 206 passengers and crew were rescued on Thursday by a Greenland research trawler after it was grounded within the Northeast…

Brazil court convicts first defendants in pro-Bolsonaro riots

BRASILIA, Sept 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — In the first verdicts over riots by supporters of Brazil’s ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, the Supreme Court sentenced three defendants Thursday to heavy jail terms on charges including an attempted coup. The court sentenced Aecio Pereira and Matheus Lima de Carvalho to 17 years in prison,…

Earthquake exposed risk in Morocco villages’ isolation

 ARDOUZ (Morocco), Sept 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — About eight hours passed after Morocco’s earthquake before help reached the hamlet of Ardouz, one of many tiny mountain villages whose remoteness is both appealing and cruelly risky. Some of the settlements perched in the High Atlas are still not accessible by road nearly…

11 Mexican Police Convicted In Murder Of 17 Migrants Near US Border

MEXICO CITY, Sept 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eleven Mexican former police officers were found guilty on Thursday in the murder of 17 migrants who were shot and burned near the United States border, prosecutors said. The prosecutor’s office said in a statement it had “managed to obtain a conviction” against 11…

London, Paris, Berlin agree on Iran nuclear sanctions strategy

LONDON, Sept 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — London, Paris and Berlin said they had agreed to a strategy maintaining nuclear proliferation-related sanctions on Iran beyond an October date which had been set to bring partial respite to Tehran.    Under the terms of a 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA) deal which…

US, Cuba hold rare Washington talks

WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A top Cuban envoy held a rare meeting in Washington with US officials, but made no apparent progress on getting the island off a terrorism blacklist, diplomats said Thursday.    Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio met this week with the top officials for…

Mexico expresses “great concern” after US DACA program declared unconstitutional

Asylum seekers enter a U.S. Customs and Border Protection van in Roma after crossing the Rio Grande MEXICO CITY, Sept 15 (NNN-XINHUA) — Mexico has expressed its “great concern” over a decision by the Federal Court for the Southern District of Texas in the United States to declare the Deferred…

UN launches flash appeal for victims of Libya flooding

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 15 (NNN-XINHUA) — UN humanitarians and partners issued a flash appeal worth 71.4 million U.S. dollars on Thursday to meet the urgent needs of Libyans suffering from devastating floods. The funds are for 250,000 people targeted out of the 884,000 people estimated to be in need over…

Venezuela: 2 dead, 6 injured after illegal miners attack military

CARACAS, Sept 15 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least two people were killed and six wounded after a “premeditated” attack by a group of illegal miners against soldiers in the Venezuelan state of Amazonas, the Bolivarian Armed Forces reported. The bloodshed occurred on Wednesday, and the illegal miners used bladed weapons and…

Guatemalan president-elect suspends presidential transition process

Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arévalo de León GUATEMALA CITY, Sept 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arévalo de León has announced he is temporarily suspending the presidential transition process after Public Ministry agents raided electoral facilities and opened voting boxes.“We have informed President (Alejandro) Giammattei that we are temporarily suspending our…