Remaining US and Canadian missionaries kidnapped in Haiti released
Kidnapped missionaries affiliated with US-based group Christian Aid Ministries were freed following weeks of negotiations with 400 Mawozo, one of…
Rwanda: French court jails ex-driver Muhayimana for 14 years over genocide
PARIS, Dec 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A French court on Thursday sentenced a former hotel driver to 14 years in jail…
Former Bolivian Foreign Ministry official arrested over 2019 uprising against Evo
LA PAZ, Dec 17 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — A former top-ranking official from Bolivia’s Foreign Ministry has been placed under arrest for…
Venezuelan exports grow 30% compared to 2020
CARACAS, Dec 17 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The president of the Venezuelan Association of Exporters (AVEX) Ramón Goyo announced a 30% increase…
28 UN peacekeepers killed, 165 wounded in Mali in 2021
BAMAKO, Dec 17 (NNN-Xinhua) — Twenty-eight peacekeepers were killed and 165 wounded in Mali in 2021, according to the United…
Fallen Afghan government’s UN envoy leaves post
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Afghan ambassador appointed by the country’s overthrown government has left his post at…
UK PM Johnson suffers by-election disaster
LONDON, Dec 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday suffered a crushing by-election defeat in a constituency…
US ends talks on compensation with families separated at Mexico border
Children line up to enter a tent at the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children in Florida WASHINGTON, Dec 17…
Britain and Australia conclude free trade deal
LONDON, Dec 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain and Australia finalised in a virtual ceremony on Thursday a free trade deal that…
Covid-19: US Pres Biden warns Omicron variant will ‘spread much more rapidly’
WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden warned that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus will start to…