Venezuela denounces to UNESCO impacts of illegal US blockade

GENEVA, Oct 15 (NNN-TELESUR) — Venezuelan Ambassador to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Hector Constant denounced the impacts of the illegal economic, financial, and commercial blockade imposed by the United States on the South American nation. Constant said that illegal economic measures prevent Venezuela’s development.”It affects the country’s efforts to achieve…

UN appoints US diplomat to lead new mission in Haiti

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 15 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed US diplomat Helen Meagher La Lime as special representative for Haiti and head of the United Nations Integrated Office there. The appointment comes on the eve of the Security Council’s consideration of the status of the United Nations…

More than 100 illegal immigrants deported from Libya

TRIPOLI, Oct 15 (NNN-Xinhua) — Libya’s Immigration Control Department in the eastern city of Benghazi on Monday announced the deportation of more than 100 illegal immigrants to Egypt and Nigeria. The department said that 98 immigrants of Egyptian nationality were deported from Benghazi to Egypt, and 13 Nigerian immigrants to…

Brazil expected to create 91,000 temp jobs in Christmas season

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 15 (NNN-Xinhua) — Brazil’s National Trade Confederation (CNC) announced that they expect 91,000 temporary jobs will be created in the upcoming holiday season. The figure is the highest estimated in the past six years and, if confirmed, will represent a 4-percent increase year-on-year. The Christmas season…

Curfew lifted in Ecuador after deal between gov’t, protesters

QUITO, Oct 15 (NNN-Xinhua) — The curfew on Ecuador’s capital Quito was lifted on Monday after an agreement reached between the government and indigenous leaders on Sunday put an end to more than 10 days of turbulent protests. The Defense Ministry said residents were free to move about again, and…

Spain reactivates arrest warrant for former Catalan leader Puigdemont

MADRID, Oct 15 (NNN-Xinhua) — Judge Pablo Llanera, examining magistrate in the trial of 12 Catalan politicians over events related to the Oct 1, 2017, independence referendum, on Monday reactivated the European arrest warrant for former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont. The Spanish Supreme Court has confirmed that Llarena had issued…

Libya’s UN-backed government condemns deadly airstrike in Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Oct 15 (NNN-Xinhua) — Libya’s UN-backed government late Monday condemned an airstrike that hit a house in the capital Tripoli and killed three children. “The Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord condemns in the strongest terms the airstrike that was carried out this morning (Monday) on al-Fernaj…

EU approves sanctions framework for Nicaragua

LUXEMBOURG, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Union adopted a sanctions framework for Nicaragua over human rights abuses and repression in the Central American country under President Daniel Ortega. The move, validated in a meeting of EU foreign ministers, does not immediately enact punishment on Nicaragua but allows targeted travel bans…

French female jihadist gang sentenced to up to 30 years in jail

PARIS, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A French court sentenced five members of an all-female jihadist cell to between five and 30 years in prison over a failed bid to detonate a car bomb outside Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. The case is the first to involve a group of women attempting…

British pedophile who abused up to 200 children, mostly from Malaysia, found dead in prison

Richard Huckle LONDON, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A man described as one of Britain’s worst pedophiles has been found dead in jail.Richard Huckle, 33, who claimed to have abused almost 200 Malaysian children, died at Full Sutton prison in Yorkshire, England on Sunday, the UK’s Ministry of Justice confirmed in…