Two killed in clashes in coca eradication operation in Peru

LIMA, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two farmers were killed in clashes in Peru on Friday after authorities launched a surprise operation to eradicate coca plants – used to make cocaine – in a region near the border with Bolivia, a local mayor said. A third person was in critical condition…

Argentina gives credentials to representative of Venezuelan opposition leader

BUENOS AIRES, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Argentina said that it had issued diplomatic credentials to a delegate of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as a “representative of the president of the national assembly and acting president of Venezuela” in the South American country. The credentials were delivered by the Argentine…

Court settlement paves way to reunite Central American children with parents in U.S.

WASHINGTON, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Trump administration has agreed to allow approximately 2,700 children living in Central America to be reunited with their parents in the United States under a court settlement announced on Friday, according to court documents. The settlement follows a lawsuit that challenged a decision in…

Sudan: 16 killed by stray bullets at protests and sit-ins – police

KHARTOUM, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 16 people were killed, and 20 injured by stray bullets at protests and sit-ins on Thursday and Friday, a Sudanese police spokesman said in a statement on Saturday. Hundreds of thousands of protesters filled the streets of Khartoum on Friday. — NNN-AGENCIES

U.S. wish to destroy Cuban revolution will fail again: Pres Díaz-Canel

HAVANA, April 13 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel affirmed here that the aspiration of the United States government to destroy the Cuban Revolution with its renewed hostile policy has failed and will fail again. In a message on the social network Twitter, the head of state of the…

Terrorist organization suspected in kidnapping of 2 Cuban doctors in Kenya

NAIROBI, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Terrorist organization al-Shabaab is suspected of kidnapping two Cuban doctors in an ambush that left a police bodyguard dead in Mandera, Kenya, authorities said. Assel Herrera Correa, a specialist in general medicine, and Landy Rodriguez Hernandez, a surgeon, were taken early Friday morning while on…

EU members of UN Security Council call for meeting on Sudan

UNITED NATIONS, April 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — The five European Union members of the United Nations Security Council have called for a council meeting to discuss the situation in Sudan, said the council president on Friday. The Sudan meeting may come as early as Monday “if the situation warrants,” German Ambassador…

Security Council extends mandate modification for UN Abyei force

UNITED NATIONS, April 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Security Council on Friday decided to extend the mandate modification for the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) till Oct 15, 2019. Resolution 2465, which won unanimous support in the 15-member council, further decides that this shall be the final extension unless…

Security Council renews mandate of UN support mission in Haiti for last time

United Nations Security Council voting on a draft resolution to extend the mandate of the UN Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH) UNITED NATIONS, April 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Security Council decided to extend the mandate of the UN Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH) for the last…

Seven dead in highway car crash in central Mexico

MEXICO CITY, April 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — Seven people were killed after a van collided with a semi-truck on a highway in the central State of Mexico, authorities said on Friday. According to the Federal Police, the accident occurred at around 3 p.m. local time on the Chamapa-Lecheria Highway on the…