Cuba, UN Strengthen Working Relations

HAVANA, April 8 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The visit to Cuba of the President of the UN General Assembly, Maria F. Espinosa, helped strengthen the working relations between the international organization and the island. Cuba is an essential member state for the system of the United Nations, and one of the…

Cuban Doctors Attend to Venezuelan Oil Workers

CARACAS, April 8 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Cuban doctors who are members of the ”Barrio Adentro” Mission are attending to workers of the Electric Corporation of Venezuela who are arduously working to restore power following several sabotage attacks on the national grid. Vice President Delcy Rodriguez wrote on Twitter this special…

Update: Libya clashes death toll rises to 32 – UN-backed government

Photo courtesy of Anandolu TRIPOLI, April 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 32 people have been killed andaround 50 wounded in fighting with strongman Khalifa Haftar’s troops nearTripoli, the UN-backed government said. Health minister A’hmid Omar gave the updated death toll in an interviewwith Libya’s Al-Ahrar television station late Sunday. Haftar’s…

UN envoy arrives in Yemen’s rebel-held capital to offer new plan for salvaging peace deal

SANAA, April 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — The UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths arrived in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Sunday for crisis talks with Shiite Houthi rebel group. Griffiths is set to offer a new plan for implementing the first phase of Stockholm Agreement in Hodeidah port city, a source close to…

UN envoy holds consultations with leaders of Greek, Turkish Cypriots on restarting negotiations

NICOSIA, April 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — United Nations envoy Jane Holl Lute held further consultations with the leaders of the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities on restarting the stalled peace negotiations for the reunification of Cyprus. It was the fourth trip to Cyprus by Lute since an international conference in Switzerland…

Armed men gun down athlete in N. Afghanistan

KUNDUZ (Afghanistan), April 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — Unidentified gunmen shot dead a famous sportsman in Kunduz city, the capital of Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province, on Monday, provincial police spokesman Inamudin Rahmani said. Kamil Karimi, a taekwondo star and trainer of the self-defense martial art who had brought several medals to his…

Fiji will never accept same-sex marriage: PM

SUVA, April 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — Fiji will never allow same sex marriages for as long as the FijiFirst government is ruling the island nation. Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama made the remarks while opening the Raralevu Subdivision in Tailevu, one of the 14 provinces on Viti Levu, the largest island…

Bangladesh opposition observes hunger strike demanding ex-PM’s release

DHAKA, April 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — Hundreds of Bangladeshi opposition men Sunday observed a mass hunger strike in capital Dhaka demanding ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s release. The hunger strike event started at around 10:30 a.m. on Sunday and continued until 3 p.m. Khaleda Zia, chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has…

Iraqi forces capture IS militants in operations in eastern Iraq

BAGHDAD, April 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — Iraqi forces dismantled three Daesh sleeper cells and arrested a number of militants, including a prominent group leader, in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, a provincial security source said. Diyala’s intelligence service, backed by the Iraqi army and police, conducted operations to hunt down Daesh…

Chinese American organization condemns increasing racial profiling in U.S.

NEW YORK, April 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Committee of 100 (C100), a prominent Chinese American organization, on Sunday condemned the growing racial profiling against Chinese Americans in the United States. The C100 members are compelled to stand up and speak out against the “increasingly common” racial profiling in the country,…