Holocaust: Israel Summit Scrapped In ‘Racism’ Row With Poland

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (L) met Mr Netanyahu in Warsaw this month  JERUSALEM, Feb 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A summit of central European leaders in Israel has been cancelled because of an Israel-Poland row over the Holocaust. Poland withdrew after being angered by comments from Israeli leaders about Polish complicity in…

U.S.: Peru is key player to restore democracy in Venezuela

LIMA, Feb 19 (NNN-ANDINA) — The Peruvian Government is a key player in Lima Group’s efforts to restore democracy and social peace in Venezuela, U.S. Ambassador to Peru Krishna R. Urs has pointed out. In this sense, the diplomat noted the Inca country’s convening power to call the region’s nations and its ability to…

Brazil: President Bolsonaro sacks close aide amid political scandal

BRASILIA, Feb 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro sacked a close aide who helped get him elected after a storm withinhis party over suspected improper campaign financing. The allegations are the latest scandal to hit the party of the far-rightpresident, who comfortably won elections last October in large part…

Maldives: Ex-president Yameen arrested over witness tampering – officials

MALE, Feb 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Maldives authorities detained former president Abdulla Yameen after he was accused of trying to bribe witnesses in his money laundering trial, officials said. The arrest came after the Criminal Court began a hearing into allegations that Yameen received nearly $1.5 million in illicit payments just…

Nicaragua: Two opposition leaders sentenced to ‘unprecedented’ 200 years over protests

Medardo Mairena was sentenced to 216 years in prison for “terrorism” and six other offences related to his participation in the protests that caused the death of four police officers and a civilian, said lawyer Julio Montenegro from the non-governmental Permanent Commission for Human Rights. Pedro Mena was given 210…

UAE assures Bangladesh of looking manpower issue positively

ABU DHABI (UAE), Feb 19 (NNN-BSS) — Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayad Al Nahyan assured Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of looking “very positively” about Bangladeshi manpower in UAE market and his country’s investment in Bangladesh. In a meeting with the Bangladesh prime minister at Royal Palace,…

Egypt: Two policemen killed in Cairo explosion – interior ministry

CAIRO, Feb 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – An explosion in Cairo on Monday killed two policemen who were chasing a man believed to have targeted security staff near a mosque last week, Egypt’s interior ministry said. “As security surrounded the man and was set to arrest and control him, anexplosive device in…

US tells Venezuela military to back opposition leader Guaido or ‘lose everything’

MIAMI, Feb 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – US President Donald Trump urged Venezuela’s military to accept opposition leader Juan Guaido’s amnesty offer, or stand to “lose everything,” as a crisis deepened over President Nicolas Maduro’s refusal to let in desperately needed humanitarian aid. Bringing in humanitarian aid is crucial to the viability…

Mexico to convert penal colony into cultural center

MEXICO CITY, Feb 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced that an island penal colony housing 600 inmates will be converted into a cultural and scientific center. The four Islas Marias islands lie 120-kilometers off the northwest coast of Mexican state Nayarit. The largest of those, Isla…

US: Sixteen states sue Pres Trump over border wall emergency

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Sixteen US states sued President Donald Trump’s administration over his decision to declare a national emergency to fund a wall on the southern border with Mexico, saying the move violated the constitution. The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in California, said the president’s…