Costa Rica top court asks for president to be stripped of immunity

SAN JOS, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Costa Rica’s Supreme Court asked Congress, for the first time ever, to strip the country’s president of his immunity from prosecution to be tried on corruption charges. President Rodrigo Chaves was accused by the attorney general of forcing a communications services company hired by…

US: Colorado woman dies weeks after firebombing at Gaza hostage protest

BOULDER (Colorado, US), July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An elderly woman who was severely injured in the firebombing attack at a protest supporting Israeli hostages held in Gaza has died, prosecutors in the US state of Colorado said. “Karen Diamond, 82 years old, died tragically as a result of the severe…

Suriname declared Malaria-free by WHO

PARAMARIBO, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Suriname has become the first Amazonian country to eliminate malaria after 70 years of fighting the mosquito-borne disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced. The achievement is all the more notable as the former Dutch colony on South America’s northern edge is a breeding ground…

Venezuela accuses US of ‘kidnapping’ 18 migrant children

CARACAS, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela accused the United States of “kidnapping” 18 Venezuelan children whose migrant parents were deported without them or placed in custody. Parliament speaker Jorge Rodriguez said the children were aged between 1 and 12 and that in many cases their parents had already arrived back…

Over 14 million people could die from US foreign aid cuts: study

PARIS, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 14 million of the world’s most vulnerable people, a third of them small children, could die by 2030 because of the Trump administration’s dismantling of US foreign aid, research projected on Tuesday. The study in the prestigious Lancet journal was published as world…

UN: Most world heritage sites at risk of drought or flooding

    PARIS, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Almost three quarters of the globe’s cultural and natural heritage sites are threatened by too little or too much water, the UN’s cultural agency said. As a result of rising temperatures, extreme weather events including hurricanes, droughts, floods and heatwaves have become more frequent…

Yemen’s Houthis Claim Missile Strike On Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport

ADEN, Jul 2 (NNN-YPA) – Yemen’s Houthis, yesterday, claimed responsibility for launching a ballistic missile, targeting Ben Gurion Airport in central Israel. In a televised statement, broadcast by the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV, the Houthis military spokesperson, Yahya Sarea, said, they had “carried out a special military operation targeting Ben Gurion…

Tax Operations Declared As “Essential Services” In Bangladesh

DHAKA, Jul 2 (NNN-BSS) – The Bangladeshi interim government, has declared tax operations as “essential services,” in a bid to better safeguard local and foreign trade and commerce. Bangladesh’s Ministry of Labour and Employment, issued a gazette notification in this regard, yesterday. According to the notification, tax operations are declared…

Two More Palestinians Murdered By Israeli Army In West Bank: Palestinian Sources

RAMALLAH, Jul 2 (NNN-WAFA) – Two more Palestinians, including a teenager, were murdered by the Zionist army, and 45 others arrested, in the West Bank, yesterday, Palestinian sources said. Amjad Abu Awad, 15, was murdered by Israeli army fire, in the city of Ramallah, said the Palestinian Ministry of Health.…

UN Security Council Extends Mandate Of Peacekeeping Force On Golan Heights

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Security Council, yesterday, unanimously adopted a resolution to extend the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force on the Golan Heights for six months, until Dec 31, 2025. Resolution 2782, regarding the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), stresses the obligation of both Israel and…
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