1st Cuba Multi-Destination Forum seeks to strengthen tourism alliances

HAVANA, June 28 (NNN-ACN) — The 1st Cuba Multi-Destination Forum 2025, intended to streamline efforts, strengthen strategic alliances, and make tourism more connected, sustainable, and inclusive, opens its doors at the Meliá Cohiba Hotel in Havana.According to the Cuban Ministry of Tourism, the Forum will provide a context for meetings…

DR Congo and Rwanda sign peace deal in ‘turning point’ after years of war, brokered by US and Qatar

President Paul Kagame (L) and DRC President Félix Antoine Tshisekedi WASHINGTON, June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Leaders from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have signed a peace deal in Washington, DC, to end years of fighting between the neighbouring countries.Meeting in the White House in the United…

EU leaders agree to extend Russia sanctions for another six months: officials

BRUSSELS, June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The EU’s 27 leaders agreed to extend sanctions on Russia for another six months, resolving fears that Kremlin-friendly Hungary would let the measures lapse, officials said. The decision at a summit in Brussels means that the EU’s sweeping sanctions over the war in Ukraine, including…

Colombia to reject key US drug extradition requests: Justice Minister Montealegre

BOGOTA, June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Colombia’s new justice minister said that some key drug extraditions to the United States “will be suspended,” even if it worsens already frayed ties with Washington. Eduardo Montealegre said the leftist government’s priority would be to bring dissident leaders — many of whom are deeply…

Iran says no agreement made to resume US talks

TEHRAN, June 27 (NNN-XINHUA) — Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said that no arrangement or commitment had been made to resume negotiations with the United States, amid heightened tensions following attacks by Israel and the United States on Iranian territory. In a Thursday interview with state broadcaster IRIB, Araghchi…

Leader of Colombian criminal ring captured in UAE, says Ecuador’s interior minister

QUITO, June 27 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Ecuadorian-born top leader of the Colombian criminal organization “Border Commandos” has been captured in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Ecuador’s Interior Minister John Reimberg announced Thursday. The International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) arrested Roberto Carlos Alvarez Vera in Abu Dhabi, Reimberg said at a…

Cuban President Diaz-Canel addresses Eurasian Economic Forum

MINSK (Belarus), June 27 (NNN-ACN) — Cuban President, Miguel Diaz-Canel, addressed on Thursday the 4th Plenary Session of the Eurasian Economic Forum, held in the Belarusian capital Minsk.In his remarks of the forum, Diaz-Canel stressed the strategic importance of strengthening links between Cuba and the states with the integration organization.…

Japanese mountaineer dies on Peru’s tallest peak; another survived

LIMA, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A mountaineer from Japan died and another was rescued during a trek on Peru’s tallest mountain, authorities saidy. Chiaki Inada, 40, and Saki Terada, 36, became trapped Monday due to fog and bad weather on the mountain called Huascaran at an elevation of more than…

Colombia landslide death toll rises to 16

BOGOTA, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from a recent landslide near the Colombian city of Medellin has risen to 16, authorities said, with the search continuing for more missing. The landslide occurred Tuesday in a mountainside area of Bello, near Colombia’s second-biggest city, after heavy rains caused a…

Mexico: Thirty-four bodies found in Mexican mass grave in western Jalisco state

GUADALAJARA (Mexico), June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexican authorities discovered the bodies of 34 people in a mass grave in a western region wracked by criminal violence, the state prosecutor’s office said. The remains were found during construction work in Zapopan in Jalisco state, home to one of the country’s most…
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