Americas

Shortages At U.S. Grocery Stores Increasing: AP

WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – The fast-spreading omicron variant and severe weather, led to increasing shortages at U.S. grocery stores…

Rockets Hit Baghdad Green Zone, Two Wounded

BAGHDAD, Jan 14 (NNN-NINA) – Several rockets yesterday hit the heavily fortified Green Zone that houses the U.S. embassy in…

U.S. To Allow Lebanon To Import Energy Through Syria: Lebanese FM

BEIRUT, Jan 14 (NNN-NNA) – The U.S. will allow Lebanon to import natural gas and electricity from Egypt and Jordan…

Venezuela resumes crude exports after nine months

CARACAS, Jan 13 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Venezuela’s state-run PDVSA will begin exporting diluted crude oil (DCO) this week after a nine-month…

Covid-19: Bolivian VP and 6 ministers positive with covid

LA PAZ, Jan 13 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Bolivia’s Vice President David Choquehuanca and six members of the cabinet have tested positive…

Family: Freed Guantanamo terror suspect should not face restrictions in Kenya

NAIROBI, Jan 13 (NNN-KNA) — A family whose kin had been in US detention for more than 14 years without…

Iran Calls For Closer Cooperation With Cuba To Counter U.S. Sanctions

TEHRAN, Jan 13 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iran’s Vice President for Economic Affairs, Mohsen Rezaei, called for closer cooperation with Cuba, to…

80-Year-Old Palestinian-American Found Dead After Israeli Army Raid In West Bank

RAMALLAH, Jan 13 (NNN-WAFA) – An 80-year-old Palestinian man, who holds an American citizenship, was found dead yesterday, following his…

US grants South Korea an Iran sanctions exemption

SEOUL, Jan 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has granted South Korea a sanctions exemption, allowing the country to pay…

Covid-19 picks up pace in Americas as Omicron spreads, regional health agency says

BRASILIA, Jan 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The spread of COVID-19 in the Americas driven by the Omicron variant of the virus…