Americas

Ecuador Calls For Greater Int’l Cooperation To Protect Amazon Rainforest

QUITO, Oct 9 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Ecuadorian President, Guillermo Lasso, yesterday called for greater international cooperation, to protect the Amazon…

Iran Dismisses Nuke Allegations By Saudi Arabia, Europe As “Baseless”

TEHRAN, Oct 9 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran dismissed as “baseless” the “allegations” made recently by Saudi Arabia and some European countries,…

White House Backs Release Of Trump Records To Jan 6 Committee

WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The White House said yesterday that, it will not assert executive privilege, to hold former…

Authorities Downgrade Size Of Oil Spill Off Southern California Coast

LOS ANGELES, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Nearly a week after a mass oil spill, off the coast of U.S. Southern…

Syria Warns U.S.-Backed Militias To Stop Being Agents For U.S. Forces

DAMASCUS, Oct 8 (NNN-SANA) – Syrian Foreign Minister, Faisal Mekdad, yesterday warned the U.S.-backed Kurdish militias, to stop being agents…

UK travel red list cut to just seven countries

LONDON, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of countries on the UK Covid travel red list will be cut from…

France to send ambassador back to Australia amid Aukus row

 PARIS, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — France will send its ambassador back to Australia to “redefine” relations, after Canberra reneged on…

NATO studying ‘options’ to bolster Africa anti-jihadist force: UN Sec-Gen

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — NATO is studying options to bolster support for the multinational G5 Sahel force in…

Over 120,000 U.S. children lose a parent or caregiver amid COVID-19: study

WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (NNN-XINHUA) — More than 120,000 children in the United States lost a primary caregiver – a parent…

WHO set to vaccinate 40 pct population of every country against COVID-19 by end 2021

GENEVA, Oct 8 (NNN-XINHUA) — The World Health Organization (WHO) announced an initiative to vaccinate 40 percent of the population…