Americas

Colombia charges former FARC rebels with destruction of Amazon

A parked car is seen on an illegal road in a deforested area of the Yari plains, in Caqueta, Colombia…

Brazil health regulator calls for Africa travel restrictions, Bolsonaro dismissive

BRASILIA, Nov 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian health regulator Anvisa recommended on Friday that travel be restricted from some African countries…

Covid-19: WHO says new variant is of ‘concern’, names it Omicron

WASHINGTON, Nov 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The discovery of a new coronavirus variant triggered global alarm on Friday as countries rushed…

‘We need to work’: Hundreds of migrants form new US-bound caravan in Mexico

TAPACHULA (Mexico), Nov 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of Central American and Haitian migrants formed a new caravan on Friday in…

Covid-19: WTO postpones major meeting after new variant outbreak

GENEVA, Nov 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Trade Organization (WTO) became the first major diplomatic casualty of the new coronavirus variant on…

Kabul To Resume Taliban-U.S. Talks In Doha

KABUL, Nov 27 (NNN-ANA) – Spokesman for the Taliban-led administration, Zabihullah Mujahid said, talks between Taliban and the U.S. would…

UN chief calls for immediate end to fighting in Ethiopia

The war broke out in November 2020 in the country’s Tigray region ADDIS ABABA, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCES) — United Nations…

Mexico pulls migrants from southern ‘prison’ city, warding off another caravan

1/5 Migrants queue to get on buses after accepting an offer from the Mexican government to obtain humanitarian visas to…

US threatens escalation with Iran at IAEA next month

VIENNA, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States threatened to confront Iran at the International Atomic Energy Agency next month…

Mike Tyson: Malawi asks former boxer to be cannabis ambassador

The former boxer runs a multi-million dollar cannabis business in the United States LILONGWE, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Malawi has asked…