Seven prisoners found dead in Ecuador jail affected by riots

Inmates of the Regional de Guayaquil prison hold banners reading “We want peace,” “The law is killing us,” “Peace, no to violence” QUITO, Oct 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ecuador’s SNAI prison authority has found the bodies of seven prisoners in the same jail where violence between gangs lead to the deaths…

Colombia’s most-wanted drug lord ‘Otoniel’ captured

Members of the Colombian Army and police escorting Colombia’s most-wanted drug lord and head of the Gulf Clan, Dairo Antonio Usuga alias ‘Otoniel’- after his capture, in Bogota BOGOTA, Oct 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Colombia’s most-wanted drug trafficker, Dairo Antonio Usuga, also known as “Otoniel,” was arrested by the country’s authorities, the…

Best Option To Save Iran Nuke Deal Is To Fully Comply With It: Iranian Expert

TEHRAN, Oct 24 (NNN-IRNA) – The best option to save the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), from collapse is, all the parties to the deal fully comply with the original text of the JCPOA, said Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a former Iranian…

US, Europeans renew call for Iran diplomacy

Rob Malley, the US negotiator on Iran PARIS, Oct 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and three European powers agreed in consultations in Paris on the need for Iran to return quickly to talks amid growing alarm over a delay. Rob Malley, the US envoy on Iran, spoke with his…

Brunei To Host ASEAN Summits Via Video Conferencing

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Oct 23 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei is set to host the 38th and 39th ASEAN Summits and Related Summits in virtual meetings, via a series of video conferences, amid concerns over the unsettled COVID-19 pandemic situation across the region. Brunei’s Sultan, Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, as Chair of ASEAN…

US shooting: Crowd filmed instead of calling 911 as Black female lawyer is killed by boyfriend

Courtney Cox was fatally shot by her boyfriend ATLANTA (Georgia, US), Oct 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms pleaded with the public to firstly call 911 instead of filming possible criminal incidents for social media following the fatal shooting of a Black female lawyer on Wednesday.The fatal incident…

US Pres Biden and French counterpart Macron discuss ‘stronger’ European defense

  WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed strengthening European defenses in a telephone call Friday, the White House said, as Washington seeks to mend tiesafter a bitter row over submarine contracts.   The two leaders “discussed efforts to enable a stronger…

Covid-19: Peru surpasses 200,000 deaths – officials

  LIMA, Oct 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru, which has the world’s highest Covid-19 death rate per capita, has surpassed 200,000 deaths from the coronavirus, the health ministry said.   The ministry announced 25 new deaths over the previous 24 hours, taking the South American country over the symbolic threshold with…

Senior al-Qaeda leader killed in US drone strike in Syria: Pentagon

 WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A senior al-Qaeda leader was killed in a US drone strike in Syria, the Pentagon said.   The Friday strike comes two days after a base in southern Syria, used by the US-led coalition fighting the Daesh group, was assaulted.   “A US airstrike today…

Colombian linked to Haiti president’s murder captured in Jamaica

  BOGOTA, Oct 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A former Colombian military officer wanted by Haitian authorities over the assassination of President Jovenel Moise has been captured in Jamaica, Colombian authorities said.   Mario Palacios is accused of being one of 26 Colombian mercenaries who allegedly took part in the July 7…
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