Hundreds try to cross EU border despite easing of crisis

    SOKOLKA (Poland), Nov 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of migrants have again tried to cross the border from Belarus into Poland, Warsaw said, despite signs of the crisis easing after migrants left a makeshift encampment.   Polish border guards said there were attempted crossings by two groups on what is…

Iran Condemns New U.S. Sanctions Against Six Individuals, One Company

TEHRAN, Nov 20 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Saeed Khatibzadeh, yesterday, refuted the U.S. allegations of interfering in the 2020 U.S. presidential elections, condemning the new U.S. sanctions against six Iranian nationals and an Iranian company, under that “false pretext.” “The Islamic Republic of Iran condemns the new U.S.…

Colombia nun freed after 4-year captivity in Mali returns home

Colombian nun Gloria Cecilia Narvaez arrives at El Dorado International Airport in Bogota BOGOTA, Nov 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Colombian nun who was kidnapped and held by armed groups in Mali for more than four years has returned home.Sister Gloria Cecilia Narvaez, 59, was greeted by a dozen fellow nuns,…

Canada death toll set to rise as floods ravage Pacific coast

A view of flooding in the Sumas Prairie area of Abbotsford British Columbia, Canada ABBOTSFORD (Canada), Nov 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada is sending the military to help evacuate and support communities hit by “catastrophic” flooding with the death toll expected to rise after record rainfall on the Pacific coast triggered…

US, Gulf countries accuse Iran of causing ‘nuclear crisis’

  WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and its Arab allies in the Gulf accused Iran of causing a nuclear crisis and destabilizing the Middle East with ballistic missiles and drones.   The warning came in a joint statement issued after a meeting of the US and Gulf…

Palestinian President Discusses Israeli-Palestinian Conflict With U.S. Ambassador To UN

RAMALLAH, Nov 18 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, yesterday discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield. Abbas met with Thomas-Greenfield at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, and warned that Israel’s practices in the Palestinian territories “would undermine the vision…

US: Two men found guilty of Malcolm X murder to be exonerated after admission by authorities of a historic miscarriage of justice

  NEW YORK, Nov 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two men found guilty of the 1965 assassination of civil rights leader Malcolm X are to have their convictions thrown out, one of them posthumously, in an admission by US authorities of ahistoric miscarriage of justice.   Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance will…

Winter Is Coming – Frozen Assets Leave Penniless Afghan Traders Out In The Cold

AQINA, Afghanistan, Nov 18 (NNN-BIA) – Aqina is a border crossing with rail service connecting Afghanistan to Turkmenistan and onward to Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and Europe. It is an essential trading point linking Afghanistan with countries to the west. A handful of local businessmen met to drink tea, complained about…

US drug overdose deaths surpass 100,000 for first time, spurred by COVID-19 pandemic

WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More Americans than ever before died from drug overdoses over a 12-month period, according to federal data, as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted medical care and increased mental health woes, and as more lethal drugs flooded the streets. The record of more than 100,000 overdose deaths…

US says it is not engaged in formal arms control talks with China

Chinese and US flags WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and China will aim to have “conversations” on arms control, “not formal talks”, the White House National Security Council said, downplaying contact on the issue following a meeting between the two countries’ leaders. US President Joe Biden and Chinese…
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