Americas

“We don’t want to be Americans,” says Greenland PM

Chairman of Naalakkersuisut in Greenland (Prime Minister) Mute Egede COPENHAGEN, Jan 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Greenland’s prime minister said the Danish…

Colombia: Number of displaced due to violence rises to 20,000

BOGOTA, Jan 22 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The violence shaking the Catatumbo region, in the northeast of Colombia, forced some 20,000…

Haiti Mission: Kenya hands over third Forward Operating Base to Guatemala

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan 22 (NNN-KBC) — The Kenya Police Service team in Haiti has handed over the third Forward Operating Base…

Climate change: Brazil drought lights a fire under global coffee prices

CACONDE (Brazil0, Jan 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian coffee producer Moacir Donizetti first smelled the smoke, and then watched in desperation…

Politics has ‘weaponised’ science: UN climate chief

DAVOS (Switzerland), Jan 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN’s climate chief said that the science of global warming had been “weaponised” by…

Russia blasts US reinstatement of Cuba on terror list

A police vehicle in Havana, Cuba MOSCOW, Jan 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia on Tuesday slammed US President Donald Trump for…

Israeli Raid On West Bank’s Jenin Kills Seven, Injures 35

RAMALLAH, Jan 22 (NNN-WAFA) – Seven Palestinians have been killed and 35 others injured, in a major Israeli military operation…

WHO ‘regrets’ Pres Trump decision to pull US from organisation

President Donald Trump signs an executive order withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization GENEVA, Jan 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…

Colombia vows war against leftwing guerrillas amid more than 100 deaths

BOGOTA, Jan 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Colombia has vowed “war” against leftwing guerrillas, as security forces rushed to contain a wave of…

Panama tells US Pres Trump canal ‘is and will remain’ Panamanian

Liberian flagged Hallasan Explorer LPG tanker navigates at the Panama Canal, in Panama PANAMA CITY, Jan 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Panama…