Americas

US vows to be ‘constructive partner’ for new WTO chief

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala selected as director-general by consensus ENEVA, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US delegate to the World Trade Organization…

NATO will not leave Afghanistan before ‘time is right’

A US soldier keeps watch at an Afghan National Army base in Logar province BRUSSELS, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — North…

Covid-19: Vaccine shortage forces Rio to suspend jabs

An elderly woman gets a coronavirus vaccine shot in Rio de Janeiro, which will suspend vaccinations after running out of…

Covid-19: Colombia receives first shots, vaccination may begin early

Military escorts stand outside the DHL warehouses where a batch of doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine is expected to…

Rocket Attack Kills One, Wounds Six In Iraq’s Erbil

BAGHDAD, Feb 16 (NNN-NINA) – A civilian contractor was killed and five others wounded, including a U.S. soldier, in a…

COVID-19 Deaths In Japan Top 7,000, Ahead Of First Vaccine Rollout

TOKYO, Feb 16 (NNN-NHK) – Japan yesterday reported 965 new daily COVID-19 cases, with the death toll rising by 72…

S.Korea Secures Additional COVID-19 Vaccines For 23 Million People

SEOUL, Feb 16 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korean Prime Minister, Chung Sye-kyun, said today, the government secured additional vaccines for 23…

Haiti envoy calls for international support to help resolve political conflict

WASHINGTON, Feb 15 (NNN-Caribbean News Network) — Haiti’s ambassador to the United States has requested for international community’s help to…

US condemns executions of Turks in northern Iraq

US State Department spokesman Ned Price WASHINGTON, Feb 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States condemned the execution of 13 Turkish…

Covid-19: Peru’s foreign minister resigns over coronavirus vaccine scandal

Health workers wait for a dose of the Sinopharm’s coronavirus disease vaccine in Lima LIMA, Feb 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru’s…