Americas

Puerto Rico hit by new 5.2-magnitude earthquake amid recovery

SAN JUAN, Jan 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — A 5.2-magnitude earthquake hit Puerto Rico on Friday afternoon, as the Caribbean island is…

UN reports winning battle on cholera in Haiti

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — The international community is winning the battle against cholera in Haiti as new infection…

Ottawa lowers Canadian death toll in Iran air crash to 57

OTTAWA, Jan 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada on Friday lowered the number of its citizens killed in the crash of a…

US Pres Trump says China trade deal may be signed shortly after Jan 15

WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump, who announced last month that the Phase 1 trade deal with…

Russian Ambassador To Lebanon Urges End Of U.S. Presence In Iraq

BEIRUT, Jan 11 (NNN-NNA) – Russian Ambassador to Lebanon, Alexander Zasypkin, said, the U.S. presence in the region is illegitimate…

Boy, 11, kills teacher, self in Mexico school shooting; 6 others injured

People react outside a private school Friday in Torreon, Mexico. Authorities say a boy shot a teacher and wounded several…

US rolls out new Iran sanctions after airstrikes

WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin jointly announced a new…

Iran Nuclear Deal Must Be Respected: French FM

PARIS, Jan 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – All parties must respect the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and resort to diplomacy and negotiations,…

Mozambique to extradite suspected Pakistani drug baron to US

Mozambique flag MAPUTO, Jan 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mozambique has agreed to extradite a Pakistani citizen and suspected drug baron to…

US army officials visit Kenyan base hit by al-Shabaab

US troops NAIROBI, Jan 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Senior officials from the US military’s Africa Command have visited a military base…