Americas

Fifteen children killed in Haiti orphanage fire: official

Fifteen children were killed in the blaze on Thursday night PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fifteen children have died after…

Top US commander warns Philippines rift could hurt terrorism fight

SYDNEY, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A top US commander warned ending a security pact with Philippines would hurt counter-terrorism efforts in the…

Death toll in Peru tanker explosion rises to 30

LIMA, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from the explosion of a gastanker in Lima last month has risen…

China virus death toll nears 1,400

BEIJING, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from China’s virusepidemic neared 1,400 on Friday, as the United States complained…

US: Pres Trump says peace deal with Taliban “very close” as partial truce announced

WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Pres Donald Trump said the United States and the Taliban were nearing a peace agreement…

US: Republican-controlled Senate votes to limit Pres Trump’s war powers on Iran, presidential veto expected

Democratic Senator Tim Kaine speaks to journalists after the GOP WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Republican-dominated US Senate voted…

US warship in Arabian Sea seizes weapons suspected bound for Yemen’s Houthis

WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A United States Navy warship seized weapons believed to be of Iranian “design and manufacture”,…

Senegal’s president defends criminalisation of homosexuality

Pres Macky Sall DAKAR, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Macky Sall defended the country’s criminalisation of homosexuality, telling visiting Canadian…

Sudan agrees to compensate families of USS Cole victims: state news agency

The Oct 12, 2000 attack in the Yemeni port of Aden killed 17 United States sailors and wounded dozens of…

Drug lab found in farm of the family of Colombian ambassador to Uruguay

BOGOTA, Feb 14 (NNN-TELESUR) — The Police narcotics unit found drugs during a raid at a farm belonging to the…