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 is rare, said a UN spokesman. By December 2019, when the latest numbers were available, no positive tests for cholera had been reported for nearly 11 consecutive months, said Stephane…

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 jetliner in Iran from 63 to 57. “This is based on additional information we had about birth dates andcomparing the travel documents that people were travelling on when theyboarded the…

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 China would be signed on Jan 15, said the agreement could be signed “shortly thereafter.” In an interview with the ABC TV affiliate in Toledo, Ohio, Trump said: “We’re going…

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 and should end immediately, a local media outlet reported Friday. “America is occupying Iraq and its presence there does not have any strategic benefit. The presence of the U.S. forces…

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 other people MEXICO CITY, Jan 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An 11-year-old boy shot and killed his teacher Friday at a school in northern Mexico and wounded six other people, then killed…

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 raft of economic sanctions against several senior Iranian officials and major companies. The financial penalties came as a response to Iranian airstrikes against US bases in Iraq, which were in…

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, when resolving the latest Middle East tensions, the French foreign minister said on Friday. “The best way (to defuse tensions) is diplomacy, negotiations and respect of (the) agreement,” said Jean-Yves…

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 the United States.Tanveer Ahmed, also known as “Galby”, will be tried at a district court in south Texas and if found guilty of drug trafficking could face a sentence of…

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 in Kenya that was raided by militant group al-Shabaab on Sunday. The military base, Camp Simba, is in the popular coastal region of Lamu and is used by Kenyan and…

Russian Warship Close To Collision With U.S. Destroyer In Arabian Sea

MANAMA, Jan 11 (NNN-BNA) – The U.S. Fifth Fleet said Friday, it continued to “remain vigilant” after a Russian Navy ship “aggressively approached” the U.S. warship, USS Farragut, in the Arabian sea. “On Thursday, Jan 9, while conducting routine operations in the North Arabian Sea, USS Farragut was aggressively approached…
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