Texas gun laws saved lives in church attack: Trump

HOUSTON, Dec 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump said gun laws in the state of Texas saved lives when a church security officer shot dead a gunman who killed two during a service. The Sunday shooting at a church service in the Fort Worth Suburb of White Settlement was…

Iran Denies Involvement In Attack On U.S. Forces In Iraq

TEHRAN, Dec 31 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran, on Monday, denied involvement in recent deadly attack on the U.S. forces in Iraq, Press TV reported. The Iranian government spokesman, Ali Rabiee, said that, “we strongly deny any role in attacks on the U.S. forces” in Iraq. “This unsubstantiated U.S. claim cannot justify…

US: Federal charges filed against NY stabbing suspect

NEW YORK, Dec 31 (NNN-Xinhua) — US federal prosecutors filed hate crime charges against a man accused of Saturday’s stabbing of five people at a rabbi’s home in upstate New York. Grafton Thomas, a 37-year-old man from Greenwood Lake of the state of New York, was charged with five counts…

Wildfire season affects 16,100 hectares of land in Chile

A DC-10 Air Tanker firefighting plane drops water to prevent a wildfire from spreading to homes SANTIAGO, Dec 31 (NNN-Xinhua) — Chile has reported that 16,100 hectares of land are being affected by this year’s wildfire season, which began at the end of November with the arrival of higher temperatures,…

Bolivia declares Mexican, Spanish diplomats persona non grata

LA PAZ, DeC 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bolivia’s interim government said it was expelling top Mexican and Spanish diplomats amid an escalating dispute over allegations wanted former Bolivian officials sought to leave refuge at the Mexican embassy with Spanish help and flee the country.  Bolivian caretaker President Jeanine Anez said Mexican ambassador, the Spanish charge d’affaires and…

Iraq To Summon U.S. Ambassador Over Attack On Hashd Shaabi Bases

BAGHDAD, Dec 31 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi Foreign Ministry announced that it will summon the U.S. ambassador in Baghdad, over U.S. attacks that killed 25 people and injured 51 others. The ministry said that “the attack is seen as a blatant violation of the sovereignty of Iraq, and a condemned act,…

Putin Advocates Normalising Ties In Message To Trump

MOSCOW, Russia, Dec 31 (NNN-TASS) – Moscow favours normalising relations with Washington, Russian President, Vladimir Putin said, in his Christmas and New Year greetings to U.S. President, Donald Trump. Moscow supports establishing equal dialogue between the two countries, based on mutual respect of interests, Putin told Trump in the message,…

Morales and MAS leadership meet for elections in Bolivia

BUENOS AIRES, Dec 30 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Deposed president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, meets in the Argentian capital with leaders of the Movement for Socialism (MAS) party to define details for the next electoral campaign in the Andean nation. Morales, in Argentina as a political refugee, exchange with MAS leaders…

Russia thanks US for intelligence that helped foil attacks

Putin thanked Trump for US intel which foil a terror attack in Russia MOSCOW, Dec 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin thanked US counterpart Donald Trump for intelligence that helped to foil attacks on Russian soil, the Kremlin said. Putin thanked Trump “for the transfer, through special services, of information…

Honduras registers 177 deaths from dengue in 2019

TEGUCIGALPA, Dec 30 (NNN-Xinhua) — Honduras will close 2019 with more than 115,000 cases of dengue and 177 deaths from the disease, local media reported. “It is the biggest epidemic that we have had,” said Deputy Minister of Health Roberto Cosenza. The official added that more than 20,000 people were…
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