At Least Five More Palestinians Murdered By Israeli Soldiers In Gaza City: Civil Defence

GAZA, Dec 20 (NNN-WAFA) – At least five more Palestinians were murdered and several others were injured, last night, in an Israeli artillery strike on a school for displaced people, in the Tuffah neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, Gaza’s Civil Defence said. Mahmoud Basal, the Civil Defence spokesman, said, the…

Urgent: U.S. Forces Strikes Target Daesh Positions In Syria

DAMASCUS, Dec 20 (NNN-SANA) – U.S. forces, launched missiles from their bases in the countryside of Deir al-Zour, towards Daesh positions in desert areas, in eastern and northern Syria, after midnight, it was reported today.– NNN-SANA  

Bolivian President ends fuel subsidies, raises minimum wage

LA PAZ, Dec 19 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz Pereira has announced a drastic economic overhaul, declaring a state of “economic, financial, energetic, and social emergency,” which includes ending fuel subsidies that have been in place for over 20 years and implementing a significant increase in the minimum wage…

US strikes kill 5 on alleged drug boats in Pacific

WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US military said it killed on Thursday five more alleged drug traffickers aboard two vessels in the Pacific Ocean, bringing the divisive campaign’s death toll to over 100. The Trump administration has carried out such strikes in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean…

US gun violence: Brown University shooting suspect found dead, says police chief

Providence Chief of Police Colonel Oscar L. Perez, Jr PROVIDENCE (Rhode Island, US), Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The man believed to be behind a mass shooting at Brown University that left two people dead and wounded several others has been found dead, officials announced Thursday, December 18. Officials also believe…

Brazil to walk away if further delays hit EU-Mercosur trade deal: Pres Lula

BRASILIA, Dec 19 (NNN-XINHUA) — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva warned that if the EU-Mercosur trade deal is not signed as planned on Saturday, it will not be concluded during his presidency. The EU’s plan to create the world’s biggest free-trade area with the South American bloc Mercosur…

European farmers’ protests against Mercosur deal highlight EU division

BRUSSELS, Dec 19 (NNN-XINHUA) — Thousands of farmers from across Europe rallied near the European Parliament and the Europa Building in Brussels on Thursday as European Union (EU) leaders convened for a summit, with a long-negotiated trade deal with the South American bloc Mercosur on the agenda. Protesters, many arriving…

Ghana files extradition request for ex-finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta to US authorities

Embattled former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta ACCRA, Dec 19 (NNN-GNA) — The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, has announced that his office has formally requested the extradition of former Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, and an alleged accomplice, Ernest Darko Kore, from the United States. Speaking at…

Ex-Nascar driver and his family among seven killed in US plane crash

STATESVILLE (North Carolina, US), Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A former Nascar driver and his family were among the seven people killed in a plane crash at a regional airport in North Carolina, the car-racing organisation has said. A highway patrol spokesman said people on the ground confirmed that Greg Biffle…

US imposes sanctions on two more ICC judges for Israel probe

WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States imposed sanctions on two more judges of the International Criminal Court after they rejected an attempt by Israel to end a war crimes probe in Gaza.Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who had already ordered sanctions on judges and prosecutors in the case, explicitly linked the new…
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