Venezuela: US deportation flights continue despite airspace closure threat

CARACAS, Dec 5 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — US-operated flights returning deported migrants to Venezuela will continue despite President Donald Trump threat that the airspace of the South American country should be considered closed. The government of President Nicolas Maduro announced Tuesday that the twice-weekly flights will go on following a request from…

UN sounds alarm on landmine deaths amid funding cuts for demining

GENEVA, Dec 5 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The United Nations has sounded the alarm as landmine deaths rise amid funding cuts to demining programmes. International experts meeting in Geneva say the legacy of conflicts old and new continues to kill and maim civilians on a near-daily basis. The UN Mine Action Programme…

Sexual exploitation of children on the rise in Chile: Public Prosecutor Office

SANTIAGO, Dec 5 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Chilean Public Prosecutor’s Office found that the sexual exploitation of children in the South American country was a “growing structural problem” between 2022 and 2024, with female adolescents aged 14-17 disproportionately targeted, prompting authorities to call for stronger state intervention to enforce the Lanzarote Convention.…

Brazil police probe plight of near-extinct blue parrot

Spix’s macaws (Cyanopsitta spixii) are seen in the Spix’s Macaws Conservation Centre at the Sao Paulo Zoo, in Sao Paulo, Brazil BRASILIA, Dec 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian police said they were probing the outbreak of a lethal virus among some of the last Spix’s macaws, one of the world’s rarest…

‘Besieged’ Venezuela unveils reduced budget for 2026

CARACAS, Dec 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The government of a “besieged” Venezuela on Thursday unveiled a proposed 2026 budget which, in US dollars, is 12 percent smaller than its spending plan for this year. Vice President Delcy Rodriguez presented a $19.9 billion budget for 2026 to the National Assembly as President…

US signs health aid deal with Kenya in PresTrump first

WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States on Thursday signed a $2.5 billion health aid deal with Kenya, the first such bilateral agreement after President Donald Trump tore down the historic US aid agency and sidelined NGOs. Trump administration officials said the agreement would be the first in a…

Most Germans, French see ‘high risk’ of war with Russia, survey shows

The Kremlin PARIS, Dec 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A majority of citizens in Germany, France, the Netherlands, and several other European Union member states believe there is a high chance of Russia going to war with their country, a survey has found.Across nine European countries surveyed, just over half of respondents…

US reviews ties with Tanzania over post-poll crackdown

Samia Suluhu Hassan is the President of Tanzania WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US government on Thursday said it was reconsidering relations with Tanzania in the wake of its heavy-handed response against protesters.In the announcement, Washington said it was concerned with the security agencies’ violent response to protests, including…

US Pres Trump hails ‘great day for the world’ as DR Congo, Rwanda finalise peace deal

L-R: Paul Kagame, Donald Trump and Felix Tshisekedi attend a signing ceremony in Washington WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — United States President Donald Trump has hosted the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to sign a peace deal that could end the conflict between the…

Pres Putin challenges US pressure on India over Russian oil during state visit

Putin and Modi arrive for an informal dinner at the Prime Minister’s Residence in New Delhi NEW DELHI, Dec 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has questioned Washington’s stance on India’s oil purchases from Moscow, pointing to US imports of Russian nuclear fuel as he began a state visit aimed at…
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