Honduras on edge as vote count drags into third week

TEGUCIGALPA, Dec 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — In a warehouse the size of two basketball courts, hundreds of electoral staff and political delegates on Friday pored over thousands of votes cast nearly three weeks ago in the presidential election in Honduras, where tensions are sky-high. The manual recount of nearly 2,800 tally…

Signing of EU-Mercosur FTA postponed to January

BRUSSELS, Dec 20 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The highly anticipated signing of the free trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), originally scheduled for this Saturday in Foz do Iguaçu, has been officially postponed until January following a surge in domestic pressure and mass protests by…

Bolivia: People protest fuel price hikes after subsidies cut

LA PAZ, Dec 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bolivians protesting a doubling in fuel prices caused by an end to two decades of state subsidies brought traffic to a standstill Friday in cities nationwide. The country’s new centre-right president Rodrigo Paz on Wednesday announced an end to the subsidies used by leftist…

Security Council renews mandate of UN peacekeeping mission in DRC

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 20 (NNN-XINHUA) — The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution to renew the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for one year, until Dec. 20, 2026. Resolution 2808 retains the authorized troop ceiling of 11,500 military personnel, 600…

Colombia: 7 soldiers killed in rebel attack on military base

BOGOTA, Dec 20 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least seven Colombian soldiers were killed and 30 wounded after a guerrilla group on Thursday attacked a military base in the country’s northeastern city of Aguachica, the national army said Friday. In this “terrorist act,” the National Liberation Army (ELN) used drones equipped with…

Cuba thanks Mexico for project to encourage young people to read

HAVANA, Dec 20 (NNN-ACN) — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez described the educational and cultural project “25 for 25” as “a bridge of paper and ink that unites the youth of our America.”This initiative of the Mexican government and its Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE) will distribute 2.5 million books…

UN: Shelters in Burundi overwhelmed as 80,000 flee escalating violence in South Kivu

Internally displaced people (IDPs) fleeing fighting in Congo’s South Kivu province arrive in Burundi GITEGA, Dec 20 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — As violence in the eastern DR Congo escalates, a growing number of people are being forced to flee their homes and seek refuge across the border in Burundi.More than 80,000 people…

French government calls for Christmas truce in farmer protests

French farmers block a highway near Urt, in southwestern France, to protest against a mass cull of cows PARIS, Dec 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — ‌The French government called for a Christmas truce with protesting farmers, warning against further blockades during the holiday season, a move the country’s main union said depended…

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  
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