Cambodia Follows Developments In Venezuela With “Serious Concerns”

PHNOM PENH, Jan 18 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s foreign ministry said, late yesterday that, it follows the developments in Venezuela with “serious concerns.” “Cambodia strongly advocates for peace and stability in Latin America and beyond,” said a ministry’s statement. “Cambodia consistently upholds the importance of peaceful settlement of differences and disputes,…

Iran’s Supreme Leader Says Country Has “Extinguished Sedition”

TEHRAN, Jan 18 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iranian Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, said yesterday that, Iran had defeated the United States and Israel once again, and had “extinguished the sedition” he alleged was incited by Washington and Tel Aviv. The remarks, posted on Khamenei’s official X account, came, as Iranian authorities appeared…

Tanzania: ‘We’re friend to all, non-aligned’ – Pres Samia

DODOMA, Jan 16 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has declared that Tanzania remains a “friend to all and non-aligned but multi-engaged,” positioning the nation as a strategic bridge between the Global West and the Global East. Speaking to Heads of Diplomatic Missions and International Organisations during the annual Diplomatic Sherry…

Spain nabs cocaine ring that used swimmers on high seas

A cargo vessel carrying almost 10 metric tons of cocaine concealed in a shipment of salt is being towed to port in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain MADRID, Jan 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Spanish police on Thursday said they had busted a network that saw smugglers swim on the high seas to…

French govt survives two no-confidence votes over trade deal

France’s Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu answers during a session of questions to the government at the National Assembly PARIS, Jan 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Emmanuel Macron’s government survived two no-confidence votes in parliament linked to criticism of an EU trade deal that has upset farmers. Neither move from the far…

Venezuelan acting president calls for oil industry reforms to attract foreign investment

Venezuelan acting president Delcy Rodriguez (C) CARACAS, Jan 16 (NNN-XINHUA) — Venezuelan acting president Delcy Rodriguez on Thursday called on the legislature to approve an oil industry reform plan to attract foreign investment and promote the country’s economic recovery. In her annual report to the legislature on behalf of the…

UN: Sec-Gen Guterres’s last annual speech slams world leaders for lack of cooperation

United Nations Sec-Gen Antonio Guterres UNITED NATIONS, Jan 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has lashed out at world leaders he accused of turning their backs on international cooperation amid “self-defeating geopolitical divides” and “brazen violations of international law”.Addressing the UN General Assembly on Thursday, the UN secretary-general…

Kenya secures zero-duty access to China

The Eaubonne bulk carrier ship docks in the port of Mombasa, Kenya NAIROBI, Jan 16 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) –Kenya has secured zero-duty access for almost all its exports to China in a preliminary deal, its trade minister said, as Nairobi seeks to offset the impact of higher US tariffs.The Kenya-China deal aims…

Work Underway To Draft Temporary Constitution: Palestinian President

RAMALLAH, Jan 16 (NNN-WAFA) – Work is underway, to draft a temporary constitution and a political parties law, in preparation for upcoming elections, Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said, yesterday. “The State of Palestine would be democratic, based on equal citizenship, political pluralism, freedom of expression, the formation of political parties,…

New calls for humanitarian truce in Sudan as peace talks resume in Cairo

Smoke billows after drone strikes by the paramilitary RSf CAIRO, Jan 16 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Sudan peace efforts resumed in Cairo as Egypt, the United Nations and the United States called for the warring parties to agree to a nationwide humanitarian truce, as the war between the army and its rival…
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