Americas

US withdraws from Just Energy Transition partnership with South Africa

PRETORIA, March 8 (NNN-SANEWS) — South Africa says it notes the United States’ decision to revoke the US International Climate…

Bosnia top court suspends Serb leader’s separatist laws, EU to add peacekeepers

SARAJEVO, March 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The EU said it would send reinforcements for its peacekeeping mission in deeply divided Bosnia…

US carries out first firing squad execution since 2010

COLUMBIA (South Carolina, US), March 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A South Carolina man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a…

Colombia: FARC dissidents capture 29 soldiers, police after gun battle in cocaine-growing region

CALI (Colombia), March 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Colombian guerrillas took 29 soldiers and police hostage during a gun battle in a…

US: Unvaccinated New Mexico resident dies of suspected measles

Recent measles cases in New Mexico have not officially been connected to the ongoing Texas outbreak SANTA FE (New Mexico,…

Update: Gang gunfights in Ecuador leave 22 dead

GUAYAQUIL (Ecuador), March 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rival factions of an Ecuadoran drug trafficking gang fought Thursday in the violent port…

Gang gunfight in Ecuador leaves 12 dead

GUAYAQUIL (Ecuador), March 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rival factions of an Ecuadoran drug trafficking gang fought each other Thursday in the…

Cuba arms Tanzania in war against malaria

COASTAL REGION (Tanzania), March 7 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — THE government of Cuba has pledged a significant cooperation with the Tanzanian government in…

Lesotho’s government says it is shocked by US President Donald Trump saying nobody has heard of them

MASERU, March 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Lesotho’s government says it is shocked by US President Donald Trump saying that “nobody has…

South Africa hosts first G20 Tourism Working Group meeting

PRETORIA, March 7 (NNN-SANEWS) — South Africa’s Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille has urged the G20 to find ways to…