Hundreds of new fires in Brazil as Amazon outrage grows
Some 1,663 new fires were ignited between Thursday and Friday in the Amazon BRASILIA, Aug 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of new…
UK Sends Third Warship to Strait of Hormuz Amid Tensions With Iran – Defence Secretary
TEHRAN, Aug 25 (NNN-SPUNTIK) – The British Royal Navy is sending a third warship, the Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender,…
Iranian Oil Tanker Switches Destination to Turkey After US Issues Threats to Greece
TEHRAN, Aug 24 (NNN-SPUNTIK) – An Iranian supertanker that is passing south of Sicily has changed its destination in its…
China releases British consulate worker detained at border
BEIJING, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Chinese police said Saturday an employee at the British Consulate in Hong Kong who was detained on…
Brazil sends army to tackle Amazon fires
BRASILIA, Aug 24 (NNN-TELESUR) – A record number of wildfires have raged for weeks and are decimating the Brazilian Amazon,…
N. Korea says it would be ‘miscalculation’ if U.S. confronts Pyongyang with sanctions
SEOUL, Aug 23 (NNN-YONHAP) — North Korea said Friday it would be a “miscalculation” if the United States tries to…
Haze forces two schools in Miri to close
MIRI, Aug 22 (NNN-BERNAMA) — A total of 1,906 pupils including 50 pre-schoolers, from two primary schools here were unable…
US will act if tanker carrying Iranian oil delivers to Syria
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The US will take every action it can to prevent an Iranian tanker from delivering…
EU’s Tusk: By Not Proposing Alternatives, Opponents of Irish Backstop back ‘Reestablishing Border’
BRUSSELS, Aug 20 (NNN-BERNAMA-SPUTNIK) — The comments of European Council president Donald Tusk, that without alternatives proposed, the opponents of…
Hong Kong Leader Carrie Lam Pledges New Effort at Dialogue Over Protests
HONG KONG, Aug 20 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government will start work immediately on building…