2 missing after training plane crash off coast in northern Lebanon

BEIRUT, Oct 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — A training plane belonging to the Lebanese Aviation Club and carrying two people crashed on Wednesday in the sea off the coast of Halat in northern Lebanon, the National News Agency reported. Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati asked the army to send a helicopter to…

EU envoy to visit Iran Thursday amid nuclear talks push

  TEHRAN, Oct 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The EU envoy charged with coordinating talks on reviving a troubled nuclear deal between Iran and major powers is to visit Tehran on Thursday, the Iranian foreign ministry said.    Enrique Mora’s visit “is a follow-up to consultations between the two sides on matters…

Assisted dying to be legal in New Zealand from November

WELLINGTON, Oct 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New Zealand Minister of Health Andrew Little said that the country’s health system is ready to implement the End of Life Choice Act, making assisted dying legal in New Zealand. Little said the government had appointed a three-person specialist committee to oversee the operation of…

Venezuela calls on Spain to rectify indigenous massacres

CARACAS, Oct 13 (NNN-TELESUR) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called on the Spanish government to rectify and apologize for the massacre of millions of indigenous people from America during colonization. On the Day of Indigenous Resistance, the Venezuelan president recalled the victims of murder and slavery due to the expansion…

Argentine Economy Minister and IMF Director hold meeting in Washington DC

WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentine Economy Minister Martín Guzmán met in Washington DC with International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva to further discuss renegotiations of the country’s US $ 45 billion debt. The South American official also held an encounter with David Lipton, a top adviser to US…

Israel, UAE ministers in US as Pres Biden seeks to expand normalisation

US Vice President Kamala Harris meets Israeli’s foreign affair minister Yair Lapid at the White House WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The top diplomats from Israel and the United Arab Emirates are set to hold three-way talks in Washington Wednesday as President Joe Biden’s administration embraces and looks to expand…

Hundreds of residents evacuated amid volcanic eruption in Spain

MADRID, Oct 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — Between 700 to 800 people in Spain have been evacuated as a result of the ongoing volcanic eruption on the island of La Palma, local emergency services said. The new wave of evacuations came after the approximately 6,000 people who were evacuated in the early…

US wildfire: Fast-moving blaze in southern California triggers evacuation orders, road closures

LOS ANGELES, Oct 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — A fast-moving wildfire in southern California expanded to over 54.23 square km with 5 percent containment by Tuesday, triggering evacuation orders and the closure of a major highway, according to Inciweb, an interstate incident information system. The Alisal Fire started Monday afternoon near the…

UN rights report warns of North Korea ‘starvation risk’

SEOUL, Oct 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — North Korea’s most vulnerable are “at risk of starvation” with the economy worsening due to a self-imposed coronavirus blockade, and UN sanctions imposed over the country’s nuclear programmes should be eased, a UN human rights expert said. The impoverished nation has been behind a rigid…

UPDATE Iraq Election: Nationalist cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr claims victory

 BAGHDAD, Oct 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Shia Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has claimed victory for his nationalist Saeroun movement in Iraq’s election. Sadr, who wants to end US and Iranian influence over Iraq’s internal affairs, promised to form a government free from foreign interference. Partial results showed Saeroun winning 73 of…