France to take 400 asylum-seekers from Greece
Migrants rescued in the Mediterranean as they attempted to make the precarious sea crossing to Europe ATHENS, Dec 13 (NNN-AGENCIES)…
Chilean Air Force recovers human remains, says no survivors from crashed plane
PUNTA ARENAS (Chile), Dec 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Chile confirmed that human remains and debris found by search ships are from a…
US vaping-related deaths rise to 52, hospitalizations to 2,409
WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US health officials said four more deaths occurred since last week from a mysterious respiratory…
Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi warns genocide case could reignite Rohingya crisis
Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi HAGUE, Dec 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi urged UN judges…
Update: New Zealand troops retrieve six bodies from volcano in daring mission
WHAKATANE (New Zealand), Dec 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A team of elite New Zealand soldiers airlifted six bodies from the volatile…
US Senate passes resolution recognizing Armenian genocide
WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Senate unanimously passed a resolution that formally recognizes the Ottoman Empire’s mass killings against…
Sudanese envoy asks UN Security Council to review Darfur sanctions
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Sudanese ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday asked the Security Council to…
11 Hashd Shaabi members killed in suicide attack in central Iraq
SAMARRA (Iraq), Dec 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eleven Iraqi fighters were killed north of Baghdad on Thursday when two suicide bombers…
Fatah deputy chief meets UN envoy over Palestinian elections
UN Envoy for the peace process in the Middle East Nikolai Mladenov RAMALLAH, Dec 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — Mahmoud al-Aloul, vice…
Argentine government confirms arrival of ex-Bolivian Pres Evo Morales as a “refugee”
Bolivia’s ex-President Evo Morales BUENOS AIRES, Dec 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — Bolivia’s ex-President Evo Morales arrived in Argentina on Thursday and…