Uganda seizes ivory, pangolin scales worth an estimated US$8 million
KAMPALA, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Uganda seized a contraband shipment of ivory and pangolin scales it said was the largest…
UN raises ‘serious doubts’ whether Bahrain opposition leaders got fair trial
GENEVA, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN Human Rights Office said there were “serious doubts” whether three Bahraini opposition leaders were…
Spain: Catalan separatist leaders moved to Madrid for trial on rebellion charges
BARCELONA, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Jailed Catalan politician Raul Romeva hopes the upcoming trial of separatist leaders at the Supreme…
Venezuela’s opposition to up pressure on Maduro with new weekend rally
CARACAS, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela’s US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido prepared to crank up the pressure on embattled President Nicolas…
Brazil: Pres Bolsonaro faces political test as new Congress sits
BRASILIA, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Plans by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to shake up Latin America’s biggest economy with pro-business reforms…
EU states destroy suspect Polish beef as scare spreads
BRUSSELS/WARSAW, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Several EU countries on Friday seized and destroyed suspect beef from a Polish slaughterhouse where…
Pres Trump leans toward declaring state of emergency on US-Mexico border
WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump gave his strongest indication yet that he will soon declare a state of…
US says to withdraw from arms control treaty in six months
WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States announced it will withdraw from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia…
Icy blast begins to ease in US Midwest, Northeast
NEW YORK, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Frigid weather that paralysed a large swath of the United States this week and caused…
Singapore: Man jailed, fined S$34 million in record contraband cigarette case
SINGAPORE, Feb 2 (NNN-CNA) — A middleman involved in the largest case of smuggling contraband cigarettes in Singapore has been…