Mexican president endorses lawmakers’ changes to National Guard
MEXICO CITY, Feb 23 (NNN-EFE) — President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador hailed the Mexican Senate’s unanimous approval of a proposed…
6 Suspected criminals killed by mob in Mexico
VERACRUZ (Mexico), Feb 23 (NNN-EFE) — Six suspected criminals were killed by residents of a town in the highlands of…
Update: Venezuela says its troops didn’t kill anyone
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 23 (NNN-EFE) — Venezuela’s foreign minister said that the military played no role in the deaths of…
Botswana Mulls Lifting Big Game Hunting Ban
Botswana has the largest elephant population in Africa. GABORONE, Feb 23 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — Botswana’s government is considering lifting a ban…
South Sudan: More Than Half of South Sudan’s Population Facing Food Crisis – UN agencies
JUBA, Feb 23 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) –Three leading United Nations agencies warn that more than half of South Sudan’s population is suffering…
Ecuador: Rare giant tortoise surfaces in the Galapagos Islands after a century
PUERTO BAQUERIZO MORENO (Galapagos, Ecuador), Feb 23 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Conservationists in the Galapagos Islands have found a giant tortoise from a…
U.S. imposes travel restrictions on DR Congo officials for vote abuses
WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The U.S. State Department has imposed travel restrictions against five top officials from the Democratic…
Wife of Guatemalan president investigated for cashing illegal cheques -prosecutor
GUATEMALA CITY, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The wife of Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales will be investigated on suspicion of cashing…
Update: Sudanese Pres Bashir appoints new caretaker administration, leaves other posts unchanged
KHARTOUM, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir early on Saturday appointed a new caretaker administration, but left the…
Trans asylum-seeker killed after U.S. deportation back to El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Salvadoran transgender woman who sought asylum in the United States was killed weeks…