US, Canada, Mexico work to prevent swine fever reaching region
ARLINGTON (US), Feb 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States, Canada and Mexico are coordinating efforts to prevent the arrival of…
IOC urges India isolation after Pakistani athletes denied visas
ZURICH/NEW DELHI, Feb 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The International Olympic Committee have suspended all Indian applications to host future events and…
Syria war: Largest Daesh mass grave yet found outside Raqqa
RAQQA (Syria), Feb 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two feet deep, below a plot of farmland outside the Syrian city of Raqqa,…
Spain: Road blocks, strike in Catalonia against separatists’ trial
BARCELONA, Feb 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Activists blocked roads and rail lines in Catalonia on Thursday as a region-wide strike began against…
Security chief in south Libya town assassinated: Ministry
TRIPOLI, Feb 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Armed men have murdered a security official in southern Libya, the UN-backed government said, a…
Sri Lanka sends bone fragments from mass grave for US analysis
COLOMBO, Feb 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bone fragments from one of the biggest mass graves found in Sri Lanka since its…
Vanuatu to ban disposable diapers in bid to reduce pollution
PORT VILA, Feb 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Pacific nation of Vanuatu has announced plans to ban disposable diapers in a…
Vatican: Pope demands action at landmark church summit on child sex abuse
VATICAN CITY, Feb 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pope Francis opened a landmark Vatican summit on fighting child sex abuse, calling for “concrete…
Trump and Kim to have one-on-one meeting at Vietnam summit
WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump will have a one-on-one meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong…
Australian who rammed and killed 6 pedestrians jailed for life
SYDNEY, Feb 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An Australian man who drove a car into dozens of pedestrians on a busy shopping…