Morales and MAS leadership meet for elections in Bolivia

BUENOS AIRES, Dec 30 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Deposed president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, meets in the Argentian capital with leaders of the Movement for Socialism (MAS) party to define details for the next electoral campaign in the Andean nation. Morales, in Argentina as a political refugee, exchange with MAS leaders…

French govt offers concessions to striking dancers of Paris Opera

PARIS, Dec 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — With France gripped by strike action crippling the transport system in a dispute over pensions reform, news emerged of the latest government concessions – to striking ballet dancers at the Paris Opera. News of the offer added to a series of concessions made to striking workers in…

Russia thanks US for intelligence that helped foil attacks

Putin thanked Trump for US intel which foil a terror attack in Russia MOSCOW, Dec 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin thanked US counterpart Donald Trump for intelligence that helped to foil attacks on Russian soil, the Kremlin said. Putin thanked Trump “for the transfer, through special services, of information…

Turkey evacuate wounded after deadly Mogadishu blast

MOGADISHU, Dec 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Turkish military cargo plane landed in the Somali capital to evacuate people badly wounded in a devastating truck bombing in the city that killed at least 90 people, including two Turkish nationals. The plane also brought emergency medical staff and supplies, according to a…

Honduras registers 177 deaths from dengue in 2019

TEGUCIGALPA, Dec 30 (NNN-Xinhua) — Honduras will close 2019 with more than 115,000 cases of dengue and 177 deaths from the disease, local media reported. “It is the biggest epidemic that we have had,” said Deputy Minister of Health Roberto Cosenza. The official added that more than 20,000 people were…

UN Alliance of Civilizations chief condemns mass stabbings at rabbi’s home in US

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 30 (NNN-Xinhua) — Head of the UN Alliance of Civilizations, Miguel Angel Moratinos, has condemned Saturday’s mass stabbings in a rabbi’s home in US New York State during the Jewish Hanukkah celebration. Moratinos believed that such cowardly attacks should not be tolerated and should be unequivocally denounced,…

UN Security Council condemns terror attack in Somalia

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 30 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United Nations Security Council strongly condemned Saturday’s terrorist attack in Somali capital Mogadishu that left dozens of people dead. Terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security, the council members said in…

Three killed by train in Morocco

RABAT, Dec 30 (NNN-Xinhua) — Three people died Sunday night after being struck by a train in the suburb of Casablanca, Morocco’s economic hub. The accident occurred near the town of Bousekoura, said local media le Site Info, adding that the three people were crossing the railway when an express…

Putin, Merkel discuss East Ukraine, gas supplies, Libya

Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel MOSCOW, Dec 30 (NNN-Xinhua) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed by telephone the exchange of prisoners in east Ukraine, Russian gas supplies to Europe and the situation in Libya. The two leaders gave a positive assessment…

US: 2 killed in church shooting in Texas

A police car is seen outside a church where a shooting occurred near Fort Worth of Texas HOUSTON, Dec 30 (NNN-Xinhua) — Two people were killed and another in critical condition in a shooting Sunday morning at a church in northern Texas, the United States, according to the local media.…