French to mark three months of ‘yellow vest’ protests
PARIS, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Demonstrators are to hit French citystreets again Saturday, marking three months of “yellow vest” protests…
North Koreans pay tribute to Kim’s father in freezing cold
PYONGYANG, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Day of the Shining Star dawned bitterly cold in Pyongyang. But thousands of North…
Myanmar court sentences two to death for Muslim lawyer’s murder
YANGON, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Myanmar court Friday sentenced two people to death for the murder of Aung San Suu…
Maldives president suspends ministers as corruption scandal spreads
MALE, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih suspended two government ministers over financial transactions conducted with a…
Myanmar army chief denies systematic persecution of Rohingya
YANGON, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Myanmar’s army chief, who is facing international calls to be prosecuted for genocide against the…
Brazil arrests 8 Vale employees over mining dam disaster
SAO PAULO, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian authorities arrested eight employees of mining giant Vale on Friday over a dam collapse at…
US may trim more than 1,000 troops from Afghanistan
KABUL, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Even before any peace push-related drawdowns, the US military is expected to trim troop levels in…
Turkey bans rally for Kurdish MP on hunger strike
DIYARBAKIR (Turkey), Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Turkish police on Friday prevented supporters from rallying outside the home of a pro-Kurdish lawmaker…
US sanctions Venezuela officials close to ‘former President’ Maduro
WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Treasury announced it was imposing sanctions on five intelligence and security officials close…
Yemen FM says seated next to Israeli PM Netanyahu in ‘error’
WARSAW, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Yemen’s Foreign Minister Khaled al-Yamani said a “protocol error” landed him next to Israeli Prime…