Americas

US condemns North Korea ‘ballistic missile launch’: Pentagon

   WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States military on Tuesday condemned North Korea for a suspected ballistic missile…

Covid-19: US raises travel alert for Singapore to highest risk level

People are silhouetted against Singapore Airlines Airbus planes at Changi International Airport WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States…

Ecuador president declares state of emergency over drug violence

   QUITO, Oct 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency in the country grappling with…

US renews calls for talks with North Korea

  WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A US envoy made a new appeal for talks with North Korea, insisting the…

At least 11 passengers killed, 12 injured after bus plunged down a 328-foot slope in Ecuador

QUITO, Oct. 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — As many as 11 passengers have been confirmed dead after a bus plunged down a…

US will not join Afghanistan talks hosted by Russia

A Taliban fighter sits guard on a vehicle while his comrades are praying at Deh Bori square in Kabul WASHINGTON,…

Russia cuts diplomatic ties with NATO in latest row

   MOSCOW, Oct 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow was suspending its mission to NATO and…

Covid-19: WHO confirms gradual decline in covid deaths

GENEVA, Oct 18 (NNN-TELESUR) — Director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, reported that the number…

Covid-19: Haiti to return soon-to-expire 250,000 vaccines to COVAX facility

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Oct 18 (NNN-TELESUR) — Haiti’s Multisectoral Pandemic Management Commission (MPMC) announced that it will return 250,000 Moderna vaccines that…

Thousands protest in El Salvador against Bukele government

A demonstrator holds a sign reading: ‘Bukele dictator, out of El Salvador’ SAN SALVADOR, Oct 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of…