Turkey Agrees To Secure Kabul Airport, S-400 Issue Remains Unresolved: Senior U.S. Official

WASHINGTON, Jun 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – U.S. President, Joe Biden, and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, agreed earlier this week that Turkey would play a leading role in securing Kabul airport, but the two sides remain divided over the issue of the S-400 air defence systems, National Security Adviser, Jake…

DPRK Leader Says Pyongyang Should Prepare For Dialogue, Confrontation With U.S.

PYONGYANG, Jun 18 (NNN-KCNA) – Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), said here yesterday that, his country should get prepared for both dialogue and confrontation with the United States, especially for confrontation, to protect DPRK’s dignity and interests for independent development, it was…

Covid-19: Brazil reports 2,997 more deaths; Argentina, Colombia sees 25,878, 27,827 new cases respectively

BRASILIA, June 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — Brazil registered 2,997 more deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the national death toll to 493,693, the health ministry said. A total of 95,367 new infections were detected, raising the total caseload to 17,628,588, the ministry said. Brazil has the world’s second…

US House votes to repeal 2002 Iraq war authorization

WASHINGTON, June 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to repeal the 2002 authorization for the Iraq War, an effort to curb presidential war powers. The Democratic-led House revoked the 2002 authorization for the use of military force (AUMF) in a vote of 268 to 161,…

US shooting: 1 killed, 12 injured in multiple shootings; suspect arrested

PHOENIX (Arizona, US), June 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — One person was killed and 12 others wounded in a series of shootings in several places in the Phoenix metropolitan area in U.S. state of Arizona on Thursday afternoon, and the suspect has been arrested by the police. According to Peoria Police Department,…

Russia ready for further dialogue if US is willing: Pres Putin

MOSCOW, June 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Kremlin was guarded about future dialogue with Washington on Thursday, a day after the first face-to-face meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Joe Biden. The two leaders met in Geneva on Wednesday to ease soaring tensions between Moscow and Washington, with…

Update: Biden, Putin hail positive talks, but US warns on cyberwar

GENEVA, June 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin sought to cool tensions in the combustible US-Russian relationship at their first summit in Geneva on Wednesday, with the US president saying his Kremlin counterpart doesn’t want a new Cold War. The two leaders emerged cautiously positive after more than…

Covid-19: Cruise passengers return to Mexico’s Caribbean coast

SAN MIGUEL DE COZUMEL (Mexico), June 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The first cruise ship in more than a year docked at Cozumel island on Mexico’s Caribbean coast on Wednesday, greeted by mariachi music and a banner reading: “Welcome back.” The Adventure of the Seas arrived from the Bahamas with around 1,000…

Mexico City metro crash probe blames structural flaws

MEXICO CITY, June 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An investigation into the Mexico City metro disaster revealed Wednesday a series of construction flaws in the overpass that collapsed, killing 26 people and prompting angry demands for justice. The initial report by Norwegian engineering company DNV said that a structural failure had caused…

Texas OKs public gun-carrying without permit

AUSTIN (Texas, US), June 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Wednesday a bill that allows Texans to carry firearms in public without a permit, the latest in a series of measures expanding gun rights in conservative US states. The law, which was passed in the Republican-dominated state…
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