Arab League Backs Saudi Arabia’s Rejection Of U.S. Report On Khashoggi Killing

CAIRO, Feb 28 (NNN-MENA) – Arab League (AL) Secretary General, Ahmed Aboul-Gheit, expressed support for Saudi Arabia’s rejection of a recent U.S. intelligence report, on the murder of Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, in 2018. “Saudi judicial authorities are the only ones in charge of holding those involved in Khashoggi case…

Palestine Lashes Out At U.S. Position Towards Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

RAMALLAH, Feb 28 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine yesterday, lashed out at U.S. position, towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, calling it a “foggy” position. “The U.S. foggy position encourages the Israeli government to escalate its settlement policy,” the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) said. “The Israeli government exploits the U.S. position, to implement what…

EU declares Venezuela ambassador persona non grata and expels her

BRUSSELS, Feb 27 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The European Union has declared Venezuela’s ambassador in Brussels as a “persona non grata” in a tit-for-tat diplomatic move. A EU statement said member states had agreed that Venezuela’s ambassador would no longer be welcome as an envoy to the bloc. The decision to render…

Argentine health minister tests positive for COVID-19

Argentinian Minister of Health, Carla Vizzotti BUENOS AIRES, Feb 27 (NNN-Xinhua) — Argentine Health Minister Carla Vizzotti said she had tested positive for COVID-19 and entered quarantine. “I want to tell you that I did a swab as part of the procedure required to enter Congress on March 1, and…

Covid-19: Health workers protest controversial law in Bolivia despite pandemic

LA PAZ, Feb 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Health workers in Bolivia have taken to the streets against a controversial law in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and an ongoing doctors’ strike.As Bolivian newspaper La Razon reported, they were supported by the National Committee for the Defence of Democracy (Conade) in…

Update: US says Saudi prince approved Khashoggi murder but spares him sanctions

 Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi (L) and Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States for thefirst time publicly accused Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ofapproving the gruesome murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi,unveiling a raft of punitive measures but stopping short of targeting…

US: 3 killed in plane crash in state of Georgia

Debris lies along Memorial Park Drive in Gainesville after a single-engine plane crashed in the area, authorities said GAINESVILLE (Georgia, US), Feb 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A single-engine plane bound for Florida crashed after takeoff Friday evening from an airport in northeast Georgia, killing the three people aboard, authorities said. The Cessna 182 crashed around…

Covid-19: First cargo of medical oxygen arrives in Peru from Chile

LIMA, Feb 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A first shipment of medical oxygen sent byChile has arrived in Peru, which will help relieve a shortage for Covid-19patients, President Francisco Sagasti said. Almost 200 people a day have died from Covid-19 in Peru in February, fourtimes more than in December, and the shortage…

Covid-19: Brazil states tighten restrictions as virus rages

BRASILIA, Feb 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian cities and states have beenimposing a new round of restrictions in a bid to contain a surge of Covid-19cases threatening to overwhelm their already stretched hospitals. Brazil, whose death toll passed 250,000 Thursday, is struggling to dealwith a rising tide of infections that has…

Ivory Coast busts record $47 million cocaine haul of Paraguayan origin

The West African Coast has often recorded cocaine busts ABIDJAN, Feb 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ivory Coast security forces have seized just over 1 tonne of cocaine in a night operation in a northern district of the commercial capital Abidjan, the West African nation’s gendarmerie said.Major drug hauls in Ivory Coast…
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