Americas

US actor DiCaprio denies Pres Bolsonaro accusation of link to Amazon fires

SAO PAULO, Dec 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — American actor Leonardo DiCaprio on Saturday denied a claim by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro…

Sri Lanka, UNODC Discuss Maritime Crime Prevention

COLOMBO, Dec 1 (NNN-SLNEWS) – Sri Lanka, aiming to prevent maritime crime and drug trafficking in local waters, conveyed its…

US: 9 dead, including 2 children, in South Dakota plane crash

CHAMBERLAIN (South Dakota, US), Dec 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nine people, including two children, were killed Saturday when a plane crashed…

U.S. Carries Out Airdrops In Syria, Killing Eight Militants

DAMASCUS, Dec 1 (NNN-SANA) – The U.S. forces carried out airdrops in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah on Saturday, killing…

Opposition leader Keiko Fujimori leaves prison in Peru

LIMA, Dec 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru opposition leader Keiko Fujimori wasreleased from prison after spending 13 months in pre-trial detentionin…

ICC must probe former Pres Morales ‘crimes against humanity’: Bolivia

LA PAZ, Dec 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bolivia’s interim government will file acase at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The…

Russia loses bid to block new Syria chemical weapons probe

THE HAGUE, Nov 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A bid by Russia to block funding for a new team that will identify…

Backlash in Mexico at US Pres Trump plan to list cartels as ‘terror’ groups

MEXICO CITY, Nov 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Pres Donald Trump’s plan to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organisations has…

Revised data shows deforestation in Brazil Amazon at decade high

BRASÍLIA, Nov 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil released revised statistics showing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest surpassed 10,000 sq km in…

Brazil’s Bolsonaro congratulates Uruguayan president-elect

BRASILIA, Nov 29 (NNN-Xinhua) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday congratulated Uruguay’s president-elect Luis Lacalle Pou over phone on…