Death toll in Peru tanker explosion rises to 30
LIMA, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from the explosion of a gastanker in Lima last month has risen…
China virus death toll nears 1,400
BEIJING, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from China’s virusepidemic neared 1,400 on Friday, as the United States complained…
US: Pres Trump says peace deal with Taliban “very close” as partial truce announced
WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Pres Donald Trump said the United States and the Taliban were nearing a peace agreement…
US: Republican-controlled Senate votes to limit Pres Trump’s war powers on Iran, presidential veto expected
Democratic Senator Tim Kaine speaks to journalists after the GOP WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Republican-dominated US Senate voted…
US warship in Arabian Sea seizes weapons suspected bound for Yemen’s Houthis
WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A United States Navy warship seized weapons believed to be of Iranian “design and manufacture”,…
Senegal’s president defends criminalisation of homosexuality
Pres Macky Sall DAKAR, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Macky Sall defended the country’s criminalisation of homosexuality, telling visiting Canadian…
Sudan agrees to compensate families of USS Cole victims: state news agency
The Oct 12, 2000 attack in the Yemeni port of Aden killed 17 United States sailors and wounded dozens of…
Drug lab found in farm of the family of Colombian ambassador to Uruguay
BOGOTA, Feb 14 (NNN-TELESUR) — The Police narcotics unit found drugs during a raid at a farm belonging to the…
US, Taliban agree 7-day reduction in violence in Afghanistan
BRUSSELS, Feb 14 (NNN-TELESUR) — United States Secretary of Defense Mark Esper announced that they’ve secured a seven-day reduction in…
US Pres Trump asks $3.8 billion from military for Mexico border wall
WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (NNN-TELESUR) — The US Defense Department asked Congress to reprogram more than $3.8 billion from funding for…