Americas

US says up to 1,000 troops to withdraw from northern Syria

WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Pentagon said PresidentDonald Trump had ordered the withdrawal of up to 1,000 troops from…

Update: Ecuador president, protest leaders open talks to end deadly violence

QUITO, Oct 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Indigenous leaders and Ecuador’s president began face-to-face talks after nearly two weeks of violent streetprotests…

African migrants in Mexico brave odds to reach the States

MEXICO CITY, Oct 14 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — A migrant caravan made of mainly African migrants took off in Southern Mexico Saturday,…

California to ban smoking, vaping at state beaches, parks

LOS ANGELES, Oct 14 (NNN-XINHUA) — California will ban smoking and vaping at state beaches and parks starting next year under a new legislation signed…

US: Firefighters curb southern California blazes

LOS ANGELES, Oct 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Wildfires raging across southernCalifornia abated on Saturday with evacuation orders lifted after 100,000people were…

Ecuador president orders curfew, military control in Quito

QUITO, Oct 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ecuador President Lenin Morenoordered the capital Quito and surrounding areas placed under curfew andmilitary control,…

Ecuadorian Indigenous Leaders Agree To Dialogue With Government

QUITO, Oct 13 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Ecuador’s Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (Conaie), said, it will take part in the “direct…

Saudi Arabia Announces Receiving Additional U.S. Troops

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Oct 13 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabia announced, on Saturday, the decision to receive additional U.S. troops. The…

Ecuador’s Moreno Orders Curfew, Militarisation In Quito

QUITO, Ecoador, Oct 13 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Ecuadorian President, Lenin Moreno, declared on Saturday, curfew and militarisation of the Metropolitan…

US blockade affects Cuba’s tobacco industry

HAVANA, Oct 12 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The tightening of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States…