Americas

Mexican president downplays alarm over dengue

MEXICO CITY, Oct 16 (NNN-Xinhua) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador denied an increase in the number of dengue…

Fuel prices, transit fares drop to pre-protest levels in Ecuador

QUITO, Oct 16 (NNN-Xinhua) — Fuel prices and transit fares in Ecuador dropped to their previous levels, following more than…

Mexican Senate set to pass bill to legalize marijuana in next few days

MEXICO CITY, Oct 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico’s Senate will vote for a bill to fully legalize marijuana in the next…

Brazil probes whether ‘ghost ship’ carrying Venezuelan oil involved in spill

  RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A huge oil spill off Brazil’s northeastern coast may have involved a…

Mexico: Pres Obrador defends security plan as families mourn slain cops

Police officers patrol at a road after fellow police officers were killed during an ambush by suspected cartel hitmen in…

UN ends Haiti peacekeeping operations, urges end to crisis

A UN van enters into the Logistic Base of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH) in…

Canada suspends new arms sales to Turkey

OTTAWA, Oct 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada announced it had temporarily suspended “new export permits” to Turkey, particularly of military equipment,…

Turkey Rejects U.S. Proposal For Cease-Fire With Kurdish Forces In Syria

ANKARA, Oct 16 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, late on Tuesday, rejected the offer of his U.S. counterpart,…

Iranian President Says U.S. Commits “Crime” Against Iranians

TEHRAN, Oct 16 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, said that, the United States has committed “crime,” by imposing sanctions…

Cuba denounces US attack on its foreign trade at WTO

GENEVA, Oct 15 (NNN-TELESUR) — Cuban Ambassador Representative to the United Nations in Geneva Pedro Luis Pedroso denounced at a meeting…