Americas

Ecuador’s Amazon tribes join anti-austerity protests

QUITO, Oct 12 (NNN-Xinhua) — Thousands of indigenous representatives from the Amazon region joined anti-austerity protests here on Friday, amid…

Russia: Pres Putin warns of threats from US military buildup

Pres Vladimir Putin  MOSCOW, Oct 12 (NNN-Xinhua) — Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent…

US federal court rules against Trump administration’s rule on vulnerable immigrants

WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (NNN-Xinhua) — A federal court in the United States on Friday issued a temporary injunction against the…

China, US achieve substantial progress in new round of trade talks in Washington

WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (NNN-Xinhua) — China and the United States achieved substantial progress in multiple areas after holding a new…

US troops in Syria came under fire from Turkish incursion: Pentagon

WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US troops near the northern Syrian border came under artillery fire from Turkish positions on…

Ecuador protests: Police officers released after being taken hostage

The captive police officers were paraded in front of a crowd of thousands in Quito QUITO, Oct 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…

South Africa’s Gupta brothers sanctioned by US over ‘corruption’

 WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) —The US Treasury has imposed sanctions against the Gupta family and an associate over alleged corruption in…

Haitian government describes economic situation as catastrophic

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Oct 11 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The Haitian government described the country’s economic situation as ‘catastrophic’ and suggested that this…

Malaysia’s oil firm wins 3 exploration blocks in Brazil

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — Malaysia’s state-owned oil firm Petronas said Friday that it has successfully won three exploration…

Diaz-Canel elected president of Cuba

HAVANA, Oct 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — Cuban leader Miguel Diaz-Canel was elected on Thursday to serve in the newly-created post of…