Americas

Belarus to donate medicines to Venezuela

MINSK, Sept 14 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Belarus will donate medical supplies worth over $200,000 to Venezuela, in the face of…

Venezuela: Pres Maduro announces direct flights between Caracas and Moscow

CARACAS, Sept 14 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced the opening of a direct Caracas-Moscow flight, as part…

Twitter restores some blocked Cuban official accounts

HAVANA, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Twitter has restored some of the accounts of Cuban state-run media, journalists and government officials…

Mexico slams US Supreme Court order on asylum restrictions

Immigrants from Central America and Mexican citizens queue to cross into the US to apply for asylum MEXICO CITY, Sept…

Update: At least 11 dead in Rio hospital blaze

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 11 people, many of them elderly, were killed when a fire…

Venezuela ‘ready’ to defend itself after US invokes defence pact: foreign minister

GENEVA, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela is “ready” to defend itself, Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said Friday, after Washington invoked…

U.S. imposes sanctions on North Korean hacking groups blamed for global attacks

WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The U.S. Treasury on Friday announced sanctions on three North Korean hacking groups it said…

Hurricane Dorian forces Bahamas to find new schools for 10,000 displaced students

Marsh Harbour, Abaco Island, Bahamas: 10-year-old Torres talks to UNICEF’s Regional Emergency Specialist Hanoch NASSAU, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bahamaian…

Brazil: Tribal leaders call for legalization of wildcat mining on indigenous territory

A deforested and burnt plot is seen in Jamanxim National Forest in the Amazon, near Novo Progresso, Para state MORAES…

Caribbean: Tropical storm warning issued for hurricane-hit Bahamas

MIAMI/NASSAU, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A tropical storm warning was issued on Friday for the northern Bahamas as UN Secretary…