UN Chief Urges World Community To Provide More Support For Afghan Refugees

ISLAMABAD, Feb 18 (NNN-APP) – UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, urged the world community to perform responsibilities with a renewed commitment, taking more actions to help Afghan refugees. Addressing an international conference marking the 40-year presence of Afghan refugees in Pakistan, Guterres lauded measures Pakistan takes for Afghan refugees, in terms…

Russian FM Questions Efficiency Of U.S. Mideast Peace Plan

MOSCOW, Feb 18 (NNN-TASS) – Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, raised doubts about the efficiency of the U.S. plan for a peaceful settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, known as the “Deal of the Century.” Washington’s proposal for a solution through unilateral concessions favour Israel, Lavrov said, in an interview with…

Update: 14 test positive among US plane evacuees from Japan cruise ship

The Diamond Princess was placed in a 14-day quarantine in early February WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fourteen people who had tested positive for the new coronavirus were among more than 300 US citizens and family members evacuated by plane from a quarantined ship in Japan, the US State Department said.…

Brazil: Pres Bolsonaro celebrates crime index falls to its lowest level in more than a decade

BRASILIA, Feb 17 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro celebrated after a crime index showed homicides fell to their lowest level in more than a decade during the first year of his term. Brazil had 41,635 killings in 2019, down 19% from the prior year and the least number of…

Costa Rica seizes five tons of cocaine bound for Holland in largest ever drug bust

A police officer is seen in front of packages containing cocaine seized during an operation in the Caribbean SAN JOSE, Feb 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police in Costa Rica seized more than five tonnes of cocaine bound for the Dutch port of Rotterdam in the country’s largest ever drugs bust, officials said. Authorities…

US: Mississippi braces for floods as Pearl River hits 37-year highwater mark

Mississippi on the brink of near-record flooding as Pearl River swells with days of rain JACKSON, Feb 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mississippi urged thousands of people in the Pearl River flood plain to evacuate as the river reached its highest level in 37 years near the state capital and was not…

US Sec of State Pompeo wraps up visit to Senegal; next Angola

DAKAR, Feb 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wrapped up a visit to Senegal on Sunday, where he discussed the US role in security issues in Africa. This visit came as the U.S. Defense Department is conducting a global force review and has indicated there likely will…

Covid-19: Americans from quarantined cruise ship flown home from Japan

WASHINGTON/TOKYO, Feb 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two planes carrying Americans from the quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess have left Japan. The aircraft chartered by the US government departed Tokyo’s Haneda Airport in the early hours of Monday. There were some 400 Americans on board the ship, which has been held since Feb 3…

US Pres Trump calls for Russia to stop backing Syrian ‘atrocities’

WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump has called for Russia to end its support for the Syrian regime’s “atrocities” as he expressed US concern over violence in the Idlib region, the White House said. In a call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Trump “expressed concern over…

Palestine Accuses U.S.-Israeli Mapping Committee Of Imposing Illegal Annexation Plan

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Feb 17 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine criticised a U.S.-Israeli committee, tasked with mapping out the areas in the West Bank that Israel would annex, under the U.S. Middle East peace plan. The announcement of this committee is a “withdrawal from signed agreements and international legitimacy,” said Saeb Erekat, secretary…
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