Top US commander warns Philippines rift could hurt terrorism fight

SYDNEY, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A top US commander warned ending a security pact with Philippines would hurt counter-terrorism efforts in the country’s restive south, putting him at odds with commander-in-chief Donald Trump. Washington’s top military officer in Asia-Pacific Admiral Philip Davidson said he hoped Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to scrap…

Death toll in Peru tanker explosion rises to 30

LIMA, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from the explosion of a gastanker in Lima last month has risen to 30, Peru’s ministry of health said. Two women and a man were the most recent to succumb to burns from afireball that occurred when the tanker truck carrying 10,000…

China virus death toll nears 1,400

BEIJING, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from China’s virusepidemic neared 1,400 on Friday, as the United States complained of a “lackof transparency” from Beijing over its handling of a crisis that has fuelledglobal panic. Nearly 64,000 people are now recorded as having been made ill by the virusin…

US: Pres Trump says peace deal with Taliban “very close” as partial truce announced

WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Pres Donald Trump said the United States and the Taliban were nearing a peace agreement — although it was not clear if he was talking about the limited pause in hostilities agreed with the guerrillas or something broader. “I think we’re very close. I think…

US: Republican-controlled Senate votes to limit Pres Trump’s war powers on Iran, presidential veto expected

Democratic Senator Tim Kaine speaks to journalists after the GOP WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Republican-dominated US Senate voted Thursday to rein in President Donald Trump’s ability to launch military action on Iran, with eight GOP members joining Democrats to pass the resolution.The measure requires Trump to seek explicit…

US warship in Arabian Sea seizes weapons suspected bound for Yemen’s Houthis

WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A United States Navy warship seized weapons believed to be of Iranian “design and manufacture”, including 150 anti-tank guided missiles and three Iranian surface-to-air missiles, the US military said.In a statement, the military said the guided-missile cruiser Normandy boarded a dhow, a traditional sailing vessel,…

Senegal’s president defends criminalisation of homosexuality

Pres Macky Sall DAKAR, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Macky Sall defended the country’s criminalisation of homosexuality, telling visiting Canadian prime minister that ‘we’re comfortable with our laws’. The exchange between Justin Trudeau and Sall highlighted the impasse the United States, Canada and other Western nations have had in persuading…

Sudan agrees to compensate families of USS Cole victims: state news agency

The Oct 12, 2000 attack in the Yemeni port of Aden killed 17 United States sailors and wounded dozens of others KHARTOUM, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan‘s transitional government has agreed to compensate the families of 17 United States Navy sailors killed in an al-Qaeda attack on the USS Cole warship in…

Drug lab found in farm of the family of Colombian ambassador to Uruguay

BOGOTA, Feb 14 (NNN-TELESUR) — The Police narcotics unit found drugs during a raid at a farm belonging to the family of Colombia’s ambassador to Uruguay Fernando Sanclemente. During the Wednesday operation, the police inspected warehouses, mangers, offices, and forests, where they “allegedly found drugs.” On Thursday, Colombia’s Foreign Minister published…

US, Taliban agree 7-day reduction in violence in Afghanistan

BRUSSELS, Feb 14 (NNN-TELESUR) — United States Secretary of Defense Mark Esper announced that they’ve secured a seven-day reduction in violence in talks with the Taliban to help seek a negotiated settlement in Afghanistan. “It is our view that seven days, for now, is sufficient but in all things, our…
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