Americas

Colombia receives $31.5 mn to address Venezuela refugee crisis: World Bank

WASHINGTON, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Colombia will receive a US$31.5 million grant to help deal with the flood of refugees…

Sec of State Pompeo says US won’t quit fight in Venezuela, defends sanctions

SANTIAGO, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended sanctions on Venezuela and said the United States would…

Trump mulling releasing migrants in ‘sanctuary cities’

WASHINGTON, APril 13 (NNN-ANADOLU) – U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he is strongly considering releasing undocumented migrants in mostly…

EU ‘ready to respond’ to US in Airbus-Boeing row

WASHINGTON, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French finance minister Bruno Le Maire warned that Europe was ready to hit back at any…

Assange held in London jail ahead of long legal fight

LONDON, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange woke up in a British jail Friday at the start of…

Trump’s controversial transgender troop ban takes effect

WASHINGTON, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump’s controversial ban on transgender Americans in the military comes into force on Friday…

‘Confidence in Mexico’: US and Mexican top brass to talk business, border

MERIDA (Mexico), April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A meeting of U.S. and Mexican government and business leaders aims to shore up…

British court finds Assange guilty of breaching bail

LONDON, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A London court found WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange guilty of breaching his bail conditions in…

US to send 100 agents to Mexico border to cut delays: Congresswoman

EL PASO (Texas, US), April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will send about 100 agents to the…

Oil tankers leave Venezuela for Cuba following sanctions

CARACAS, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela’s state-run PDVSA has shipped one million barrels of oil to Cuba days after the United…