Chile: Mass protest in Santiago against abuses of Pinochet era

SANTIAGO, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of demonstrators poured into the streets of Santiago on Sunday to honour the victims of General Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship, in a march that started peacefully but ended in violence. Although it has been 46 years since the military coup that brought Pinochet to power,…

Brazil president undergoes hernia surgery, a year after knife attack

President Jair Bolsonaro underwent surgery to repair an abdominal hernia SAO PAULO, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro underwent surgery on Sunday to repair an abdominal hernia, his fourth operation since being stabbed in the stomach a year ago at a campaign rally, his doctors said. The operation…

Iran To Release Seized British Oil Tanker “Soon”

TEHRAN, Sept 9 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran said Sunday, that, the seized British-flagged oil tanker, Stena Impero, would be released in the coming days. Legal procedure concerning the British oil tanker is about over and “we hope it will be released in the near future,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Abbas Mousavi,…

US: Four crew missing after Glovis car carrier capsizes at Port of Brunswick

ATLANTA (Georgia,US), Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Traffic at the Port of Brunswick was suspended as authorities raced to rescue crew from the 2017-built 7,700 ceu Golden Ray car carrier which was listing heavily and had caught fire in St Simons Sound, Georgia, near the Port of Brunswick. Authorities were notified of an…

Iran Says Oil Tanker Adrian Darya 1 Unloads Cargo On Mediterranean Coast

TEHRAN, Sept 9 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Abbas Mousavi, said that, the Iranian tanker, Adrian Darya 1, has unloaded its oil cargo at a Mediterranean port. “We had already said that we would sell our oil, and acts of vexation would have no effect on our plans,” Mousavi…

US hopes for North Korea talks in days, weeks: Sec of State Pompeo

WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States hopes to get back to denuclearisation talks with North Korea in the coming days or weeks, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. Negotiations aimed at dismantling Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programmes have stalled since the collapse of a second summit between US President…

More Americans will die after Pres Trump abruptly ends Afghan talks, Taliban say

The war between the Taliban and the US have been raging since 2001 KABUL/WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel Afghan peace talks will cost more American lives, the Taliban said,while the United States promised to keep up military pressure on the militants, in a stunning…

Kuwait-U.S. Summit Postponed As Kuwaiti Emir Continues Medical Tests

KUWAIT, Sept 9 (NNN-KUNA) – The scheduled meeting between Kuwaiti Emir, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and U.S. President, Donald Trump, is postponed as the Emir has been admitted to a hospital in the United States for medical tests. The hospital’s admission of the Emir forced the postponement of the…

US and Ghana sign declaration of partnership on food security

Stephanie S. Sullivan and Charles Adu-Boahen ACCRA, Sept 9 (NNN-GNA) — The governments of the United States of America and Ghana signed a Declaration of Partnership at the African Green Revolution Forum hosted in Accra.The Declaration launches a five-year Feed the Future Country Plan for Ghana that will increase investments…

Honduras: Afro-descent woman, 5-year-old daughter are murdered in their own house

TEGUCIGALPA, Sept 8 (NNN-TELESUR) — An Afro-descendant woman and her five-year-old daughter were shot dead Friday by unknown persons who forcibly entered their house in the municipality of Santa Rosa de Aguan in northern Honduras, an official source reported.  The victims were identified as Gilma Antonia Cacho and her daughter…
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