US accuses Syria again of using chemical weapons, vows action

NEW YORK, Sept 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States vowed a response on Thursday as it said it had confirmed another chemical weapons attack by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces in May. The Assad regime used chlorine on May 19 in Latakia province as part of its deadly offensive to…

US to slash refugee resettlement programme by 40%

WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Trump administration plans to dramatically lower the ceiling of a decades-old refugee resettlement programme to 18,000 people from its current level of 30,000, the State Department said. “This refugee admissions proposal reaffirms America’s enduring commitment to assist the world’s displaced people, while fulfilling our first…

Show ‘evidence’ Iran attacked Saudi oil facility: Pres Rouhani

NEW YORK, Sept 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani challenged the US and others to provide evidence to back up their accusations that Tehran carried out this month’s attack on a Saudi oil facility. “Those who make the allegations must provide the needed proof. What is your evidence?” he…

US museum returns looted Egyptian gold coffin

The gold coffin was purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York NEW YORK, Sept 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A gilded coffin looted by art thieves in the wake of the Arab Spring and unwittingly purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has been returned to…

US to deploy 500 troops to Lithuania in fresh signal to Russia: Defence Minister Karoblis

VILNIUS, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States will move 500 troops to Lithuania in October for a six-month deployment, returning to the Baltic region where it first sent soldiers after Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula in 2014. The US military presence, part of a broader NATO deterrent, is…

Colombia’s Pres Duque tells UN that dossier proves Venezuelan Pres Maduro supports terrorists

Colombia’s President Ivan Duque UNITED NATIONS, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Colombia will give the United Nations a dossier of “conclusive proof” of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s support for terrorist groups, President Ivan Duque said in his speech to the organisation’s General Assembly. Colombia has long accused Maduro of sheltering rebel…

Honduras to accept more asylum seekers under latest US immigration deal

Honduran migrants after being deported from the United States upon their arrival at the Ramon Villeda International Airport in San Pedro Sula, Honduras NEW YORK, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Honduras signed a deal with the U.S. government on Wednesday that could push migrants who cross the country on the way…

Haiti’s president calls for unity government, protesters demand resignation

President of Haiti Jovenel Moise PORT-AU-PRINCE, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise called for a unity government in a rare address to the nation on Wednesday as he faced a brewing political crisis and intensifying protests after a ruling-party senator fired a pistol to disperse a crowd. Residents…

US: Majority of Americans oppose Pres Trump impeachment

WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — According to a poll released Wednesday, 57 percent of US voters are opposed to impeaching President Donald Trump. Only 37 percent of Americans support impeaching Trump and removing him from office, the Quinnipiac University poll revealed. These are the first figures announced since the…

US Pres Trump says Venezuelans will end up ‘free’

NEW YORK, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US PresidentDonald Trump said that Venezuela was suffering “a tragedy ofhistoric proportions” as he pledged to do everything in his power to isolatePres Nicolas Maduro. Trump told around two dozen Latin American leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly that socialism had…
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