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…

Popularity of Brazil’s president eroding, poll says

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — The approval rate of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has dropped to 31 percent in September, according to a latest survey. Pollster Ibope said that 31 percent of respondents considered Bolsonaro’s government good or very good, compared with 34 percent who said it was…

US elections, impeachment may waylay free trade deal: Mexican Pres Obrador

MEXICO CITY, Sept 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that the looming US elections and impeachment proceedings could hold up the ratification of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). “We don’t want it to be left until the eve of the elections (in November 2020). It’s better…
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