Iran Ready For Further Cut Of Nuke Commitments: Spokesman

TEHRAN, Oct 22 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry, on Monday, announced the country’s readiness for further cut of its commitments, under the 2015 Iranian nuclear agreement. Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Abbas Mousavi, said, “We hope parties to the nuclear deal take special measures (to protect Iran’s interests) pertaining to the…

Tornado Causes Damage In U.S. State Of Texas

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – A tornado, on Sunday night, swiped the Dallas region, in northeastern Texas, causing damage to multiple buildings and knocking out power to thousands of people. Authorities have not confirmed any injuries yet. Dallas police tweeted that, officers were going door to door in some…

US announces resumption of aid to Central American countries

WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The US government announced that it will resume financial assistance to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras after the suspension of funds ordered by President Donald Trump in March. At the time, Trump accused those countries, members of the so-called Northern Triangle of Central America,…

UN warns that 22% of Haitian children suffer from malnutrition

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Oct 21 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — About 22% of Haitian children under five years are suffering from chronic malnutrition, and 4% from acute malnutrition, UNICEF reported. The UN alert occurs in a convulsed moment for Haiti, following a consecutive months of protests calling for the resignation of President Jovenel Moïse,…

Ecuador resumes oil exports curbed by protests

QUITO, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ecuador said it had resumed crude oil exports curbed by violent protests that forced several wells in the Amazon to halt operations. The country was hit by 12 days of demonstrations, led by indigenous groups, against fuel price hikes until President Lenin Moreno reached a…

Chinese-built trains benefit over 200,000 Cubans in 3 months

HAVANA, Oct 21 (NNN-Xinhua) — Cuban engineer Jose Gordillo, who travels to the central Cuban city of Ciego de Avila from time to time to visit his elderly parents, now finds his trip more convenient and comfortable with new Chinese-built trains. “For family reasons, I have been back and forth…

US Pres Trump calls Mexico’s president to express ‘solidarity’

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador MEXICO CITY, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico’s president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, said his US counterpart Donald Trump called him to express his “solidarity” following an attempt to arrest a drug kingpin’s son that prompted a wave of violence in the northwestern city of…

Iran Says U.S. Fails To Halt Iran’s Oil Industry Development

TEHRAN, Oct 21 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iranian Petroleum Minister, Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, said, the United States has failed to exert pressure on Iran, through sanctions against the country’s oil industry. “A lot of efforts were made to halt the development of Iran’s oil industry, through sanctions,” Zanganeh said. However, the number…

Brazil building collapse death toll reaches nine: official

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from an apartment building collapse in northeast Brazil reached nine after the body of the last missing person was found in the rubble. Seven people were pulled alive from the debris of the seven-storyresidential building in an upscale neighborhood of…

Thousands protest against Haiti’s president

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of people demonstrated in Port-au-Prince, demanding that Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise step down. “Jovenel is incapable and incompetent, he must pack his bags because Haitimust live,” said one of the protesters, Jean Ronald. “It is not normal to live in such an unequal country,”…
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