US to send 200 troops, Patriot missiles to Saudi Arabia

WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States announced the deployment of 200 troops as well as Patriot missiles to Saudi Arabia to help the country’s defense in the wake of last month’s attacks on oil installations blamed on Iran. The Defense Department said the deployment would involve one battery…

Five years on, 43 missing students still haunt Mexico

MEXICO CITY, Sept 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Exactly five years after 43 students disappeared without a trace in Mexico, the government said it willre-investigate the case as a crime by “agents of the state,” offering a rewardfor new information. The night of Sept 26, 2014, a group of students in Guerrero…

US vaping-related deaths rise to 12, illnesses climb to 805

WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — U.S. health officials reported 805 confirmed and probable cases and 12 deaths so far from a mysterious respiratory illness tied to vaping, with the outbreak showing no signs of easing. Last week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 530 cases and seven…

US bars Cuba’s Raul Castro and family

NEW YORK, Sept 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States announced travel sanctions against Cuba’s Raul Castro and his family, accusing the former president of violations of human rights. In his continued role as first secretary of the ruling Communist Party, “Raul Castro oversees a system that arbitrarily detains thousands of…

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…
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