SAN JOSE, March 30 (NsNewsWire) — Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said in San Jose on Wednesday that he is working to build a positive relationship with the United States in face of the challenges with its vital trading partner. He make the pledge at a summit of the Tuxtla Political Dialogue and Consensus Mechanism […]

STOCKHOLM, March 30 (NsNewsWire) — Bob Dylan, the American songwriter who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016, is slated to receive the prize in a low-key meeting with the Swedish Academy in Stockholm this weekend, local media reported Wednesday. But it is still unclear whether Dylan will give a lecture, required by laureates […]

DAMASCUS, March 29 (Xinhua) — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ordered the replacement of three Syrian ministers on Wednesday, including the ministries of justice, commerce, and administrative development, reported state TV. The presidential decree named Hisham Sha’ar, as the new justice minister replacing Najm Hamad al-Ahmad. It also appointed Samer Khalil as the minister of commerce […]

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, March 29 (NsNewsWire) — At least three civilians and a militant were killed Tuesday in daylong clashes and gunfight respectively with government forces in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said. The gunfight and clashes broke out at village Durbugh in Chadoora of Budgam district, about 22 km south of Srinagar city, the summer […]

SANAA, March 29 (NsNewsWire) — A top UN humanitarian official in Yemen warned Tuesday against military escalation in the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah, stressing it as the most important port to deliver aid to the needed Yemeni civilians. Jamie McGoldrick, UN humanitarian coordinator in Yemen, said in a press conference here in the capital […]

MEXICO CITY, March 29 (NsNewsWire) — Doctors in Mexico have set a date for the world’s heaviest man to undergo gastric bypass surgery, local media reported on Tuesday. Patient Juan Pedro Franco, who once weighed more than half a ton at 595 kilos, has been on a three-month diet to prepare for the operation scheduled […]

MOSCOW, March 29 (NsNewsWire) — Russia and Iran signed Tuesday a string of cooperation agreements in various fields including the energy sector as President Vladimir Putin hosted his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani for his official visit to Moscow. The two leaders discussed during the meeting prospects for expanding bilateral trade, economic and investment ties and […]

LONDON, March 29 (NsNewsWire) — British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday signed the Article 50 notification letter which will officially begin Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU), local media said. Nine months after the divisive Brexit referendum last June, May will officially trigger Article 50 in the letter that will be hand delivered […]