Kabul - Afghanistan is one of the countries with more journalists assassinated in 2016 and 2017, according to a report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published here on Friday.

United Nations - Vietnam and the Democratic People''s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Wednesday denounced the damage that the US economic, financial and commercial blockade of Cuba, implemented since 1959, has caused on the Cuban people.

Hanoi - The Vietnamese National Assembly on Friday assessed the terms of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP) for its eventual ratification, which, if signed, would make Vietnam the seventh country to take such a step.

San Salvador - Salvadoran authorities confirmed the presence of ''coyotes'' (human traffickers) infiltrated in a caravan of migrants who recently left this country bound for the United States.

United Nations - China on Thursday assumed the presidency of UN Security Council during November, with the commitment to strengthen multilateralism and make more transparent management in that body.

Caracas - The Vice Minister of the Integrated Criminal Investigation System, Humberto Ramirez, reported on Monday that as part of the National Anti-kidnapping Plan in Venezuela, this type of crime diminished by 41 percent compared to 2017.