PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): A proposal to install new leadership in Haiti appeared to be crumbling Wednesday as some political parties rejected the plan to create a presidential council that would manage the transition. The panel would be responsible for...
AP: President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty or independence is threatened, issuing another blunt warning to the West just days before an election in which he’s all but certain to secure...
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Escalating violence in Congo's eastern region has displaced at least 250,000 people in the last month, a senior United Nations official said Wednesday, describing the situation as an unprecedented humanitarian crisis....
DALLAS (AP) — A Texas man who spent most of his 78 years using an iron lung chamber and built a large following on social media, recounting his life from contracting polio in the 1940s to earning a law degree, has died. Paul...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that would lead to a nationwide ban of the popular video app TikTok if its China-based owner doesn't sell, as lawmakers acted on concerns that the...
MEXICO CITY (AP): A prominent journalist in western Mexico was abducted by armed men and has not been seen since, prosecutors said Tuesday. The fate of radio and television anchor Jaime Barrera gained national attention in part because his...
NEW DELHI (AP): India has implemented a controversial citizenship law that has been widely criticised for excluding Muslims, a minority community whose concerns have heightened under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government. The...
CAIRO (AP): Sudan’s military has said it regained control of the country’s national radio and television headquarters on Tuesday from a rival paramilitary group it has been battling for about a year. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)...
AP: Haiti’s prime minister has said he will resign, bowing to international pressure to save his homeland gripped by violence and controlled by heavily armed gangsters. Ariel Henry made the announcement hours after officials, including Caribbean...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP): An aid ship loaded with some 200 tons of food set sail for Gaza on Tuesday in a pilot programme for the opening of a sea corridor to the territory, where the five-month-old Israel-Hamas war has driven hundreds of thousands...
NEW YORK (AP) — A Brooklyn preacher known for his flashy lifestyle and who boasted of his friendship with New York City's mayor was found guilty in federal court Monday of wire fraud, attempted extortion, and lying to the FBI. Lamor...
NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government on Monday announced rules to implement a 2019 citizenship law that excludes Muslims, weeks before the Hindu nationalist leader seeks a third term in office. The...
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Online influencer Andrew Tate was detained in Romania and handed an arrest warrant issued by British authorities, his spokesperson said Tuesday. Tate, 37, and his brother Tristan Tate were detained Monday evening...
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): Police are searching for four men who reportedly abducted and raped an 11 year-old child last weekend in Central Trinidad The police said that while they have no information regarding the identities of the men, the...
UNITED NATIONS (CMC): The United Nations Security Council has reiterated its “deep concern” over the security and humanitarian situation and stressed the need to address the multidimensional crisis in Haiti. In a statement issued Monday, the UN...
MULTAN (AP): A Pakistani court sentenced a 22-year-old student to death and gave a teenager a life sentence in two separate cases after finding them guilty of insulting Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, a defence lawyer and officials said Monday. Both had...
ROME (CMC): Pope Francis Sunday offered prayers for Haiti, while a United States legislator is urging Prime Minister Dr Ariel Henry to “Do what is right for the Haitian people” and step down from office. “I am following with concern and pain the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eleven-year-old Domonic Davis was not far from his mom's Cincinnati home when a hail of gunfire sprayed out from a passing car. Nearly two dozen rounds hurtled through the night at a group of children in the blink of an...
PARIS (AP) — The French government said Monday that several of its services have been targeted by cyberattacks of “unprecedented intensity,” and a special crisis centre was activated to restore online services. Prime Minister...
LONDON (AP) — Kate, Princess of Wales, apologised Monday for "confusion" caused by her editing of a family photo released by the palace — an image of Kate and her children that was intended to calm concern and speculation...
KYIV (AP): Ukrainian and allied officials criticised Pope Francis for saying that Kyiv should have the “courage” to negotiate an end to the war with Russia, a statement many interpreted as a call on Ukraine to surrender. The foreign minister of...
KURIGA (AP): Rashidat Hamza is in despair. All but one of her six children are among the nearly 300 students abducted from their school in Nigeria’s northwest, riddled with Islamic extremists and armed gangs. It has been more than two days after...
AMSTERDAM (AP): The Netherlands’s National Holocaust Museum opened on Sunday in a ceremony presided over by the Dutch king as well as Israeli President Isaac Herzog, whose presence is prompting protest because of Israel’s deadly offensive against...
LONDON (AP) — Nearly three dozen bodies were removed from a funeral home in northern England, and a man and woman were arrested Sunday on suspicion of fraud and preventing a lawful burial, police said. Humberside Police announced the...
LONDON (AP) — The first photo of Kate, the Princess of Wales, since her abdominal surgery nearly two months ago was issued Sunday along with a statement thanking the public for its support. The photo of her in a chair surrounded by her three...
