SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Cayman Islands are holding general elections on Wednesday, with voters choosing candidates from a record three parties vying for seats in Parliament. Two parties were created ahead of the elections: the Cayman...
SRINAGAR (AP): Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have temporarily closed more than half of the tourist resorts in the scenic Himalayan region after last week’s deadly attack on tourists raised tensions between India and Pakistan and led to...
TORONTO (AP): Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals celebrated election victory in a stunning turn of fortune but fell short Tuesday of winning an outright majority in Parliament, and the party will have to seek help from another, smaller...
GEORGETOWN, (CMC): The 15-member regional integration grouping, CARICOM, has congratulated the leader of the United National Congress (UNC), Kamla Persad Bissessar, on her victory following general elections in Trinidad and Tobago on Monday....
MADRID (AP): The cause of Spain and Portugal’s widespread blackouts remained a mystery on Tuesday, with some isolated disruption remaining after power was largely restored. One of Europe’s most severe blackouts grounded flights, paralysed train...
MAIDUGURI (AP): Improvised explosive devices detonated on a road in northeastern Nigeria killing at least 26 people in several vehicles, including women and children, police said Tuesday. An Islamic State group affiliate in the West African...
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) — Florida is poised to become the second state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, over the concerns of dentists and public health advocates who say the mineral is a safe, effective way to protect people of all ages...
KYIV (AP): Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a unilateral 72-hour ceasefire next week in Ukraine to mark Victory Day in World War II as the US presses for a deal to end the three-year-old war. Kyiv insisted on a longer and...
BARCELONA (AP): A blackout brought much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill Monday, stopping trains, cutting phone service and shutting down traffic lights and ATMs for millions of people across the Iberian Peninsula. Spanish power distributor...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): Gangs have attacked another town in Haiti ’s central region, killing at least four people, including an 11-year-old child, a human rights activist told The Associated Press on Monday. At least 15 other people were injured by...
MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP): A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr’s final campaign in 1968 caught fire early Monday morning and suffered significant damage. “The inside is a total loss,...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): The Trinidad-based CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) says it has officially commenced the process of developing a new CARICOM Security Strategy (CSS). The agency, which was established in...
GEORGE TOWN (CMC): The Cayman Islands government says the referendum to be held on Wednesday, the same day voters cast their ballots for a new government, will not be binding on the incoming administration. Caymanians will have the opportunity to...
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation projects that Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal Party has won Canada's federal election. The victory Monday capped a dramatic turnaround for the Liberals fuelled by US President Donald Trump's threats to...
CLEARWATER, Florida (AP) — A recreational boat crashed into a ferry transporting 45 people on the final day of a sand-sculpting festival in Florida, killing one person and injuring at least 10 others, officials said. The crash late Sunday in...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor, delaying the secret voting for two days so they can get to know one another better and find consensus on a candidate...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish power distributor Red Eléctrica said that restoring power to large parts of the country after a massive and unprecedented outage Monday that also hit Portugal could take 6-10 hours. The company declined to...
HAMILTON (CMC) The Bermuda Chamber of Commerce said it is “fully supportive” of the moves by the government to crack down on work permit abuses even as it acknowledged that the immigration department must also speed up its services. “As we all...
ISLAMABAD (AP) Pakistani security forces overnight killed 54 militants who attempted to cross into the country from Afghanistan, the military said Sunday, marking one of the deadliest such killings in recent years. In a statement, the military...
DEIR AL-BALAH (AP) Hospitals in the Gaza Strip received the remains of 51 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes in the past 24 hours, the local Health Ministry said Sunday, bringing the Palestinian death toll from the 18-month-old Israel-Hamas...
Pope Francis was the first pontiff elected from the Society of Jesus – also known as the Jesuits. It’s one of the most prominent religious orders in the Catholic Church, with approximately 15,000 priests, brothers and novices from more than 110...
MUSCAT, Oman (AP) — A massive explosion and fire rocked a port Saturday in southern Iran purportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant, killing eight people and injuring around 750 others. Helicopters...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for people on the peripheries and reflected his wish to be remembered as a simple pastor....
GEORGETOWN (CMC): A 45-year-old police sergeant appeared before a magistrate on Friday, two weeks after he allegedly shot and killed 21-year-old Ronaldo Peters that sparked outrage in the mining town of Linden, leading to widespread demonstrations...
AP: The federal government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students after many filed court challenges around the US, a government lawyer said Friday. Judges around the country had already issued temporary orders...
