NEW DELHI (AP): India and Pakistan have intensified their hostilities over the hotly contested Kashmir region following a massacre of 26 mostly Indian tourists, which New Delhi linked to Pakistan. Pakistan denies it was behind Tuesday’s attack by...
SAN JUAN (AP): The United Nations and human rights activists are warning about an increase in pregnant women being deported from the Dominican Republic to Haiti, where they say their lives are being put at risk. Less than 40 per cent of health...
ATLANTA (AP): The pastor of a Georgia megachurch who led a nationwide 40-day “fast” boycott of Target stores over the retail chain’s commitment to diversity initiatives is now calling for that effort to continue as a “full Target boycott”. The...
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...
CENTRAL ISLIP, NY (AP) — Disgraced former US Representative George Santos, who lied about his life story and defrauded donors, was sentenced Friday to over seven years in prison, sobbing as he heard his punishment. The New York Republican, who...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The United Nations and human rights activists are warning about an increase in pregnant women being deported from the Dominican Republic to Haiti, where they say their lives are being put at risk. Less than 40 per...
SAN JUAN (AP): A roof that collapsed at a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic and killed 232 people this month had filtration problems for decades and had been repeatedly fixed with plasterboard, according to its owner. Antonio Espaillat,...
BANGKOK (AP): China on Thursday denied any suggestion that it was in active negotiations with the administration of US President Donald Trump over tariffs, saying that any notion of progress in the matter was as groundless as “trying to catch the...
TUCSON (CMC): The United States Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agency on Thursday said a Cuban asylum seeker has been apprehended for smuggling two women on Easter Sunday. The Cuban national was arrested by agents patrolling Ajo Highway near...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): Gangs trying to seize full control of Haiti ‘s capital have killed at least four soldiers and four armed civilians who worked with law enforcement to protect their communities, an official said Thursday. Lionel Lazarre,...
AP: Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 50 people, many of them women and children, the territory’s health ministry said Thursday. The deadly strikes tore into residential buildings, a police station, and a tent for displaced...
WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump on Thursday offered rare criticism of Vladimir Putin, urging the Russian leader to “STOP!” after a deadly barrage of attacks on Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital. “I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not...
SRINAGAR (AP): India and Pakistan cancelled visas for their nationals to each other’s countries and Islamabad warned New Delhi for suspending a water-sharing treaty Thursday. The moves came after India blamed Pakistan for a deadly attack by...
GEORGETOWN CMC: A man who shot and killed his ex-wife, her mother and sister late Wednesday, died on Thursday morning after ingesting a poisonous substance. According to police reports, the man has been identified as Ramzan Ramdial. His death...
TORTOLA CMC: The House of Assembly has moved a bill to correct legislative oversights that effectively extended the waiting period for Belongership in the Virgin Islands to 30 years. The Immigration and Passport (Amendment) Bill 2025 now reduces...
UNITED NATIONS (CMC): Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has reiterated a call for an international rules based order to help small island developing states (SIDS) deal with the impact of climate change. Addressing the Leaders’ Session on...
GEORGETOWN CMC: The University of Guyana (UG) says it will continue to admit students without charging tuition fees, following the government’s decision to abolish all tuition costs from January 1, 2025. “Tuition is free from January 1, 2025, for...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A Guyanese man who shot and killed his ex-wife, her mother and sister late Wednesday died on Thursday morning after ingesting a poisonous substance. According to police reports, the man has been identified as Ramzan...
BANGKOK (AP) — China on Thursday denied any suggestion that it was in active negotiations with the administration of US President Donald Trump over tariffs, saying that any notion of progress in the matter was as groundless as "trying to catch the...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia attacked Kyiv with an hours-long barrage of missiles and drones, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 70 in its deadliest assault on the Ukrainian capital since last July and just as peace efforts are...
KYIV (AP): President Donald Trump on Wednesday lashed out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying Zelenskyy is prolonging the ‘killing field’ after he pushed back on ceding Crimea to Russia as part of a potential peace plan. Ukraine’s...
LONDON (AP): European Union (EU) watchdogs fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros Wednesday as they stepped up enforcement of the 27-nation bloc’s digital competition rules. The European Commission imposed a €500 million (US$571...
WASHINGTON (AP): Iran has agreed to allow in an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) technical team in the coming days to discuss restoring camera surveillance at nuclear sites, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog said Wednesday, calling it an...
WASHINGTON, Apr 23, CMC – The United States Department of State is “strongly” advising prospective adoptive parents to reconsider inter-country adoptions from Haiti, particularly those who have not yet selected a country from which to adopt or...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police say they've arrested a man who used a chainsaw to cut down large trees in at least three neighbourhoods around the city. Outraged residents began reporting the destruction last Friday afternoon. Photos posted...
