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US Flies Bomber over North Korea

Published:Sunday | January 10, 2016 | 1:58 PM

A powerful US B-52 bomber flew low over South Korea yesterday, a clear show of force from the United States as a Cold War-style standoff deepened between its ally Seoul and North Korea following Pyongyang's fourth nuclear test.North Korea will read...

Mexico: Sean Penn interview helped locate El Chapo

Published:Sunday | January 10, 2016 | 12:00 AM

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The recapture of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman took a surprise, Hollywood twist when a Mexican official said security forces at one point located the world's most-wanted trafficker thanks to a secret...

Partner of dead 'EastEnders' actress arrested

Published:Saturday | January 9, 2016 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):British media reports say the partner of a former "EastEnders" actress who was murdered along with her two sons has been arrested in Ghana.British police earlier opened a murder inquiry for Sian Blake, eight-year-old Zachary, and four-...

Protests in Cologne after assaults; Merkel pledges new laws

Published:Saturday | January 9, 2016 | 12:00 AM

COLOGNE, Germany (AP):Women's rights activists, far-right demonstrators, and left wing counter-protesters took to the streets of Cologne on Saturday to voice their opinions in the debate that has followed a string of New Year's Eve sexual assaults...

Mexican President says drug lord 'El Chapo' recaptured after escape from country's highest-security prison

Published:Friday | January 8, 2016 | 12:00 AM

MEXICO CITY (AP): Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced today that fugitive drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman was recaptured six months after he escaped from a maximum security prison. An official who spoke on condition of...

Man in fake explosives vest killed amid high Paris tension

Published:Thursday | January 7, 2016 | 5:11 PM

PARIS (AP):Police shot and killed a man wearing a fake explosives vest who threatened them with a butcher knife at a Paris police station yesterday, a year almost to the minute after two Islamic extremists burst into the offices of the satirical...

US to help Guyana crack down on gold smuggling

Published:Thursday | January 7, 2016 | 5:23 PM

GEORGETOWN (AP):The United States (US) government is helping Guyana crack down on a massive smuggling operation that ships gold to New York, Miami, Europe and other countries in South America, authorities said yesterday.Guyanese Mining Minister...

Iran says Saudi strike hits embassy in Yemen; no damage seen

Published:Thursday | January 7, 2016 | 12:00 AM

TEHRAN (AP):Iran yesterday accused a Saudi-led coalition of hitting its embassy in Yemen in an airstrike, and even though no damage was visible on the building from the outside, the allegation highlighted how the two countries' standoff could...

Hawaii's last sugar plantation to lay off all 675 workers, shutting down business

Published:Thursday | January 7, 2016 | 12:00 AM

HONOLULU (AP): Hawaii's last sugar plantation is getting out of the sugar-growing business, signalling the end of an industry that once powered the local economy and lured thousands of immigrants to the islands. Alexander & Baldwin Inc said...

UN pledges to pursue new sanctions against North Korea

Published:Wednesday | January 6, 2016 | 12:00 AM

UNITED NATIONS (AP):The Security Council pledged yesterday to swiftly pursue new sanctions against North Korea, condemning its latest nuclear test as a "clear violation" of previous UN resolutions.The sanctions would be the fifth round imposed on...

World reacts to N. Korean announcement of hydrogen bomb test

Published:Wednesday | January 6, 2016 | 2:34 PM

Comments from around the world on North Korea's announcement that it conducted its fourth nuclear test, and its first of a hydrogen bomb, yesterday:PARK GEUN-HYE - South Korean president:"It's not only grave provocation of our national security, but...

US and Cuban universities sign bilateral corporation agreement

Published:Wednesday | January 6, 2016 | 3:01 PMHAVANA (CMC):

The agreement was signed at the University of Havana by Virginia's governor Terence R. McAuliffe, who is visiting the Spanish-speaking Caribbean country.The accord will facilitate the exchange of documents, publications and other material as well as...

Former Prime Minister to be flown overseas for medical treatment

Published:Wednesday | January 6, 2016 | 3:10 PM

ROSEAU (CMC):Former Prime Minister Patrick St John, who was admitted to hospital here earlier this week, was expected to be flown to Martinique for further treatment yesterday.Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit yesterday announced that the Government...

Dominican Republic tightens border with Haiti

Published:Wednesday | January 6, 2016 | 3:24 PM

SANTO DOMINGO (CMC):The northwest border between the Dominican Republic and Haiti has been tightened as according to officials, hundreds of Haitians many of them undocumented - are trying to enter the country.A contingent of 900 troops was...

Soldier slain, two wounded in fighting in Afghanistan

Published:Tuesday | January 5, 2016 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):One United States (US) troop was killed and two wounded in fighting yesterday in southern Afghanistan, the US military command in Kabul said.The fighting, which reflects intensified efforts by the US and its Afghan partners to push...

36 migrants killed in two boat disasters off Turkey

Published:Tuesday | January 5, 2016 | 12:00 AM

ANKARA, Turkey (AP):Authorities recovered the bodies Tuesday of at least 36 migrants who drowned off Turkey after their boats overturned in rough waters as they tried to reach the Greek island of Lesbos, officials and news reports said. Twelve...

An emotional Obama unveils his plan to cut gun violence

Published:Tuesday | January 5, 2016 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):A visibly emotional President Barack Obama, at one point wiping tears from his cheek, unveiled his plan on Tuesday to tighten control and enforcement of firearms in the United States, using his presidential powers in the absence of...

Obama unveils plan to cut gun violence in US

Published:Tuesday | January 5, 2016 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): President Barack Obama unveiled an array of measures today tightening control and enforcement of firearms in the US, using his presidential powers in the absence of legal changes he implored Congress to pass. Obama accused the gun...

Allies follow Saudis in cutting ties with Iran amid tensions

Published:Monday | January 4, 2016 | 3:07 PM

Dubai (AP):Allies of Saudi Arabia followed the kingdom's lead on Monday and scaled back diplomatic ties to Iran after the ransacking of Saudi diplomatic missions in the Islamic Republic - violence sparked by the Saudi execution of a prominent Shiite...

Immigration raids ... US agents round up Central Americans slated for deportation

Published:Monday | January 4, 2016 | 3:50 PM

SAN ANTONIO (AP):Immigration agents over the weekend conducted the first raids targeting the deportation of families who flocked across the United States' southern border over the past two years, a senior government official said yesterday.Jeh...

CTO declares 2016 “The Year of Romance in the Caribbean”

Published:Monday | January 4, 2016 | 5:01 PM

BRIDGETOWN (CMC):The Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) has declared 2016 as the Year of Romance in the Caribbean.The organisation says with the launch of this new initiative, the CTO and its member countries and hotels will highlight the region...

200 migrants rescued off Greece so far in 2016; 1 dead

Published:Sunday | January 3, 2016 | 12:00 AM

ATHENS, Greece (AP):Greece's coast guard says 217 migrants have been rescued by authorities since the start of the New Year in four separate incidents.Migrants, the majority of them refugees from Syria's civil war, keep trying to enter the European...

Trump brushes off militant recruiting video citing his words

Published:Sunday | January 3, 2016 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):Donald Trump won't be dissuaded from saying what he thinks simply because Islamic extremists use his words to recruit Muslims to their cause.The Republican presidential contender brushed off the appearance of an African militant...

Israel charges 2 Jewish extremists in deadly arson

Published:Sunday | January 3, 2016 | 12:00 AM

JERUSALEM (AP): Israel yesterday charged two Jewish extremists in an arson attack that killed a Palestinian toddler and his parents last July - culminating a drawn-out investigation into a case that has helped fuel months of Israeli-Palestinian violence.The...

Video shows IS fighters executing 5 'spies' for Britain

Published:Sunday | January 3, 2016 | 12:00 AM

BEIRUT (AP):A video circulating online purports to show the Islamic State group executing five men accused of spying for Britain in Syria.The footage yesterday bears the markings of the IS media wing, and shows five men "confessing" to filming and...

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