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AP: The European Union on Monday condemned attacks on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon and rejected Israeli allegations that the UN was keeping them there to obstruct military operations against Hezbollah. Five peacekeepers have been wounded in attacks...

NEW DELHI (AP): Canada and India each expelled six diplomats Monday in tit-for-tat moves as part of an escalating dispute over the June 2023 assassination of a Sikh activist in Canada. Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said that Canada was expelling...

DAKAR (AP): Congo cancelled an auction for 27 sites earmarked for oil exploration, its government said, citing late submissions and a lack of competition. The auction for the sites, known as oil blocks, was initially launched two years ago but was...

CMC: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Friday said it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to bolster the protection of freedom of...

PANAMA CITY (AP): The number of migrants crossing the Darien Gap — a rugged jungle passage between Colombia and Panama — increased sharply in September, according to Panamanian government data, and a human-rights organisation says there’s less...

DAMASAK (AP): When Boko Haram launched an insurgency in northeastern Nigeria in 2010, Abdulhameed Salisu packed his bag and fled from his home town of Damasak in the country’s battered Borno state. The 45-year-old father of seven came back with...

BRIDGETOWN (CMC): The newly established medicinal cannabis industry is facing a banking hurdle, with local commercial banks refusing to allow accounts for businesses in the sector, says Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Medicinal...

WASHINGTON (AP): With the American electorate so evenly divided, there will be elections in November close enough that officials will have to recount the votes. Just don’t expect those recounts to change the winner. They rarely do, even when the...