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Published:Wednesday | October 23, 2013 | 3:10 PM

Fifteen migrants from Haiti, Bahamas and Jamaica had boarded the motor boat, eleven survived, and four women reportedly died.

Published:Wednesday | October 23, 2013 | 3:10 PM

The director of national intelligence said the report in Le Monde newspaper contained misleading information.

Published:Wednesday | October 23, 2013 | 12:00 AM

ATHENS (AP):The head of the Council of Europe yesterday said that other European countries should do more to share the burden of tackling illegal migration to the continent, a problem that has disproportionately affected the continent's southern...

Published:Wednesday | October 23, 2013 | 12:00 AM

TALLAHASSEE (AP):Two Florida Democrats are sponsoring a bill to guarantee a tuition break to the children of immigrants in the country without permission.Senator Dwight Bullard, D-Miami, and Republican Victor Torres, D-Orlando, are filing bills that...

Published:Tuesday | October 22, 2013 | 11:00 AM

The aircraft were allegedly smuggling drugs from Central America and refused to follow the military pilots' orders.

Published:Tuesday | October 22, 2013 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):A former confidential informant working for the United States (US) in Colombia claims, in a lawsuit, that the American government abandoned her when she got into legal trouble for her undercover operations, and she wound up spending...

Published:Tuesday | October 22, 2013 | 12:00 AM

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP):Mourners from various races and religions, Christians, Muslims and Hindus among them, grabbed handfuls of dirt and planted saplings at a memorial ceremony yesterday for the nearly 70 people killed at...

Published:Tuesday | October 22, 2013 | 12:00 AM

TRENTON, NJ (AP):Governor Chris Christie dropped his legal challenge to same-sex marriages yesterday, removing the possibility that the vows of couples who began getting married hours earlier could be undone by a court.New Jersey became the 14th...

Published:Monday | October 21, 2013 | 8:11 AM

Three fires near Lithgow, a city by the Blue Mountains, are thought to be at risk of merging into one fire front.

Published:Sunday | October 20, 2013 | 12:10 PM

At least 30 people have been killed in Syria following a suicide truck bombing near the central city of Hama.

Published:Sunday | October 20, 2013 | 11:06 AM

An international conference aimed at ending Syria's civil war is planned for Nov. 23, the head of the Arab League said today.

Published:Friday | October 18, 2013 | 1:51 PM

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso agreed on the deal at a meeting in Brussels on today.

Published:Friday | October 18, 2013 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):Mauritania, Haiti, and Pakistan rank among the countries with the highest prevalence of modern slavery, according to a new global index released yesterday by an anti-slavery charity.The 'Global Slavery Index' report by the Walk Free...

Published:Friday | October 18, 2013 | 12:00 AM

CUBA, New Mexico (AP):A Seventh-Day Adventist considered a likely valedictorian for her northwestern New Mexico high school says she may not be able to attend graduation because it falls on a Saturday, her religious Sabbath...

Published:Friday | October 18, 2013 | 12:00 AM

PARIS (AP):Several hundred French teenagers erected barricades outside their schools and marched through Paris yesterday to protest the police expulsions of immigrant families, including some of their classmates.Police sprayed tear gas at a few students...

Published:Friday | October 18, 2013 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):President Barack Obama says now that the shutdown is over, leaders in Washington should focus on a budget, immigration reform, and a farm bill.Obama laid out his agenda the morning after signing a bill reopening the government...

Published:Friday | October 18, 2013 | 12:00 AM

PHILADELPHIA (AP): Federal offices and national parks in Pennsylvania resumed business yesterday, a day after United States lawmakers resolved a budget battle showdown that partially closed the federal government.At Gettysburg National Military Park and...

Published:Thursday | October 17, 2013 | 7:02 AM

The US Senate has passed a bill to reopen the government and raise the federal debt limit, with hours to spare before the nation risks default.

Published:Thursday | October 17, 2013 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):Demand for emergency food aid has spiked this year in Britain, a leading charity said Wednesday, suggesting low-income households' living standards are still sliding despite the end of the recession.The Trussell Trust, a Christian charity...

Published:Thursday | October 17, 2013 | 12:00 AM

CARICOM nationalsBASSETERRE, (CMC): The St Kitts-Nevis government says it will adopt new measures aimed at improving the treatment of Caribbean Community nationals living in the twin-island Federation.

Published:Thursday | October 17, 2013 | 12:00 AM

MIAMI (AP):Four women died and 10 other people were taken into custody after a boat with more than a dozen people aboard, including Haitian and Jamaican nationals, capsized early yesterday in the waters off South Florida.The US Coast Guard responded...

Published:Wednesday | October 16, 2013 | 11:45 AM

Senate leaders announced last-minute agreement today to avert a threatened Treasury default and reopen the government after a partial, 16-day shutdown.

Published:Wednesday | October 16, 2013 | 10:37 AM

The move comes after Democrats rejected a plan by the Republican-led House of Representatives as an attempt to appease a small group of conservatives.

Published:Wednesday | October 16, 2013 | 12:00 AM

CEBU, (AP): The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck the central Philippine island of Bohol yesterday, rose to 93, as rescuers struggled to reach patients in a collapsed hospital...

Published:Wednesday | October 16, 2013 | 12:00 AM

LAGOS, (AP):Hundreds of people are dying in military detention as Nigeria's security forces crack down on an Islamic uprising in the northeast, Amnesty International said yesterday.

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