AP: The UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon said new explosions hit its headquarters Friday, injuring two peacekeepers, a day after Israeli forces targeted the same position and struck central Beirut. Earlier Friday, cross-border fire from...
MOUNT OLIVET, Kentucky (AP): Authorities arrested a Kentucky woman after someone found a dismembered body in her mother’s backyard and officers later found human remains in a pot in the home’s oven that “was still warm”. A man who was hired to work...
LONDON (AP) — A British woman who murdered her parents and then lived for four years alongside their bodies in makeshift tombs at the family home was sentenced Friday to life imprisonment and told she won't be eligible for parole for 36...
WASHINGTON (AP) — TD Bank will pay approximately $3 billion in a historic settlement with United States authorities who said Thursday that the financial institution's lax practises allowed significant money laundering over...
BUFFALO, NY (AP): A former US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent in Buffalo, New York, was convicted of corruption Thursday following a second trial on charges he used his position to protect drug traffickers he believed were associated...
CAPE TOWN (AP): South African President Cyril Ramaphosa won’t face criminal charges over a hidden cash scandal that was revealed more than two years ago and led to an investigation by a special police unit, prosecutors said Thursday. A former...
PHILADELPHIA (AP): Twin brothers who were born conjoined recently celebrated their first birthday after undergoing successful separation surgery. Amari and Javar Ruffin, whose family lives in Philadelphia, were born via cesarean section on...
PARAMARIBO (CMC): President Chandrikapersad ‘Chan’ Santokhi said on Wednesday that while the Maroon community has come a long way in its social emancipation and development, it still has a long way to go. In a message marking Maroon Day, Santokhi...
LONDON (AP) — Prince William and the Princess of Wales on Thursday carried out their first joint public engagement since the end of Kate's chemotherapy by meeting the bereaved parents of victims of a stabbing rampage in the seaside town...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people in the Gaza Strip killed at least 27 people on Thursday, Palestinian medical officials said. The Israeli military said it targeted militants, but...
TAMPA, Florida (AP) — Hurricane Milton barrelled into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday after ploughing across Florida, pounding cities with ferocious winds and rain, and whipping up a barrage of tornadoes. It caused at least four deaths...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP): The Dominican Republic said Tuesday it has deported or repatriated nearly 11,000 Haitians in the past week, fulfilling a pledge to do so weekly as neighbouring Haiti scrambles to handle the influx while...
GENEVA (AP): A court in Switzerland – where time is money for its famed watchmaking industry – has ruled that a dial manufacturer was justified in telling workers: If you need a bathroom break, clock out and take it on your own time. An...
TAMPA, Florida (AP) — Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday along Florida's Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm, bringing powerful winds, deadly storm surge and potential flooding to much of the state. Milton drew fuel from exceedingly...
TAMPA, Florida (AP) — Hurricane Milton hurled rain, tornadoes and tropical storm-force winds at the US coast Wednesday as time began to run out for residents to evacuate from the potentially catastrophic path the storm was carving toward...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's lawmakers approved a motion Tuesday to impeach the country's deputy president, following daylong discussions and after Rigathi Gachagua appeared in parliament to defend himself against several...
The United States Department of Justice is considering asking a federal judge to force Google to sell parts of its business in order to eliminate its online search monopoly. In a late court filing on Tuesday, federal prosecutors also said the...
AP: Hurricane Milton churned through the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida on Tuesday as an “extremely dangerous” storm that could wallop one of the state’s major population centres just two weeks after deadly Hurricane Helene swamped the coastline....
CAIRO (AP): Cholera cases in war-torn Sudan increased by nearly 40 per cent in less than two weeks, according to the latest figures, alarming the UN health officials, who long warned about the outbreak and the lack of proper response since it was...
MEXICO CITY (AP): Mexico’s new president laid out a plan Tuesday to combat drug cartel violence, but analysts say it appears to be largely a continuation of previous policy. President Claudia Sheinbaum said that she plans to increase intelligence...
PONT-SONDÉ (AP): Angry whispers have broken the heavy silence that fell over Pont-Sondé just days after a vicious gang attack left more than 70 dead, marking one of Haiti’s biggest massacres in recent history. The whispering came from a handful of...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP): Nearly a dozen officers were injured in the French Caribbean island of Martinique during a fresh round of violent protests over the high cost of living, with demonstrators burning cars, looting businesses and targeting...
ISLAMABAD (AP): Pakistani police have charged the country’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan with attempted murder over the death of a policeman during violent protests last weekend by his supporters, officials said on Tuesday. Khan, who...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (CMC): The new head of the Transitional Presidential Council (TPC), Leslie Voltaire, was sworn into office on Monday despite opposition from outgoing President Edgard Leblanc Fils, who refused to sign a decree ratifying the move. “...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Fearful Florida residents streamed out of the Tampa Bay region Tuesday ahead of what could be a once-in-a-century direct hit from Hurricane Milton, as crews worked furiously to prevent furniture, appliances and other...
