KYIV (AP) Strikes across Ukraine, Russian-occupied territory and Russia killed at least 16 people, authorities said, as the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster prompted fresh warnings about the risks posed by attacks near the...
Some Russian influencers recently released public appeals to President Vladimir Putin, criticising his government and policies, and a number of his loyalists even threatened a revolt – the latest wave of public outcry over the country’s strained...
NAHUNTA, Georgia (AP): Two wildfires in southeastern Georgia continued to threaten homes and lives on Saturday as officials warned that strong winds could spread the flames. Brantley County Manager Joey Cason called it a “dynamic situation” in a...
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP): The post-October 7 order in the Middle East – such as it is – is barely pieced together by conditional ceasefires and mutual threats. Iran has suffered severe blows, yet not enough to shake its posture at the negotiating...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The suspect in a shooting incident at a high-profile correspondents' dinner attended by President Donald Trump and other senior US officials was carrying guns and knives and was believed to be acting alone, the mayor of...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The US military said it launched another strike Friday on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people. The Trump administration's campaign of blowing up alleged drug-trafficking vessels in...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC -The Trinidad and Tobago government says it remains optimistic that it will restart the state-owned Petrotrin oil refinery that had been shut down by the Keith Rowley administration in 2018 because of outstanding debts...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States Justice Department will adopt firing squads as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases, officials said Friday. The Justice Department...
President Donald Trump’s “gold card” visa, where a foreigner can shell out at least US$1 million to legally live and work in the US, has been approved for one person, said Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Thursday — appearing to fall a bit short...
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Businesses have doled out as much as US$4 million for last-minute plans to move boats through the Panama Canal in recent weeks, the Panama Canal Authority says, as the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz generates a...
WASHINGTON, CMC -The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) are congratulating The Bahamas for becoming the latest Caribbean country to be certified as having eliminated the mother-to-child transmission of...
ZUYDCOOTE (AP): The UK and French governments signed a new multimillion-euro deal yesterday aimed at reducing the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats, with increased police patrols and enhanced surveillance in northern...
THE HAGUE (AP): Judges at the International Criminal Court yesterday confirmed charges of crimes against humanity against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte for deadly anti-drug crackdowns he allegedly oversaw while in office. A three-...
JOHANNESBURG (AP): A feud over his funeral has meant the body of former Zambian President Edgar Lungu still hasn’t been buried nearly a year after he died in a South African hospital. Lungu’s family wanted to bury him in South Africa because of his...
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he was weighing a taxpayer-funded takeover of Spirit Airlines with the intent of reselling the struggling budget carrier after oil prices drop. The president confirmed his continued...
PORT OF SPAIN, CMC – Trinidadian Kervon Noel was extradited to the United States earlier this week to face charges of armed robbery and conspiracy, more than a decade after a warrant was issued for his arrest in Maryland. Authorities said Noel...
HAVANA (AP) — Eduvirgen Zamora hides her hands out of embarrassment these days. Her nails are down to the quick, except for her thumbs, which feature inch-long talons covered in fancy silver swirls. Unable to afford a new set of nails as Cuba’s...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s acting attorney general on Thursday signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug, a major policy shift long sought by advocates who said cannabis should never...
Confusion deepened yesterday in the Strait of Hormuz as Iran attacked three ships near the crucial waterway whose closure has plunged the world into an energy crisis after tankers carrying a fifth of the world’s oil were blocked from using the...
WASHINGTON (AP): US military officials on yesterday called for spending tens of billions of dollars in the next budget year on drones, air defence systems and fighter jets that have been a key part of fighting the Iran war. As part of President...
N’DJAMENA (AP): Chad will deploy 1,500 troops to Haiti as part of the United Nations security force to the Caribbean country to combat gang violence, according to a letter from the president to the legislature. In the letter read out to lawmakers...
The Trump administration took the unusual step this week of sending a government plane to Cuba to return a 10-year-old from Utah who is at the centre of a complicated and contentious custody fight involving the child's gender identity. The child...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized two of them on Wednesday, intensifying its assault on shipping in the key waterway. The attacks came a day after US President Donald Trump extended...
President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested that the federal government could help keep a struggling Spirit Airlines afloat, while also encouraging a buyer to step in and rescue the budget carrier. “Spirit’s in trouble and I’d love somebody to...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian authorities have charged six people, including a retired major general and a serving police inspector, with terrorism and treason, over an alleged plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu, according to a charge sheet...
