LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s Congress on Wednesday will choose the country’s eighth president in a decade to replace the newly ousted former leader José Jerí, with four lawmakers who are largely unknown to the public vying for the position. The...
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey Catholic diocese this week agreed to a $180 million settlement to resolve allegations of clergy sexual abuse, a figure far exceeding agreements in some large dioceses but still dwarfed by other massive settlements...
Published:Wednesday | February 18, 2026 | 12:06 PM
MOSCOW (AP) — The Cuban foreign minister visited Moscow on Wednesday as the island faces blackouts and severe fuel shortages worsened by a US oil embargo. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez held talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey...
Published:Wednesday | February 18, 2026 | 10:41 AM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Police in Trinidad say a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed by a bullet intended for his father that ricocheted and struck him during a gun attack outside their home in La Horquetta on Monday night. Police said...
CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – Prime Minister Phillip Pierre Monday said the St Lucia government “is actively engaging through established diplomatic and security channels” after confirming that “people lost their lives” in the latest United States...
LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators are investigating Shein over concerns the online retailer hasn’t done enough to limit the sale of illegal products or protect users from the platform’s allegedly addictive design. The 27-nation bloc’s...
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada is amending its domestic violence law to recognise the rights of couples who have lived together for more than five years by extending to them the same rights as if they were married. The amendment is among...
MUNICH (AP): A top European Union (EU) official on Sunday rejected the notion that Europe faces “civilizational erasure”, pushing back at criticism of the continent by the Trump administration. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas addressed the...
ALEPPO (AP): A month after clashes rocked a Kurdish-majority neighbourhood in Syria ‘s second-largest city of Aleppo, most of the tens of thousands of residents who fled the fighting between government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic...
JAKARTA (AP): Indonesia’s military said Sunday that up to 8,000 troops are expected to be ready by the end of June for a potential deployment to Gaza as part of a humanitarian and peace mission, the first firm commitment to a critical element of...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration spent at least $40 million to deport roughly 300 migrants to countries other than their own as immigration officials expanded the practice over the last year to carry out President Donald Trump’s goals of...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Prime Minister Mia Mottley has indicated that her new Barbados Labour Party (BLP) government will introduce legislation dealing with how legislators cross the floor following a general election. Mottley, who was...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The recruitment of children by armed groups in Haiti tripled last year as poverty and violence deepens across the troubled Caribbean country, according to a new UNICEF report released Thursday. The surge comes as gang...
HAVANA (AP) — Two Mexican Navy ships laden with humanitarian aid docked in Cuba on Thursday as a United States blockade deepens the island’s energy crisis. The ships arrived two weeks after US President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Prime Minister Mia Mottley has become the second Caribbean politician to win all the seats in a national parliament on three occasions as she led her Barbados Labour Party (BLP) to yet another whitewash of her opponents...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC - A 27-year-old man in Barbados has been released on BDS$5,000 bail after he pleaded guilty to posting on social media a video claiming that he had received money from a candidate of the ruling Barbados Labour Party (BLP...
Published:Wednesday | February 11, 2026 | 12:12 AM
PARAMARIBO (CMC): The Suriname Police Force (KPS) has given illegal miners until Friday to leave the concession of the Chinese-owned Zijin/Rosebel Gold Mines (RGM), where a recent accident claimed a life. Police said the area must be entirely...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A passenger aircraft carrying 55 people overran the runway at Somalia’s main airport and ended up in shallow water at a nearby beach Tuesday during an emergency landing following a technical problem shortly after take-off...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Parents who owe a significant amount of child support soon could lose their ability to travel internationally as the Trump administration expands and steps up enforcement of a 30-year-old law that allows the federal government to...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Drought conditions have left over two million people facing hunger in parts of Kenya, with cattle-keeping communities in the northeast the hardest hit, according to the United Nations and others. In recent weeks, images of...
Two websites that distribute instructions for how to manufacture ghost guns are facing a new lawsuit from the state of California alleging that they provide access to illegal and untraceable firearms. The lawsuit, filed by Attorney General Rob...
TORONTO (AP) — Air Canada said Monday it is suspending service to Cuba because of a shortage of aviation fuel on the island. Canada’s largest airline said it took the decision after the Cuban government announced aviation fuel would not be...
ALTO ILA (AP): On a recent journey into the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle, Ramón Pucha realised he was being trailed. Fresh puma tracks now lined the path alongside his own footprints. Unfazed, he continued his trek, focused entirely on the precious...
HAVANA (AP): After a day spent selling books, Solanda Oña typically boards a bus from a wealthy seaside district in Havana to her home in the city’s working-class centre. But on Thursday night, the bus never came. The 64-year-old bookseller spent...
SEOUL (AP): North Korea will convene a major political conference later this month, the country’s state media said Sunday, where leader Kim Jong Un is expected to outline his domestic and foreign policies for the next five years. The ruling...
