The United States Secretary for Homeland Security says the department is in negotiation with several Caribbean countries on immigration pre-clearance for US-bound flights.
United States President-elect Barack Obama is reportedly poised to name a lawyer with Caribbean roots as the nation\'s first African-American attorney general.
Community groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo are reportedly appealing for European troops to be sent to stop the humanitarian crisis in the country.
Persons applying for a non-immigrant visa at the US embassy in Kingston will as of today be able to apply for the service through the call centre or through a new website.
The United Nations is warning of dangerous consequences for the world\'s climate unless industrialised nations work much harder to control greenhouse gas emissions.
Rebels loyal to General Laurent Nkunda in the Democratic Republic of Congo said they are withdrawing from two fronts in order for humanitarian agencies to deliver aid.
Another round of heavy fighting has broken out in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo between government forces and supporters of rebel commander General Laurent Nkunda.
A wildfire has engulfed at least 70 homes in Montecito, an exclusive enclave near Santa Barbara, California in the US and forced thousands of people to flee.
Bermuda\'s Premier, Ewart Brown, is seeking to put an end to claims in Asian media that he has offered refuge to Thaksin Shinawatra, the exiled former Prime Minister of Thailand.
