ST THOMAS, United States Virgin Islands, CMC – United States law enforcement officials have arrested three members of a group allegedly running a prostitution ring and harbouring illegal immigrants in St Thomas. A federal judge in the District...
N’DJAMENA, Chad (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...
PAPHOS (AP): With help from United States taxpayers, Cyprus is upgrading key military installations to strengthen the mission it has carved out for itself as a safe haven in the eastern Mediterranean for evacuees from the conflict-wracked Middle...
HAVANA (AP): Cuba’s government yesterday confirmed that it had recently met with United States officials on the island as tensions between the two sides remain high over the US energy blockade of the Caribbean country. Senior US State Department...
VANCOUVER (AP): Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a video address released Sunday that Canada’s strong economic ties to the United States were once a strength but are now a weakness that must be corrected. In the 10-minute address, Carney...
Sections of Aenon Town in northern Clarendon are currently inundated, with several areas now impassable due to the widespread flooding. Member of Parliament for Clarendon Northern, Wavel Hinds, told The Gleaner that the situation began yesterday...
WINSTON-SALEM, NC (AP) — A planned fight among young people escalated into a mass shooting at a North Carolina park Monday morning that left two teenage boys dead and five other people injured, authorities said. Winston-Salem police Captain...
Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down from the job that he inherited from the late Steve Jobs, ending a nearly 15-year reign that saw the company’s market value soar by more than $3.6 trillion during an iPhone-fuelled era of prosperity. Cook, 65,...
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government on Monday confirmed that it had recently met with United States officials on the island as tensions between the two sides remain high over the US energy blockade of the Caribbean country. Senior US State...
NEW YORK (AP) — A refund system for businesses that paid tariffs which the United States Supreme Court ruled President Donald Trump imposed without the constitutional authority to do so is scheduled to launch Monday. Importers and their brokers...
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A Louisiana father fatally shot eight children, including seven of his own, in an attack on his family Sunday morning that stretched across two houses in a Shreveport neighbourhood left shaken by one of the nation’s...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) on Monday said it had detained six people as investigations continue into Sunday’s incident at the San Fernando City Corporation Municipal Police Station that left an...
TORTOLA (CMC) The British Virgin Islands last week welcomed the inaugural Sunrise Airways service with officials saying the new direct route between Santo Domingo and Tortola would improve regional travel, business links and family connections...
BRIDGETOWN (CMC) Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley joined global leaders in Barcelona, Spain, for the IV Meeting in Defence of Democracy, where participants reaffirmed their commitment to democratic governance, human rights and a rules-based...
HAVANA (AP) Havana’s broad avenues are empty at night. Theatres are closed. Bars and cafes have curtains lowered. It’s hard to find lights in the streets or Cubans making money entertaining tourists. Under the weight of an oil embargo imposed by...
PHALABORWA (AP): Two enormous sandlike dunes at an old chemical processing plant in South Africa are at the centre of an exploratory US-backed project to extract highly sought-after rare earth elements from industrial mining waste. The Phalaborwa...
ANTALYA, Türkiye (AP): Iran is not yet ready to hold a new round of face-to-face talks with US officials, a senior Iranian official said Saturday, citing Washington’s refusal to abandon “maximalist” demands on key issues. In an interview with The...
LONDON (AP): British police said Sunday they are investigating whether a string of arson attacks on Jewish sites in London are the work of Iranian proxies. The Metropolitan Police force says counter-terror officers are probing the attacks on...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The authorities are investigating what is being described as one of the most serious security breaches at a police facility in recent history, after a municipal police officer was found dead and a large quantity of...
SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (AP) — Authorities in Louisiana in the US say eight children were killed in the “domestic disturbance.” The victims ranging in age from one to 14 years old. The shooting occurred around 6 a.m. on Sunday, according to...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said US negotiators will head to Pakistan on Monday for another round of talks with Iran, raising hopes of extending a fragile ceasefire set to expire by Wednesday even as Washington and Tehran remain in a...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Police in Trinidad and Tobago said they were investigating after 56 bodies, mainly of infants, were found dumped at one of the country's cemeteries on Saturday. The twin-island Caribbean nation has been struggling...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A gunman who killed at least six people in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, before taking hostages and barricading himself inside a supermarket on Saturday has been shot and killed by police, Ukrainian officials said. Ukraine's...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The governments of the Dominican Republic and Haiti have agreed to reopen their airspace starting in May, allowing flights between their countries for the first time in more than two years. The decision,...
Iran reversed its decision to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and fired on a tanker attempting to pass the waterway on Saturday. It also warned that it would continue to block transit through the strait as long as the US blockade of Iranian ports...
