January 2014

New Delhi (CNN) -- A 20-year-old woman in India has alleged that she was gang-raped by a group of men this week after the head of a village ordered them to do so, police in West Bengal said on Thursday. The incident allegedly took place…

Basseterre, St. Kitts-- The Beach Allen Primary School has embarked upon a series of Parents/Teachers Meeting dubbed “Meet the Parents”.  The idea behind this initiative was to go into the communities that serve the school to meet with the…

(ZIZ News) The Police have arrested a man from Phillips Village for the fire at the Venezuelan Embassy early this month. Police Commissioner CG Walwyn told ZiZ News that Andrew Mcharold Wilson, better known as “Chico” has been charged…

(BBC) -- Police in India's West Bengal state have arrested 13 men in connection with a gang rape of a woman, allegedly on orders of village elders who objected to her relationship with a man. The 20-year-old woman has been admitted to a…

(BBC) -- Ukrainian opposition leaders are due to meet President Viktor Yanukovych, a day after the first deaths in protests that have gripped Kiev for two months. One of them, former boxer Vitali Klitschko, has said he will lead pro-EU…

(BBC) -- At least three people have died and 30 more are reported missing after a fire tore through an old people's home in Quebec, according to media reports. The fire at the 52-unit residence in L'Isle-Verte, 140 miles (225km) east of…

(CNN) -- Pop star Justin Bieber was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and drag racing Thursday morning, a Miami Beach, Florida, police spokesman said. Bieber was driving a yellow Lamborghini that police saw drag racing a…

(CNN) -- Imagine the following scenario. A woman and her husband underwent infertility treatment in the early 1990s. Now they learn their daughter, contrary to what they thought, is not the man's biological child. Instead, her biological…

(CNN) -- In his final moments, 8-year-old Tyler Doohan managed to rescue six people -- including two younger children -- from a burning mobile home in upstate New York, authorities said. A last-ditch effort, however, to save his disabled…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Robert Pickersgill, will give an update today (Thursday, January 23) on the three-year climate change project in Cedar Valley, St Thomas, aimed at boosting the…

St John’s, Antigua (CMC) -- The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has adopted a position on an International Cricket Council (ICC) proposal that would put power in international cricket in the hands of India, England and Australia. The…

The Child Adoption Board has expressed fear that "current inefficiencies in the system may be promoting the persistence of private arrangements" where parents illegally "give away" their children for the prospect of a better life.…

NASSAU, Bahamas– Bahamians have been told that they cannot continue to “bury their heads in the sand’ and must deal with incidents of domestic violence. “To put it bluntly, many of the young males paraded before the courts today charged…

2014 promises to be a very eventful and hectic year for the St Kitts and Nevis Olympic Committee with three (3) major international events on its competitive calendar, namely: the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland; the Youth Olympic…

The Department of Education will make a special presentation of Physical Education and sporting equipment to the Primary Schools on Nevis, later today. The presentation will be held as part of a “Jump Rope for Heart” workshop which will be…