2015

(BBC) A Canada-bound airliner was forced to make an emergency landing after severe turbulence injured 21 passengers, including three children, officials said. The Air Canada flight from Shanghai to Toronto was diverted to Calgary after the…

(BBC) Police in Brussels have detained a further six people in connection with an alleged plot to target the city on New Year's Eve, prosecutors say. Cities around the world have heightened security measures as New Year celebrations get…

(Caribbean360) Activists and researchers dedicated to the study of gender violence in Cuba insist on the need for a comprehensive law to protect the victims and prevent the problem, which was publicly ignored until only a few years ago in…

(Caribbean360) When human rights professor Robert Wintemute visited the Cayman Islands in January to deliver a lecture on the islands’ “out of date” laws on gay rights, there had been little discussion on the issue in the territory. Since…

(Caribbean360) St. Vincent – One of the National Democratic Party’s (NDP) losing candidates in the December 9 elections was today granted bail on charges of assaulting police, following his arrest at an opposition protest yesterday. Ben…

Prosecutors in the US have charged comedian Bill Cosby with aggravated indecent assault over an alleged incident in 2004. It is the first time Mr. Cosby, 78, has been charged with any offence, after months of accusations. Andrea Constand…

A fugitive who made headlines for using an "affluenza" defence after a fatal drink-driving crash has delayed his extradition from Mexico to the US. A judge will now consider the deportation of Ethan Couch, 18. He and his mother were…

(ZIZ News) -- Former customers of the Bank of Commerce are having a Merry Christmas as they are now receiving payments after the bank went into liquidation about 30 years ago. Walter Simmonds, the official Liquidator of the Bank of…

(ZIZ News) -- The Agriculture sector can expect major changes in 2016. While speaking during a recent radio interview, Prime Minister, Dr. Hon. Timothy Harris said new policies will be implemented to enhance the Agriculture sector. He…

(ZIZ News) -- The Federation’s new Groovy Soca Monarch is on a mission to further expose St. Kitts and Nevis on the world stage, through music. After winning the soca title on Wednesday 23rd December, Nicha B, in an interview with ZIZ…

(BBC) A five-mile (8km) section of the Mississippi River near St Louis, Missouri, has been closed to vessels as rising water levels caused "hazardous conditions", the US Coast Guard said. Storms and tornadoes have lashed the region in…

(BBC) Gunmen have shot and killed one person and wounded 11 others at the Derbent citadel in Dagestan, a Unesco World Heritage site in the North Caucasus. The tourists were attacked on Tuesday night outside the fortress in Derbent, one of…

(BBC) Government forces are battling rebels for control of a strategically important town in southern Syria. An army statement said troops and militiamen were advancing into Sheikh Miskeen on several fronts and had reached the main square.…

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica – The Malvern police are reporting that they seized a homemade firearm in Retirement district, Malvern, St Elizabeth today. Reports are that about 8:00 am, a team of officers conducted an operation when an…

(Caribbean 360) Antigua – Several countries in the Caribbean now operate a Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP) under which high-worth foreigners can obtain citizenship and passports of these countries. The CIP has detractors both…