December 2015

(BBC) The leader of Venezuela's opposition has claimed it has won a critical two-thirds majority in Sunday's election. Henrique Capriles said the alliance won at least 112 seats in Congress. If confirmed, this would allow the opposition…

(BBC) An American member of Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab has been arrested in Somalia, an official has told the BBC. He said the man had been stopped while he was trying to escape from al-Shabab after some of his friends were…

(Antigua Observer) A new study has found a strain of disease is threatening the global banana industry. The study, published in PLOS Pathogens, found the disease called Panama Tropical Race 4 (TR4) is sweeping parts of the globe,…

(Barbados Today) Effective midnight, Barbadians will pay less for gasoline, diesel and kerosene. The retail price of gasoline will drop from $2.80 per litre to $2.78 per litre, while diesel will move from $2.09 per litre to $2.07. Kerosene…

(Tribune242) HUMAN rights advocates are deploring the fact that a man, who recently had charges of illegal entry dismissed in Magistrate’s Court, is being held at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre awaiting deportation. Fred Smith, QC,…

Iraq has threatened to go to the UN if Turkey does not withdraw soldiers it sent to areas near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul within 48 hours. Baghdad said the deployment was done without consultation and was a violation of national…

(ZIZ News) -- On Sunday morning, the residents of Constituency Number 7 joined Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris in celebrating his 51st birthday. They worshipped at the Covenant Outreach Church in Phillips Village, where they…

A US Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued four men southeast of Great Inagua, Bahamas, from their life raft after their vessel sank Friday. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 7th District Command Center received a distress signal from an…

(ZIZ News) -- Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris says he’s optimistic of the results of the recently held COP21 Climate Change Conference in Paris. He made the comments while speaking with the media in Washington DC this past week.…

(ZIZ News) -- The police are asking for the public’s help to find two masked men who robbed a visitor, on Friday, in Wades Garden. According to a police statement, the male visitor was walking in the Wades Garden area at around noon, when…

(ZIZ News) -- While accepting a substantial donation, from the Government of Japan, that will enhance disaster reduction work in St. Kitts and Nevis, Foreign Affairs Minister, Hon. Mark Brantley used the Friday morning meeting to speak…

(ZIZ News) -- The Nevis Island Administration (NIA) and the Republic of China on Taiwan have partnered yet again to boost agriculture on the sister island. On Wednesday, NIA officials including Premier Hon. Vance Amory, representatives of…

(ZIZ News) -- A female is in police custody following a stabbing incident at The Frigate Bay Strip. According to reports from the Police Force’s Violent Crimes Unit (VCU), at about 4.15am on Saturday (December 5), Travis 'Ganstafat" Hanley…

A mass shooting by a married couple that left 14 people dead in California is being investigated as an act of terrorism, the FBI says. FBI Director James Comey said there were indications that the couple had been radicalised. Tashfeen…

Police are seeking two new suspects accused of aiding the fugitive suspect from the Paris attacks, Salah Abdeslam, the Belgian Prosecutor's Office says. The pair is "armed and dangerous" and is thought to have helped Abdeslam travel to…