January 18, 2016

(BBC) Five French Foreign Legionnaires have been killed and six injured in an avalanche while on a training exercise in the Alps, officials say. The avalanche came down close to Valfrejus, not far from the Italian border, where some 50…

(BBC) Mexican actress Kate del Castillo has been called in for questioning over her links with the imprisoned drug baron, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. She set up a meeting in October between the cartel leader, who was then on the run, and…

The German government says North African countries cannot expect German development aid if they are unwilling to take back failed asylum seekers. Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said he was sending that message to North African leaders.…

(Antigua Observer) The National Health Insurance Secretariat (NHIS) says there has been “much misinformation” about the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bahamas scheme, insisting that its implementation “is a major advancement in moving our…

(Antigua Observer) St. John’s Antigua - The former Board of Education (BOE) Director Beverly Charles is expected to report to police today, as a probe into undisclosed fraud allegations continue. Attorney Leon Chaku Symister, who…

(Jamaica Observer) Kingston, Jamaica - The Bog Walk Gorge in St Catherine remained closed up to press time last night as a crew worked feverishly to remove a trailer carrying liquid petroleum gas, which fell into the Rio Cobre River,…

(ZIZ News) -- There have been at least six traffic accidents in three days here on St. Kitts and with all that work cut out it is no wonder that calls to Inspector Carl Caines, who heads the Traffic Department, have gone unanswered.…