February 2016

The US will help South Korea deploy an advanced missile defence system as soon as possible, officials from the Pentagon have said. They say the shield will help South Korea offset the growing threat posed by North Korea following its…

A male leopard which entered a school in the Indian city of Bangalore injured six people trying to capture it. A scientist and a forestry employee were among those mauled during the near 10-hour long effort to corner the dangerous animal…

Just 22 hours before the end of President Michel Martelly's term without an elected president to succeed him, an agreement was reached for a transitional government in Haiti. Late on Friday, Martelly officially signed the agreement with…

On Friday, Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla declared a public health emergency because of the zika virus, a government statement said. Trinidad and Tobago declared a similar national health emergency on January 29 and on…

(ZIZ News) -- Italy’s ambassador to St. Kitts Nevis visited the federation on Monday paying courtesy calls to government officials. On Monday morning, His Excellency Ambassador Marcello Apicella visited Government House to present his…

(ZIZ News) -- The police have arrested three persons in connection with the shooting death of Devon Percival. According to a police statement, information gathered from the ongoing search operations in the Stapleton Village area have…

(ZIZ News) -- The 2015-2016 National Carnival Queen, Orngel Erskine is preparing to host her first major event after winning the title in December 2015. According to Erskine, the event, dubbed Valentine Luncheon aims to show love to the…

The UN Security Council has strongly condemned North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket. After an urgent meeting in New York, the council said it would soon adopt a new sanctions resolution in response. Pyongyang said it fired the…

As President Michel Martelly ended his term in office on Sunday with no successor in place, a transitional government will be installed to rule the country for the next four months, until elections are held in April and a new president…

(ZIZ News) -- The security forces have confiscated several rounds of ammunition and thousands of marijuana seedlings during recent search operations. According to a police statement, on Friday the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police…

(ZIZ News) -- Three steel pan musicians have helped a small-town steel orchestra in Trinidad defy the odds and take second place in the 2016 Panorama Competitions on Saturday night. MJ Byron, Omandy Byron and Kazrano Gumbs played with…

(ZIZ News) -- The Ministry of Youth Empowerment’s 25 Most Remarkable Teens ventured out into the Sandy Point community, to showcase their talents, volunteer projects and achievements in a concert on Saturday. Director of Youth Empowerment,…

A blast that punched a large hole in the fuselage of a passenger plane at Somalia's Mogadishu airport on Tuesday was caused by a bomb, officials say. "It was a bomb that exploded in the Daallo Airlines flight. It was meant to kill all…

Rescuers are searching the rubble of a high-rise residential building in southern Taiwan after an earthquake that killed at least 14 people. Some 30 people are still missing from the 17-storey block, one of several buildings that collapsed…

Prime Minister Freundel Stuart says his government is continuing to diversify the Barbados economy to ensure that the country is not dependent on any one sector. He made the comments on Wednesday night to a group of tourists attending a…