December 2016

Vitaly Churkin said the government had re-established control over the last areas of the city held by rebels. The announcement, if confirmed, brings to an end more than four years of vicious fighting. Read more:…

Norwegian and Royal Caribbean cruises have now got permission from the Cuban government to sail from the US to the Caribbean island. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings plans sailings on ships from two of its brands, Norwegian Cruise Line and…

Three players are in contact with the Football Association about coming out as gay, according to MP John Nicolson. He made the comments during a Department of Culture, Media and Sport hearing into homophobia in sport. Read more:…

A British man has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison over his attempt to grab a gun in a bid to kill Donald Trump. Michael Sandford, 20, pleaded guilty in September to being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm and…

Radical changes are emerging on the political scene in the Bahamas as the country’s first female Opposition Leader Loretta Butler-Turner gets down to business after her official appointment by Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling.…

(ZIZ News) -- Seven persons are in custody in connection with a break in and theft early Monday morning at The Polo Company Too at The Circus. According to the police, at about 3.00am, a concerned citizen noticed that doors to the…

(ZIZ News) -- The police are investigating a shooting at Willet's Housing Project in St. Pauls that has left one person injured. According to a press release from the Police Force, the shooting occurred at around 9.00 pm on Monday.…

(SKNIS): Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, updated the general public on the status of the Sugar Industry Diversification Foundation (SIDF) during the Sitting of Parliament on Tuesday, December 13.…

(SKNIS): St. Kitts and Nevis will have a second High Court Chamber to accommodate a second resident judge in order to deal with the backlog of cases as early as January 2017, said the Attorney General, the Honourable Vincent Byron Jr.,…

Before England's series in India began, I did not see anyone predict that they would win it. Most thought that India would dominate - some to the tune of a 5-0 whitewash - and that England would lose. Nothing I have seen over the course…

Former jockey Walter Swinburn, three-time Derby winner and the rider of Shergar, has died aged 55. Swinburn, who friends say died peacefully at home, retired from riding in 2000 before becoming a trainer. Read more:…

Manila, Philippines (CNN) There have been 5,927 deaths linked to the "war on drugs" in the Philippines since July 1 according to statistics released by the national police on Monday. President Rodrigo Duterte was elected to office in May…

Washington (CNN)Donald Trump won't get Rex Tillerson as secretary of state without a fight. The President-elect is leaning towards entrusting the ExxonMobil tycoon with the stewardship of US diplomacy, a move that could ignite the first…

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -- Trinidad and Tobago’s former minister of trade, industry, investment and communications, Vasant Bharath, says that the current foreign shortage situation in Trinidad has reached chronic proportions. Read more:…