International

Geneva, Switzerland (AFP) -- The number of alleged money laundering transactions linked to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups bids won by Russia and Qatar has ballooned from 53 to 81, a spokesman for Switzerland's chief prosecutor told AFP on…

Paris, France (AFP) -- Global warming-induced food and water shortages may cause mass migration, competition for resources and state failure, providing fertile ground for conflict and terrorism, analysts warned Monday. In a report…

London, England -- The secretary-general of the Commonwealth, Kamalesh Sharma, on Thursday published a set of guiding principles for Commonwealth member countries on the appointment, tenure and removal of superior court judges. The…

Washington, USA -- The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a US$20 million loan to help reduce crime and violence in The Bahamas, targeting at risk youths and strengthening institutional capabilities of the justice system,…

Athens, Greece (AP) -- Greece finally met a deadline that counted on Thursday and made a series of sweeping proposals that its creditors needed by midnight to set off a mad rush toward a weekend deal to stave off a financial collapse of the…

Washington (AP) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the US economy's stumble at the start of 2015 is dragging down the world's growth prospects. In a report Thursday, the IMF forecasts 3.3 per cent global growth this year, down…

Geneva (AP) -- Chuck Blazer was banned for life by FIFA's ethics committee on Thursday for widespread corruption, finally ending the career of the long-time most senior American in world football. The expulsion from football duty was a…

Paramaribo, Suriname -- The Ministry of Trade and Industry on Friday signed two historic agreements with the Caribbean Development Bank for projects to improve Suriname’s implementation of both the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME)…

Miami, USA -- In 1891, as Jamaica's economy was in the doldrums, a group of local businessmen hired a world famous photography studio to take photographs portraying the island as a commercial and touristic paradise. The images – taken by…

Charleston, South Carolina (AP) -- An F-16 fighter jet and a small plane collided in midair Tuesday over South Carolina, raining down plane parts and debris. The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that the fighter jet…

Miami, United States (CMC) -- CONCACAF has announced sweeping changes to the way it does business in a desperate attempt to salvage its reputation after some of its leading officials were placed at the centre of a FIFA corruption scandal.…

Miami, Florida (CMC) -- A United States federal court has barred three Haitian men from preparing federal tax returns for others. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) said that Geto Dorlizier, Lival Gourdet and Jourmel Thomas consented to…

Athens, Greece (AFP) -- Greece on Wednesday promised it would start pension and tax reforms next week, as demanded by creditors, in return for a three-year eurozone loan to drag its financial system back from the brink of collapse. "We…

New York, United States (AFP) -- The euro slipped against the dollar Monday but limited its losses after Greek voters resoundingly rejected an austerity bailout plan from creditors, raising the risk Greece could exit the euro. The euro was…

Mexico City (AP) -- Radical teachers opposing Mexico's program for evaluating and testing teachers blocked exam sites and cut off the hair of some who showed up. The Education Departments says Sunday's attacks were the work of "violent and…