International

London, United Kingdom (AFP) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) is institutionally unprepared to deal with outbreaks like the Ebola crisis and requires urgent and fundamental change, an independent panel of experts warned Tuesday. More…

United States (AP) -- The world's largest cruise company could be heading to Cuba. Starting in May, Carnival Corp. plans to offer trips from Miami to the Caribbean island nation, the company announced Tuesday. Carnival says it would become…

Athens, Greece (AP) -- Greeks overwhelmingly rejected creditors' demands for more austerity in return for rescue loans in a critical referendum Sunday, backing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who insisted the vote would give him a stronger…

Geneva (AP) -- Plunged into crisis by a second FIFA bribery scandal in four years, the CONCACAF soccer body wants to pass sweeping new leadership rules to help rebuild. The North and Central American and Caribbean governing body published…

Bradenton, Florida (AP) -- A man convicted of having sex on a Florida beach in front of families will soon learn how long he must spend in prison. Jose Caballero is scheduled to be sentenced Monday. He faces a possible 15 years in prison,…

Miami, USA -- Crewmembers aboard the US Coast Guard Cutter Raymond Evans repatriated 38 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, on Thursday. This repatriation was a result of four separate migrant interdictions at sea in the south…

Zurich, Switzerland (CNS) -- The US authorities have made an official request to Switzerland to extradite the Cayman Islands' Jeffrey Webb and the six other FIFA officials arrested in Zürich in May on corruption related charges. The Swiss…

New Jersey, United States (CMC) -- The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) agency says a number of Caribbean nationals have been arrested among 69 convicted criminals during a three-day “targeted enforcement effort” in…

Harrisonburg, Virginia (AP) -- A Jamaican citizen living in Virginia has been sentenced for his role in an international lottery scam. Federal authorities say 32-year-old Carlos O'Brien Ricketts was sentenced Wednesday to 10 months in…

Brussels, Belgium (AFP) -- Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras vowed Wednesday to go ahead with a controversial bailout referendum despite pressure from European leaders as they declined to consider any fresh debt offer before Sunday's…

Rabat, Morocco (AFP) -- Moroccan police said Wednesday that two suspects have been arrested after a crowd attacked a presumed homosexual in public because of his appearance. "Two suspects have been arrested for the time being and the…

Medan, Indonesia (AFP) -- The number of people killed when an Indonesian air force plane crashed into a residential neighbourhood rose to 142 on Wednesday, as families said their relatives had paid to be on the aircraft, in violation of…

Mexico City, Mexico (AFP) -- Mexico has dropped out of the Miss Universe pageant over co-owner and US presidential candidate Donald Trump's "racist" remarks about Mexican migrants, as Latino anger toward the outspoken tycoon boils over.…

Pretoria, South Africa -- South Africa's deputy minister of international relations and cooperation, Luwellyn Landers, began a high level official visit to five Caribbean nations on Monday. The visit will underscore the cordial relations…

Washington, USA -- The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $15 million grant for a sustainable artisan-fishing development project in southern Haiti. Fishing is a key socioeconomic sector in Haiti, generating some 77,000…