International

Vatican City (AP) -- Cuban President Raul Castro paid a call on Pope Francis at the Vatican Sunday to thank him for working for Cuban-US detente and later said he is so impressed by the pontiff he is considering a return to the Catholic…

London, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Against all predictions, David Cameron on Friday won the first Conservative majority since 1992, securing himself another term as Britain's prime minister and silencing his critics -- at least for now. The…

New York (CMC) -- United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers have arrested a Jamaican national with about 70 pellets of cocaine in his stomach as he arrived at the John F Kennedy (JFK) International Airport. CBP said…

Toronto, Canada -- Antigua and Barbuda diplomat, writer and academic, Sir Ronald Sanders, has been elected as a Senior Fellow at Massey College in the University of Toronto. The announcement of his election was made by the Master of Massey…

Asuncion, Paraguay (AFP) -- The case of a 10-year-old girl raped and impregnated by her stepfather has triggered outrage in Paraguay, where the health minister has blocked her from having an abortion. The girl was admitted to hospital last…

Jerusalem, (AFP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held on to his job Wednesday, announcing that he had hammered together a new coalition government just ahead of a midnight legal deadline. But with a knife-edge majority of just…

ROC President Ma Ying-Jeou said May 6 that Taiwan-EU ties are going from strength to strength, with further improvement expected across a spectrum of areas. “Relations between the two sides are moving steadily ahead,” Ma said. “ROC…

New York, USA -- On April 19, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) stopped Gyan Damian Morgan, a Jamaican citizen, who was arriving on a flight from Kingston, Jamaica. During the…

Moscow, Russia (AFP) -- Cuban President Raul Castro has arrived in Moscow and was to hold meetings Wednesday on a visit that will see him participate in the Victory Day military parade May 9. "He arrived yesterday," the Kremlin's press…

Jerusalem (AFP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was on Wednesday locked in a last-ditch effort to piece together a ruling coalition with a working majority ahead of a midnight deadline. With less than 12 hours left, talks with…

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Saudi Arabia on Wednesday beheaded one of its nationals convicted of drug trafficking, bringing to 79 the number of executions this year. According to AFP tallies, that figure compares with 87 for all of last…

New York, USA -- Passengers arriving from the Dominican Republic and Jamaica were arrested by US Customs and Border Protection officers at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York trying to smuggle cocaine into the United…

Bismarck, North Dakota (AP) -- Testimony wrapped up Monday in the case of man on trial in North Dakota for what authorities say was a role in a Jamaican lottery scam that bilked victims out of millions of dollars. Sanjay Williams, 25, of…

Sydney, Australia (AFP) -- A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea on Tuesday with hazardous tsunami waves possible along the coast, seismologists said. The quake struck 133 kilometres (83 miles) south-southwest of the town…

Washington, USA -- The Organization of American States (OAS) will send an electoral observation mission to the general elections in Suriname that will take place on May 25, according to an agreement signed on Monday between the hemispheric…