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Two Thais await sentence for ‘insulting’ royals in play
Bangkok, Thailand (AFP) -- Two young Thais accused of insulting the monarchy in a university play braced for sentencing Monday as the ruling junta intensifies its crackdown on perceived royal slurs under the kingdom's controversial lese…
Young girl suicide bomber kills seven in Nigeria
Kano, Nigeria (AFP) -- A girl thought to be as young as seven killed herself and seven others in a suicide bombing in northeast Nigeria on Sunday as President Goodluck Jonathan conceded his government had initially underrated the Islamist…
1,500 homes damaged by Cyclone Marcia in Australia
Mackay, Australia (AFP) -- Australian officials said Sunday all efforts were being made to help those hit by Tropical Cyclone Marcia, which smashed through Queensland state leaving 1,500 homes damaged and thousands without electricity.…
Report: Saudi men detained for dancing at birthday party
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Saudi Arabia's morality police detained a group of young men for dancing at a birthday party and referred them to prosecutors, according to a state-linked media report.
The news website Ayn al-Youm reported…
Chinese spyware discovery revives Caribbean cyber-security fears
New York, USA -- Lenovo, the Chinese computer manufacturer that has supplied tens of thousands of laptops to Caribbean governments, is reportedly selling computers that come preinstalled with spyware that hijacks encrypted web sessions and…
OAS secretary general expresses alarm over detention of Caracas mayor
Washington, USA -- The secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, said on Friday that “the detention of the mayor of Caracas, Antonio Ledezma, has caused alarm due to the way in which it took place…
Cruise line expands presence in Caribbean with $85 million port in Dominican Republic
Miami, USA -- Carnival Corporation, the world's largest travel and leisure company, will begin welcoming guests at its newly developed Amber Cove port in the Dominican Republic beginning October 2015. Six of Carnival Corporation's nine…
Curacao’s gambling mafia paid off local secret service, says Dutch MP
The Hague, Netherlands -- Information about the Dutch Secret Service (AIVD) and the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is probably in the hands of the wrong people, after the gambling mafia in Curacao managed to pay off the Curacao Secret…
Year starts badly for Mexican journalists
Paris, France (RSF) -- The western hemisphere’s deadliest country, Mexico sinks deeper into violence by the day. Journalists are threatened, kidnapped and murdered with alarming impunity in the eastern state of Veracruz. News media are the…
JetBlue adds additional Cuba charter flight
New York, USA -- JetBlue Airways, the largest airline to the Caribbean, has announced an agreement with its partner, ABC Charters, to add a new charter flight to Cuba beginning this summer.
The weekly flight, which begins on June 5, will…
US citizen extradited from Costa Rica in connection with international fraud
Miami, USA -- A US citizen charged in connection with the operation of a series of fraudulent business opportunities has been extradited from Costa Rica to the United States, the Justice Department announced.
John White was charged in a…
Saudi Arabia, Germany, Italy join others in closing embassies in Yemen
(CNN) -- Saudi Arabia and at least two other nations said Friday they were temporarily closing their embassies inYemen, joining the United States and some other countries in shutting their diplomatic outposts in the Arabian Peninsula nation…
Report: U.S. Army approves hormone therapy for Chelsea Manning
(CNN) -- The U.S. Army has agreed to provide hormone therapy for Chelsea Manning, the soldier serving a 35-year prison sentence for leaking a huge trove of classified documents.
The prisoner formerly known as Bradley Manning, and once held…
Canadian police seize cocaine on flight from St Maarten
Mississauga (CMC) -- Canadian police are hunting for the trafficker of five kilograms of cocaine imported on a flight that came from St Maarten on Sunday.
The seizure was made by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), as officers…
Six inmates in Taiwan hostage standoff commit suicide
Taipei, Taiwan (AFP) -- Six prisoners at a southern Taiwan jail committed suicide on Thursday, ending a standoff after they took several staff hostage to complain about unfair trials and demand their freedom, officials said.
The prisoners…