International

London, England -- The next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) will be held in Malta, from 27 to 29 November 2015. Heads welcomed the offer of Malta to host CHOGM when they met in Sri Lanka in 2013. Meetings will take place at…

Donetsk, Ukraine (AFP) -- The shelling of a bus and clashes in Ukraine's separatist east left 34 people dead Thursday as Kiev was forced to abandon its defence of Donetsk's airport in one of the deadliest days of the nine-month war. In the…

New York, United States (AFP) -- American Express Company said Wednesday it planned to cut its workforce by 4,000 jobs to reduce costs. Marina Hoffman Norville, a spokeswoman for the US banking group and a leading issuer of credit cards,…

London, England -- Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma on Wednesday welcomed movement towards holding constitutionally due elections in St Kitts and Nevis. Sharma also noted that various public statements had been made…

(CNN) -- What President Barack Obama described as the greatest threat to future generations was neither terrorism nor ISIS. It wasn't nuclear weapons in rogue states either. "No challenge  poses a greater threat to future generations than…

Cameroon, Nigeria (AFP) -- The head of Boko Haram – the enigmatic Abubakar Shekau – has openly taunted the countries being menaced by the armed Islamist group as they call for a united effort to crush it. In a video claiming responsibility…

New York (AP) -- Airport officials say a 33-year-old woman gave birth to a baby girl on a flight bound to New York from Jordan. A spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says a nurse and doctor on the flight helped…

Geneva, Switzerland (CMC) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging Caribbean countries to take urgent action to meet global targets to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). According to a new WHO report, 16 million…

Guatemala City, Guatemala (AFP) -- A court in Guatemala on Monday sentenced a former police chief to 90 years for an assault on the Spanish embassy in 1980 when a group of protesting Indians, peasants and university students were holed up…

Nairobi, Kenya (AFP) -- A Kenyan school bus driver died after drinking a potion brewed by a "witchdoctor" to prove he had not stolen books, sparking angry protests from villagers, a report said Tuesday. The school directors in a village in…

Beirut, Lebanon (AFP) -- The Islamic State group threatened to kill two Japanese hostages unless it receives a $200 million ransom within 72 hours, but Tokyo vowed Tuesday it would not give in to "terrorism". Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo…

New York, USA -- A Caribbean Airlines Boeing 737-800, arriving from Georgetown, Guyana, on Saturday night, reportedly failed to stop short of a runway at New York’s JFK International Airport as instructed and caused a JetBlue Airbus…

Nairobi, Kenya (AFP) -- Kenyan police fired tear gas Monday at children protesting against the seizure of their school playground by a property developer. Around 100 primary school children and a small group of activists pushed over a…

Toronto, Canada (CMC) -- Canadian banks with operations in the Caribbean say a combination of lower oil prices and cost-cutting is poised to help improve their operations. While the banks brace for loan losses and lower revenues in Western…

Washington, United States (AFP) -- US television network Fox News has apologized several times for claiming there are "totally Muslim" no-go zones in Europe, comments that aired on the station following deadly attacks in France.…