International

New York, USA -- As calls for the United Nations to admit liability and compensate the victims of the Haitian cholera epidemic continue, attorneys for the victims in a proposed class action lawsuit filed in Brooklyn, New York, announced on…

Pretoria, South Africa (AP) -- Oscar Pistorius offered $34,000 to the family of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp after he killed her, but they rejected it because they did not want "blood money," a prosecutor said Tuesday at the sentencing…

Miami, USA -- A hurricane watch was issued for Puerto Rico, Vieques and Culebra, and the British and US Virgin Islands as Tropical Storm Gonzalo moved through the Leeward Islands on Monday, with rain bands already affecting Guadeloupe,…

Niigata, Japan -- Assistant Reggae Boyz coach Miquel Coley has been hospitalised here. It was not clear the extent of his illness, but individuals close to the team told the Jamaica Observer that the Jamaica College (JC) coach had…

London (AFP) -- The American actress Angelina Jolie was made an honorary dame for her work combatting sexual violence by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at London's Buckingham Palace on Friday. The star of such Hollywood films as "Tomb…

Madrid (CNN) -- A nurse's assistant in Spain -- the first person to contract Ebola outside Africa -- has taken a turn for the worse. Dr. Yolanda Fuentes, who works at Madrid's Carlos III hospital, said Thursday that Teresa Romero Ramos'…

Washington, USA -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined global partners, including the head of the World Bank, at a high-level conference in Washington, DC, to combat water borne diseases like cholera in Haiti and, raise…

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal magistrate judge will decide if a 19-year-old US citizen from suburban Chicago accused of trying to travel to Syria to join Islamic State militants should stay behind bars pending trial. Mohammed Hamzah Khan's…

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - An internal police investigation was underway in St. Louis, Missouri Thursday after a white officer shot and killed an African-American teen not far from where a similar shooting in August led to weeks of…

Washington (AFP) -- A Liberian man who was diagnosed with Ebola in Texas has died, a hospital spokesman said Wednesday. "It is with profound sadness and heartfelt disappointment that we must inform you of the death of Thomas Eric Duncan…

(CNN) -- Two Americans and a German won the Nobel Prize in chemistry this year for their work on optical microscopy that has opened up our understanding of molecules by allowing us to see how they work close up. The winners are Eric…

(CNN) -- Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday became the first sitting head of state to appear before the International Criminal Court, where he faces charges of crimes against humanity. Kenyatta, 52, is accused of five counts of…

Orlando, Florida (AP) -- A long-time endurance runner and peace activist whose latest goal was to reach Bermuda in a homemade floating "Hydro Pod" was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday after he began suffering from fatigue. Coast…

Beijing (AP) -- The dengue virus has killed six people and infected more than 23,000 in southern China's worst outbreak of the mosquito-transmitted disease in about two decades, officials said Tuesday. Authorities in worst-affected…

Miami, USA -- Regional policymakers will contemplate the alignment of policy to energy security on day two of the 2014 Caribbean Renewable Energy Conference which is set for October 6 – 8 in Miami. The conference is expected to assemble…