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A jaguar has been shot dead shortly after it was used in an Olympic torch relay in the Brazilian city of Manaus, the army said. The female jaguar escaped its handlers after the ceremony on Monday and attacked a soldier, a spokesman said.…

Rory McIlroy has pulled out of the Olympic Games in Rio because of concerns about the Zika virus. In a statement, McIlroy said that "my health and my family's health comes before everything else" Read more:…

It was the longest and most agonising night endured by supporters of Northern Ireland. But worth it. Three hours after their team had been beaten 1-0 by world champions Germany at Parc des Princes, they learned they had qualified for the…

(SKNIS): Prospective group leaders for the Department of Youth Empowerment’s 33rd Annual Summer Residential Camp lived up to the theme: “Team Work Makes the Dream Work” when they spent hours on Saturday (June 18) cleaning up the Bay Front…

NIA -- Teaching is the gateway to all other professions and should not be taken lightly. That view was expressed by Principal Education Officer (PEO) Palsy Wilkin while addressing 40 participants at the opening ceremony for the Department…

(ZIZ News) -- The police have seized another illegal firearm. According a police source on Monday officers found a 40 millimetre pistol and a number of rounds in St. Pauls. Details are still sketchy but ZIZ understands that one person is…

On Friday St. Kitts and Nevis will take part in regional testing day allowing residents to find out their HIV status. National AIDS Programme Coordinator, Gardenia Destang-Richardson, said the testing will be free, confidential and fast;…

Nearly 10 years after UN members adopted a progressive Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), progress implementing the convention has been mixed, even at the UN itself, say disability advocates. Last week the 165…

Jamaica is preparing to tap into US$10.3 billion available to fund climate change adaptation and mitigation projects. The country is joining 200 other developing states in formulating viable proposals to access financing from the Green…

At least 93 people have been killed and more than 20 injured by lightning strikes in the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, officials say. Most of the people who died were working on farms during…

NIA -- Chairman of the Nevis Culturama Committee Deborah Tyrell praised the founders of the Culturama festival and the patrons for Culturama 2016 as groups who take a chance to create something they believe in and in so doing, leave behind…

(ZIZ News) — Men in the Federation are being invited to join the National Men’s Council which will be set up to advocate for the rights of men, men’s role in decision-making and how men function in society. The first meeting is scheduled…

A High Court judge in Trinidad and Tobago has denied United States authorities a chance to join the judicial review lawsuit brought by FIFA corruption accused Jack Warner. Warner, through his attorneys, is challenging the decision by…

Civil Aviation Department Accident Investigation representatives are expected to today begin investigations into a plane crash on the Bahamian island of South Bimini that left two people dead. Shortly after 4 p.m. yesterday, the…

The gunman who killed 49 people at an Orlando gay nightclub described himself as an Islamic soldier in calls made to police during the attack. A partial transcript of the calls between police negotiators and Omar Mateen during the…