PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Students often throw up or wet themselves when gunfire erupts outside their school in northern Port-au-Prince. When they do, school director Roseline Ceragui Louis finds
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First F-16 fighter jets from the West will arrive in Ukraine in weeks, Kyiv military source says
KYIV — Kyiv expects to receive its first F-16 fighter jets from its Western allies in June, a high-ranking Ukrainian military source said today. Ukraine
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BVI resident gets 5 years for smuggling 1,470 pounds of cocaine into St. Croix
CHRISTIANSTED — A British Virgin Islands resident was given nearly five years in prison for smuggling $20 million worth of cocaine into St. Croix Augusto
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Coast Guard takes 51 migrants back to the Dominican Republic
SAN JUAN — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Tezanos repatriated 51 migrants to Dominican Republic this week following the interdiction of an
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Transitional council in Haiti embraces new changes following turmoil as gang violence grips country
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A transitional council tasked with choosing new leaders for Haiti is changing the way it operates in a move that surprised many
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Desperate Cubans lured to Russian army by high pay and passports
KYIV — Russia has been recruiting Cuban nationals to fight in its army in Ukraine, research by the BBC has shown. In September and October
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Kenyan police officers preparing to deploy to Haiti, where preparations are under way
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Civilian contractors have started to arrive in Haiti to help prepare for the arrival of Kenyan forces, whose deployment is currently in the
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Hamas says latest cease-fire talks have ended. Israel vows military operation in ‘very near future’
JERUSALEM (AP) — The latest round of Gaza cease-fire talks ended in Cairo after “in-depth and serious discussions,” the Hamas militant group said today, reiterating
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CARICOM members Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago recognize State of Palestine: OPINION
Amidst what Barbados’s Prime Minister Mia Mottley described as the world’s first televised genocide in Gaza, the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
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Gazprom plunges to first annual loss in 20 years as trade with Europe hit
MOSCOW — Kremlin-owned gas giant Gazprom said today it plunged to a net loss of 629 billion rubles ($6.9 billion) in 2023, its first annual loss
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