New UN report lists Haiti among countries where conflicts, extreme cli...
UNITED NATIONS, Sep. 23, CMC – A new report by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has identified Haiti among 39 countries where confl...
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Mock elections to be conducted in BVI this week
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, Sep. 23, CMC – A Mock Election will be held across this British Overseas Territory this week in an effort to demonstrate the v...
Jihadist group rejects deal for Syria’s Idlib, main faction yet ...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A jihadist faction in the Idlib region of northwestern Syria has rejected a Turkish-Russian deal that requires “radical” insurgents to withd...
Israel sets October deadline to evacuate Bedouin village in West Bank
KHAN AL-AHMAR, West Bank (Reuters) - Israel on Sunday told residents of Khan al-Ahmar, a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank slated for demolition, to cl...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards threaten to avenge military parade a...
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards vowed on Sunday to exact “deadly and unforgettable” vengeance for an attack on a military parade that kille...
Opposition Leader loses vote of no confidence
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sep 21, CMC – Opposition Leader Jeanne Atherden has lost a vote of no confidence and is expected to be replaced by businessman Craig Cannoni...
Belize observing 37th anniversary of independence
BELMOPAN, Belize, Sept 21, CMC – Belize is celebrating its 37th anniversary of political independence from Britain with a military parade, marches and parades ...
Germany’s SPD want to renegotiate spymaster deal with Merkel: so...
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) want to renegotiate an unpopular compromise reached with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives to transf...
May says Brexit talks have hit impasse, EU must produce alternative pl...
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday the European Union must come up with an alternative to her Brexit proposals, saying talks ...
At U.N. podium, Trump to tout protecting U.S. sovereignty
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Since U.S. President Donald Trump made his debut at the United Nations a year ago pushing an “America First” policy, he has quit the...