The community of Fancy in St. Vincent and the Grenadines is marking one year since 7 students died in a minibus accident. There was a wreath laying ceremony at the site at Rock Gutter this morning, followed by an afternoon memorial service at the Fancy Playing Field....
One man is dead after being struck by a GO train this afternoon. Service along the Lakeshore West line was disrupted after the incident near Port Credit station in Mississauga before 3pm. Peel Regional Police say they have identified the victim as a 55-year-old man...
Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto and former radio journalist Joshua Sang have returned to the International Criminal Court in a bid to have crimes against humanity charges against them dropped. They are accused of perpetrating and sponsoring the 2007...
Antigua and Barbuda’s Immigration Chief Annette Mark says the department is hiring at least 36 more employees. She says the recruitment process area was restructured in keeping with heightened security concerns worldwide. Mark says the new recruits will be trained...
Health authorities in Barbados have reported eight suspected cases of the H1N1 and Zika viruses. Health Minister John Boyce says samples have been sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency for confirmation. Boyce says that although he is aware of public concern over...
Ten people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in Istanbul, Turkey, and the suspect is believed to be with the Islamic State terror group. Officials say a foreigner was responsible for the explosion in a tourist district of Istanbul near the iconic Blue Mosque....
A driver that was convicted in a fatal hit-and-run from 2012 will spend three months in prison. The judge at the University Avenue courthouse ordered Miguel Oliveira to serve six months, but the sentence was reduced because he had been under house arrest for the past...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is reporting that Ethiopian security forces have killed at least 140 people in anti-government demonstrations since November. The protesters fear that a plan to expand the capital's administrative control into the Oromia region will displace...
Doctors at the Victoria Hospital in St. Lucia say they have recorded an increase in respiratory diseases, mostly in young people, due to marijuana and tobacco use. Dr. Lisa Charles, Medical Director at the hospital, said over the past 10 years she has seen an epidemic...
The first batch of Cuban migrants trying to enter the United States will be set to depart Costa Rica next week. According to Costa Rica's foreign minister Manuel Gonzalez, 180 Cubans will head to El Salvador next Tuesday evening, and from there they will have ground...
The woman accused in a fatal stabbing attack at a downtown pharmacy last month made another appearance in court today. 40-year-old Rohinie Bisesar was charged with second-degree murder in the death of 28-year-old Rosemarie Junor. Bisesar's lawyer Calvin Barry said his...
A suspect has been identified in a stabbing attack Wednesday night at an Air Canada facility in Brampton. Peel Regional Police arrived at the scene at around 10 pm, when a 46-year-old man was found wounded at the Air Canada global operations centre on Ironbridge Road,...
