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John Ashe, the Antigua-born former President of the UN General Assembly, is out of jail and under house arrest. Judge Vernon S. Broderick released Ashe in time for Halloween last…

 A passenger plane's engine caught fire Thursday as it prepared for takeoff, and passengers had to quickly evacuate on the runway using emergency slides, officials said. The Broward County sheriff's…

The 30-year-old East Harlem man accused of murdering Guyana-born New York City Police Officer Randolph Holder was indicted yesterday, the same day hundreds lined up outside a Queens church to…

The Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) is deeply shocked by the sudden passing of our partner and human rights activist Zenita Nicholson.  The Director of PANCAP Coordinating…

Eating processed meats like hot dogs, hamburgers and corned beef cause cancer, while red meat can probably have the same result, according to the cancer agency of the World Health…

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta used his visit to New York attend the 70th anniversary of the United Nations to rally support from Caribbean countries to change an International Criminal Court…

More than 300 Jamaican prisoners serving time in British jails are being given the boot back to their homeland as Prime Minister David Cameron made the first visit by a…

A Jamaican writer has made history by becoming the first ever national of his country to ever be shortlisted for a top UK literary award. Here are five facts about…

Developing economies, like those in the Caribbean, should brace for possible financial market turbulence from the upcoming U.S. monetary policy tightening cycle, according to a new World Bank policy research…

A couple and their daughter, originally from Trinidad, have been jailed in the United States for a total of 418 years, for conning 19 Caribbean immigrants out of more than…