Israel started sending home pro-Palestinian activists it detained while trying to enter the country last week, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that his government would block similar “provocations” in the future.

South Sudan marks its independence six months after voters chose to secede from the north, breaking Africa’s largest nation into two. A 2005 peace deal ended decades of war. FULL STORY | PHOTOS | CEREMONY | SWEARING-IN

South Sudan marks its independence six months after voters chose to secede from the north, breaking Africa’s largest nation into two. A 2005 peace deal ended decades of war. FULL STORY | PHOTOS | CEREMONY | SWEARING-IN

Bridgetown. Damian Reveira, 21, of 4th Avenue, New Orleans, St Michael and Andre Alleyne, 22, of  Fairfield Road, Black Rock, will appear in the District A Magistrates' Court today. They …

Bridgetown. Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler has lamented the astronomical amount of money owed to the VAT Department by businesses houses in Barbados. In delivering the feature address during the…