Caribbean

The Sultanate of Oman and Trinidad and Tobago have taken a significant step towards strengthening their relations by signing a joint statement on the establishment of diplomatic relations, reported...

Mouayad Mohsen is appalled by the ways of the modern world, and the 58-year-old Iraqi soldier-turned-painter is on a mission to teach his neighbours some manners. "No one says...

A senior delegation from the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas on Friday visited Cuban Ambassador to Lebanon Jorge Leon Cruz. In a statement, Hamas said that its delegation consisted...

The US said, Thursday, that it has transferred two detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba to Pakistan, Anadolu News Agency reports. "The Department of Defence announced today the...

It was 21 years ago this month that I was flown in the belly of a US cargo plane, hooded, blindfolded, gagged and chained in an orange jumpsuit, for...

Some countries just seem to be doomed from the start, and Syria looks like one of them. With a family of dictators at the helm, an ongoing civil war,...

The Palestinian ambassador to the Caribbean states signed a cooperation deal with Grenada's ministries of health, agriculture and foreign affairs. Grenada's foreign minister described how their shared experience of 'colonialism' has created a special bond between his country and Palestine.

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Cuba's President, Miguel Diaz-Canel has praised Iran for its advancements in science and technology under the pressure of US-led sanctions during a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir...

Guyana is in talks with Qatar, UAE, Britain and India to explore offshore oil and gas blocks in conjunction with a bidding round this year, President Irfaan Ali said...

The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) has signed an agreement yesterday to finance the expansion of the University of the West Indies at Five Islands (UWI) in the Caribbean...

Much has changed since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on US soil, after which the country launched a so-called "global war on terror". America withdrew its military forces from...

The Western media spewed forth barrel loads of pompous invective recently about why Qatar should never have been chosen to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Bewildered Qataris found...

Save the Children said 4 out 10 Lebanese and Syrian refugee children already face food insecurity and this number is set to grow in 2023

St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves is defending Qatar amidst criticism from some western countries over its hosting of the 2022 Fifa World Cup, which...

Ankara attaches importance to its increasing cooperation with Cuba, Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. "I especially attach importance to increasing our cooperation...

Cuban President, Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez, on Tuesday, will pay a three-day visit to Turkiye to have talks on bilateral relations between the countries, Anadolu News Agency reports. Turkish...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called upon the government of Trinidad and Tobago to "act urgently" in repatriating its citizens who remain in Syria's detention camps for Daesh suspects...

World leaders, policymakers and delegates from nearly 200 countries are at the COP27 UN Climate Summit in Egypt, where they hope to keep alive a goal to avert the worst...

Saudi Arabia will fund a mosque in Cuba serving the island's Muslim community, according to Havana's envoy to Saudi Arabia. In an interview broadcast on Saudi state TV, Vladimir...

Cuba, mired in an energy crisis that has brought frequent blackouts, is negotiating with a Turkish company to have it double the megawatts it currently produces for the country...

A Syrian man has been arrested by the Barbados authorities while using a "badly forged" Israeli passport to travel to Germany, the Hebrew-language i24 news website has reported. The...

Turkiye's Directorate of Migration Management said that it has repatriated 301 migrants to Haiti after it verified that they entered the country illegally. The migrants were returned to their...

Turkey has not released a man wanted by Haiti over his alleged involvement in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, his lawyer said on Monday, despite a court rejecting...

Some 193 million people experienced "acute food insecurity" last year, a joint report by the EU and UN said on Wednesday, calling it a record figure and warning that...

Palestinians across Latin America have condemned the desecration of Al-Aqsa Mosque by illegal Jewish settlers as well as "continuous Israeli crimes and violations" against the people of occupied Palestine,...

UK intelligence services who allegedly provided the CIA with questions to put to detainees being tortured at "black sites" are subject to the law of England and Wales and...

Ammar Al-Baluchi, who was rendered into American custody by Pakistan on allegations of terrorism in 2003, was used to teach trainee interrogators who took turns at knocking his head against a plywood wall leaving him with brain damage

Trinidad and Tobago's flag carrier Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is to enter a partnership deal with Qatar Airways, according to reports. The potential collaboration follows a Trinidadian delegation, headed by...

As soon as Moscow received an American response to its security demands in Ukraine, it answered indirectly by announcing greater military integration between it and three South American countries,...

The first high-level detainee at the controversial US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been cleared for transfer with security guarantees, according to a recently published report and...

The UAE along with four other countries – Albania, Brazil, Gabon and Ghana – have assumed responsibilities as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council. Although the two-year term...