Guyana’s Ambassador to Suriname, Keith George, was on Wednesday assaulted by Surinamese police on the premises of the Guyana embassy in Paramaribo following a traffic incident outside of the compound, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
At about 2030h. last night, police say that three men, one of whom was armed with a firearm and the others with cutlasses, entered the home of Chandrajeet Persaud, 51 years, of Glasgow Housing Scheme, EBB, through the open doorway.
JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene his security cabinet on Friday to discuss the framework deal reached between world powers and Iran, after telling U.S.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, (Reuters) – Iran and world powers reached a framework on curbing Iran’s nuclear programme at marathon talks in Switzerland today that will allow further negotiations towards a final agreement.
GARISSA, Kenya, (Reuters) – Gunmen from the Islamist militant group al Shabaab stormed a university in Kenya and killed at least 147 people today, in the worst attack on Kenyan soil since the U.S.
(Trinidad Express) Talks between Caribbean Airlines (CAL) and the Trinidad and Tobago Airline Pilots Association (TTALPA) have broken down and it’s possible there may be sick-out action by pilots over the long Easter weekend.
The police are hunting for a vehicle containing millions of dollars in pension and other public assistance funds which vanished from Regent Street in the vicinity of the Bourda Post Office this morning.
DHAKA, (Reuters) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) was left red-faced today when its president Mustafa Kamal resigned claiming he was snubbed at the presentation ceremony after Sunday’s World Cup final in Melbourne.
(Reuters) – Some of the world’s biggest names in music including Beyonce, Cold Play’s Chris Martin and Rihanna are backing Jay Z’s new global streaming music service Tidal, which launched on Monday, and is billing itself as the first of its kind owned by artists.
A Linden businessman is in custody following the seizure of a quantity of cocaine packed among several hundred bags of charcoal in a 40-ft container at Silver Hill, Linden, Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) James Singh said today.
(Trinidad Guardian) Legendary West Indies cricketer Sir Curtly Ambrose is laying blame for the collapse of regional cricket squarely at the door of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).
ABUJA, (Reuters) – Three decades after seizing power in a military coup, Muhammadu Buhari became the first Nigerian to oust a president through the ballot box, putting him in charge of Africa’s biggest economy and one of its most turbulent democracies.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia will resist the temptation to tinker with their team on tour against West Indies and plan to field their best 11 in a bid to sweep the two-test series and build momentum for the Ashes, selector Rod Marsh has said.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Before Helen Mirren agreed to play elderly Jewish World War Two refugee Maria Altmann in the new film “Woman in Gold,” the Academy Award-winning actress checked the last page of the screenplay to see if the character was there.
ABUJA, (Reuters) – Nigerian opposition leader Muhammadu Buhari built a lead of 2 million votes with three-quarters of states counted on Monday, raising the prospect of a stunning ballot box victory for a man who first came to power three decades ago via a military coup.
(Reuters) – Comedian Trevor Noah, a relative newcomer to U.S. television, will replace Jon Stewart as the new host of the Emmy Award-winning, late-night parody newscast “The Daily Show,” Comedy Central said on Monday.
(Jamaica Observer) FALMOUTH, Trelawny — The Trelawny police have taken two men into custody in connection with the recovery of 11 illegal firearms, a rocket launcher and more than 300 rounds of assorted ammunition which were hidden in a barrel being transported by a pickup yesterday.
At about 0045h today, police say that Devon Pydana, 28 years, of Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, Berbice, was allegedly driving a motor car at a fast rate along the Golden Grove Public Road, West Coast Berbice, when he lost control of the vehicle and collided with two parked motor lorries.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Dark sunglasses were the order of the day for Australia’s triumphant cricket team today as they paraded the World Cup trophy to hundreds of fans at a public reception after a night of heavy partying at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.