Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry has resigned: Guyana president | Politics News

Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry has resigned: Guyana president | Politics News

BREAKINGBREAKING, Announcement comes amid emergency CARICOM summit on the crisis in Haiti. Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry has resigned, according to Mohamed Irfaan Ali, Guyana’s president and the current chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). 74-year-old Henry tendered his resignation after CARICOM leaders held an emergency summit on the situation…

UN warns surge in gang violence puts pregnant women at risk in Haiti | Politics News

UN warns surge in gang violence puts pregnant women at risk in Haiti | Politics News

‘Too many women and young women in Haiti are victims of indiscriminate violence committed by armed gangs,’ UN says. The United Nations has warned that nearly 3,000 pregnant women could be cut off from essential health services in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, which has been paralysed as a result…

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez guilty in drug trafficking case | Crime News

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez guilty in drug trafficking case | Crime News

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, 55, has been found guilty in a New York federal courtroom of participating in a scheme to ship cocaine through his country and into the United States. On Friday, a jury in the Southern District Court of New York rendered its verdict after two…

Israeli official faces corruption allegations in Honduras president’s trial | Courts News

Israeli official faces corruption allegations in Honduras president’s trial | Courts News

New York City, United States – The allegations shocked the courtroom. Last week, a confidential witness in a high-profile criminal case alleged that an Israeli embassy participated in a money-laundering scheme linked to the illicit trade of cocaine. It was a major twist in the trial of Juan Orlando Hernandez,…

‘Terrible tragedy’: Canada rocked by mass killing of Sri Lankan family | Crime News

‘Terrible tragedy’: Canada rocked by mass killing of Sri Lankan family | Crime News

The victims of a rare Ottawa mass killing included four children and two adults. A 19-year-old acquaintance was arrested. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has condemned the mass killing of an Ottawa family that had recently moved from Sri Lanka, calling it an act of “terrible violence”. Trudeau’s comments on…

Jack Teixeira pleads guilty to Pentagon leak, faces over 16 years in prison | Courts News

Jack Teixeira pleads guilty to Pentagon leak, faces over 16 years in prison | Courts News

The plea comes after Teixeira agreed to a deal with prosecutors over last year’s leak of classified US military documents. A Massachusetts air national guard member has pleaded guilty to leaking highly classified military documents online, in one of the most serious national security breaches the United States has experienced…

At least eight people injured in blast at cafe in India’s Bengaluru | Police News

At least eight people injured in blast at cafe in India’s Bengaluru | Police News

Investigators suspect the bomb was an improvised device. The reason for the blast is yet to be determined. At least eight people have been injured in India’s tech capital when a suspected home-made bomb went off inside a popular cafe, officials say. The blast at Rameshwaram Cafe in eastern Bengaluru…

‘Call it by its name’: How hateful rhetoric feeds anti-Palestinian violence | Israel War on Gaza News

‘Call it by its name’: How hateful rhetoric feeds anti-Palestinian violence | Israel War on Gaza News

Burlington, Vermont – With Israel waging war in the Gaza Strip and violence reaching new heights in the occupied West Bank, Hisham Awartani’s family thought he would be safer in the United States. That’s why, instead of going to the West Bank for Thanksgiving break, the 20-year-old Palestinian student and…

Germany confirms probe into former Lebanon central bank chief Salameh | Money Laundering News

Germany confirms probe into former Lebanon central bank chief Salameh | Money Laundering News

Prosecutors say Riad Salameh, the bank’s governor from 1993 to 2023, is being investigated for money laundering and other crimes. Prosecutors in Germany have confirmed they are investigating Lebanon’s former central bank chief for money laundering and other crimes and have issued an arrest warrant for him. Riad Salameh, the…

Taylor Swift’s father accused of assaulting photographer in Australia | Crime News

Taylor Swift’s father accused of assaulting photographer in Australia | Crime News

Police in the state of New South Wales say they are investigating the alleged incident. Pop icon Taylor Swift’s father has been accused of assaulting a paparazzi photographer in Australia. Ben McDonald, a Sydney paparazzo, told Australia’s national broadcaster that he had filed a police report accusing Scott Swift of…