Thursday, April 30, 2026

World

Trump expected to be among Nobel Peace Prize nominees

OSLO - Some 287 candidates will be considered for ​the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, the secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Thursday, with US President Donald Trump ‌likely...

Kim Jong Un praises troops who ‘self-blasted’ to avoid capture by Ukraine

Kim Jong Un has praised North Korean soldiers who killed themselves by detonating their grenades while fighting for...

Trump says King will be ‘very safe’ during US visit after security talks

Donald Trump has said King Charles III will "be very safe" during his state visit to the US,...

Israeli strikes leave 14 dead, 37 hurt in Lebanon

Israeli strikes killed 14 people and wounded 37 on ​Sunday, Lebanon's health ministry said, as the Israeli military...

US to let Venezuela pay Maduro’s lawyer in drug trafficking case 

The United States has agreed to modify its sanctions ​on Venezuela to allow the South American country's government...

Caricom leaders launch ‘Step it Up’ campaign

Leaders from across the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), yesterday launched the Caribbean Moves campaign, under the tagline ‘Step it Up’.The campaign is an initiative to...

Trump court nominee’s accuser tells Congress she feared being killed

WASHINGTON − A university professor on Thursday detailed her allegations that Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, sexually assaulted her 36 years...

Trump says China trying to meddle in US congressional elections

UNITED NATIONS – United States President Donald Trump accused China of seeking to meddle in the November 6 US congressional elections on Wednesday, saying...

Bill Cosby sentenced to 3 to 10 years in prison for sexual assault

NORRISTOWN, Pennsylvania − Bill Cosby was sentenced to between three and ten years in prison on Tuesday for sexually assaulting a woman, capping the...

Trump criticises Iran as ‘corrupt dictatorship’ in UN speech

NEW YORK – United States President Donald Trump blasted Iran on Tuesday as a “corrupt dictatorship” that is plundering its people to pay for...

Trump, Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein to meet on Thursday

WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump and US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who oversees the special counsel investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016...