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Members of the Nigerian army provide security during an event in Minna, Nigeria, December 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)
April 21, 2026

Nigeria charges six with treason over alleged coup plot

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian authorities have charged six people, including a retired major general and a serving police inspector, with terrorism and treason, over an alleged plot to overthrow…
Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney.
April 21, 2026

Carney: Economic ties with US are a weakness that must be corrected

VANCOUVER (AP): Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a video address released Sunday that Canada’s strong economic ties to the United States were once a strength but are now a weakness that…
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel (centre) attends a celebration marking the 65th anniversary of the proclamation declaring the Cuban Revolution socialist, in Havana, Cuba, on April 16.
April 21, 2026

Gov’t confirms meeting with US officials

HAVANA (AP): Cuba’s government yesterday confirmed that it had recently met with United States officials on the island as tensions between the two sides remain high over the US energy blockade of the…
A Cyprus’ military officer walks by a frigate at the Evangelos Florakis naval base in Mari, Cyprus, on April 17.
April 21, 2026

US funding helps strengthen island’s safe-haven status

PAPHOS (AP): With help from United States taxpayers, Cyprus is upgrading key military installations to strengthen the mission it has carved out for itself as a safe haven in the eastern Mediterranean…
National Police patrol alongside a march by factory workers demanding a salary increase in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
April 21, 2026

Chad will deploy 1,500 troops to Haiti to help combat gang violence

N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Chad will deploy 1,500 troops to Haiti as part of the United Nations security force to the Caribbean country to combat gang violence , according to a letter from the president…
The case is to go back to court on June 3.
April 21, 2026

Group in USVI charged for allegedly running prostitution ring and harbouring illegal immigrants

ST THOMAS, United States Virgin Islands, CMC – United States law enforcement officials have arrested three members of a group allegedly running a prostitution ring and harbouring illegal immigrants in…
CMC photo.
April 20, 2026

Police in Trinidad detain six people as probe continues into fatal attack on police station

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) on Monday said it had detained six people as investigations continue into Sunday’s incident at the San Fernando City…
Police gather in front of a house on Harrison Street near Bernstein Avenue, in Shreveport, La., as they investigate a mass shooting, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (Jill Pickett/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
April 20, 2026

Man kills 7 of his children plus another child in shooting in Louisiana, US

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A Louisiana father fatally shot eight children, including seven of his own, in an attack on his family Sunday morning that stretched across two houses in a Shreveport…
FILE - Containers with Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation, a Taiwanese container shipping company, are stacked up at the Port of Los Angeles with the the Long Beach International Gateway Bridge seen in the background on Wednesday, April 9, 2025 in Los
April 20, 2026

Businesses can claim refunds starting Monday for Trump tariffs declared unconstitutional

NEW YORK (AP) — A refund system for businesses that paid tariffs which the United States Supreme Court ruled President Donald Trump imposed without the constitutional authority to do so is scheduled…