Caribbean

Two dead as hundreds of police, supporters march in Haiti

Since coming to power in February 2017, Moise has faced the anger of an opposition movement that refuses to recognise his victory in an election widely seen as dubious. And protests turned violent in late August due to a national fuel shortage.

Hundreds honour Cuban ballerina Alicia Alonso

Legendary Cuban ballerina Alicia Alonso who achieved global acclaim in the 1940s and went on to run the internationally renowned National Ballet of Cuba for decades died at age 98, state-run media said.

Ex-Dallas officer who killed neighbour found guilty of murder

Jury takes only a matter of hours to convict Guyger, 31, after six days of testimony over the September 2018 death. Cheers erupted in the courthouse as the verdict was announced.

Haiti braces for new protest, demands that leader resign

Several people have died in the past three weeks amid the often violent political clashes.

Still reeling from Hurricane Dorian, Bahamas faces Tropical Storm Humberto

Humberto is forecast to become a hurricane by Sunday night but is expected to stay offshore of Florida's eastern coast as it moves toward open waters.

Tropical Storm Humberto targets hurricane-hit Bahamas

The announcement from the National Hurricane Centre came after it had warned early Friday that a strengthening tropical depression was headed for the same islands hit by Dorian last week.

Tropical storm warning issued for hurricane-hit Bahamas

Bahamian meteorologists said the islands of Grand Bahama and Abaco, which were the worst-hit by Hurricane Dorian, were in the path of the approaching weather system.

New storm hits hurricane-ravaged Bahamas, could become tropical storm

Early Friday, tropical disturbances swept over the central Bahamas, packing winds of 45km/h and expected to drop 8 to 13cm of rain through Sunday.

1,300 still missing in hurricane-hit Bahamas - officials

Officials in the Bahamas believe that there are 1,300 people missing after Hurricane Dorian plowed into the islands, a sharp decline from the 2,500 listed on the missing registry a day earlier.

2,500 missing in Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian - official

At least 50 people died in the hurricane which slammed into the northern Bahamas as a Category 5 storm while officials say they expect the number to rise significantly.

Death toll from Hurricane Dorian rises to at least 50 in Bahamas

The death toll increased to 50 in the Bahamas, where Hurricane Dorian pummeled 320 km/h winds, according to a spokesman for the islands' National Emergency Management Agency.

Audio transcripts of Khashoggi’s murder released

Moments before Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed and dismembered last October, two of his suspected murderers waiting at the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate fretted about the upcoming task, audio transcripts reveal.