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People displaced by gang violence spend time at a makeshift shelter in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Wednesday.
December 9, 2025

Gang attacks town, kills teacher, kidnaps residents and burns buildings

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): A Haitian gang attacked a small town northwest of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, killing, kidnapping and burning down buildings as gang violence devours the Caribbean nation.…
The Matsapha Correctional Complex is seen in Matsapha, near Mbabane, Eswatini.
December 9, 2025

Amnesty International calls for urgent action for men deported to Eswatini

CAPE TOWN (AP): International rights group Amnesty International called Friday for urgent action from authorities in the African nation of Eswatini to give five men deported there by the United States…
The UN flag flies on a stormy day at the United Nations during the United Nations General Assembly in September 2022.
December 9, 2025

‘Deep alarm’

UNITED NATIONS (AP): The United States once again vetoed a UN Security Council resolution Thursday that had demanded for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages after…
Jimmy Kimmel appears at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards in in Los Angeles on Monday, September 12, 2022.
December 9, 2025

Kimmel's future hangs in balance after ABC suspends his late-night show over Charlie Kirk comments

NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel's television future hung in the balance Thursday after ABC suspended his late-night show following the host's comments about Charlie Kirk's killing, which…
Felipe de Jesus Hernandez Marcelo is shown in this undated photograph provided by his attorney, Emily Rebelskey. (Emily Rebelskey via AP)
December 9, 2025

Immigration judge denies bond for man detained by ICE after nearly dying in Iowa shooting

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An immigration judge has denied bond to a man who has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement since he sought police help as the victim of a near-fatal shooting in…
A man is detained by immigration agents at a car wash on Friday, August 15, in Montebello, California.
December 9, 2025

Immigration advocates welcome latest court ruling

NEW YORK (CMC): Caribbean immigration advocates in New York have welcomed a United States District Court ruling on Thursday granting a preliminary injunction prohibiting the US Immigration and…
Jimmy Kimmel
December 9, 2025

Democrats introduce bill to protect free speech following Kimmel suspension

AYLESBURY (AP): After ABC suspended comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show following a threat from the head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), congressional Democrats have denounced the…
A relative of an unaccompanied minor deported from the United States reviews the list of those deported outside La Aurora International Airport, in Guatemala City on August 31.
December 9, 2025

Judge blocks Trump from deporting Guatemalan migrant children

WASHINGTON (AP): A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from immediately deporting Guatemalan migrant children who came to the US alone back to their home country,…
Barbados’ Foreign Minister, Kerrie Symmonds.
December 9, 2025

Concerns raised over US war on drugs in the Caribbean

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): Barbados’ Foreign Minister, Kerrie Symmonds , has expressed concerns at the recent United States military strikes on vessels suspected of drug trafficking, saying the…