KINGSTON, Jamaica _ Police in Jamaica say a French woman has been arrested at an island airport and charged with attempting to smuggle cocaine. The Jamaica […]

DAKAR, Senegal _ A Canadian has been named secretary-general of the International Organization of the Francophonie, a group of mostly French-speaking countries, many of them former […]

CASTRIES, St. Lucia _ An alliance of left-leaning Latin American and Caribbean nations is providing $10 million in grants to the small island of St. Lucia […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica _ Heavy rains have washed away a bridge and flooded low-lying areas in several parishes in eastern Jamaica. Military rescuers have brought more than […]

By Alan Scher Zagier THE ASSOCIATED PRESS   FERGUSON, Mo. _ The white police officer who killed Michael Brown has resigned from the Ferguson Police Department, […]

By Ezequiel Abiu Lopez THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic _ Dominican President Danilo Medina has urged legislators to decriminalize abortions if a woman’s life […]

The prime minister of Antigua & Barbuda has appointed actor Robert De Niro as special economic envoy of the twin-island nation in the eastern Caribbean. The […]

By Associated Press THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON _ The White House Christmas tree has arrived. A horse-drawn wagon hauled it up the driveway to the North […]

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti _ Haitian authorities on Thursday were investigating a street protest that turned violent in a northeastern town close to the country’s border with the […]

By Ava Turnquest And Ben Fox THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NASSAU, Bahamas _ On the first day new immigration rules took effect this month in the Bahamas, […]

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti _ Haiti‘s health system still does not have the capacity to adequately treat cholera patients and there has been an uptick in cases in […]