Belize basketball U-19 men win Bronze at XII Central American Games

Belize National Under-19 Men’s Basketball Team By William Ysaguirre (Freelance Writer) BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Oct. 30, 2025 The Belize National Under-19 Men’s Basketball Team enjoyed 4 victories, to win the bronze medal at the 12th Central American...

Apparel sector urges US to phase in new tariffs, boost predictability

The US apparel sector’s recommendation comes in response to a comment sought by the USTR for the 2026 National Trade Estimate (NTE) Report on Foreign Trade Barriers. AAFA trade and transportation specialist Audrey Clark, who submitted the comment...

A nice alphabetically organized Baltimore neighborhood oddly saddled with a not-so-nice name

The late Joseph “Turkey Joe” Trabert, connoisseur of all things Baltimore and a titan of trivia, years ago challenged me to “name in alphabetical order the streets of the A to K neighborhood.” I couldn’t do it. As a general assignment reporter for...

New data shows 1 in 4 ICE arrests happened in Texas under Trump’s immigration crackdown

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy , and give us feedback . TEXAS – On the evening of July 1, Luis Medrano called Houston police for help after his wife had gotten violent and...

Trump is repeating the long, painful history of US ‘policing’ of Latin America

In recent weeks, the Trump administration has launched military strikes against more than a dozen boats off the coasts of Venezuela and Colombia, killing more than 60 people. The administration claims it is defending the United States from what it...

America Is The Devil’s Incarnate – Mahdi Shehu Blasts Donald Trump Over ‘Fake Love’ For Nigerian Christians

Public affairs commentator, Mahdi Shehu, has stated that United States President, Donald Trump’s claim of defending Christians in Nigeria is hypocritical. Speaking via a post on his 𝕏 account on Sunday night, Shehu described Trump as a...

Welcome to the Western Hemisphere

Perhaps you were preparing for another round of operations in the Red Sea, or flying multinational patrols over Poland, or training with partners in the Philippines. Maybe you were a strategist who had been running wargames on defending Taiwan or...

US prepares attack on Venezuela as Maduro begs Putin for aid

The Trump administration has drawn up a list of potential military targets within Venezuela as part of its intensifying pressure on President Nicolás Maduro, who has turned to Moscow seeking urgent military assistance, US officials have disclosed....

'There was no holding on': The trail-blazing aerial photos of a daredevil WW1 pilot

Ammon News - Having survived nine crash landings, aviator Alfred Buckham created some of the earliest and most awe-inspiring bird's-eye images. To achieve them, he risked his life, employing perilous, death-defying acts of ingenuity. "What scenes...

Christian genocide: Atiku, Obi, others mum as tension mounts over Trump’s military invasion threat

Mixed reactions have continued to trail United States President, Donald Trump’s threat of military intervention in Nigeria. Trump had, on Friday, designated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concerns, CPC, saying that Christians in the country...

Explained: Why Trump Threatened To Go ‘Guns-A-Blazing’ Into Nigeria

Last Updated:November 03, 2025, 14:47 IST After reclassifying Nigeria as a ‘country of particular concern,’ Trump threatened to go ‘guns-a-blazing’ to stop the killing of Christians, a claim Nigeria strongly rejects US President Donald Trump....

Opting Out of Accountability: The United States and the Implications of Withdrawal from the Universal Periodic Review

On 28th August 2025, the United States of America (USA) took the step of withdrawing from the UN’s human rights monitoring process, the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The peer review process, through which states evaluate one another’s human...

Country of Particular Concern: What it means for Nigeria

•Economic sanctions, international isolation, ban on IMF, World Bank loans, others •Boko Haram, Al-Shabaab, others designated entities of Particular Concern in 2023 The designation of Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” on religious...

Trump’s new love for Christians plot to destroy Nigeria – Mahdi Shehu

Public affairs commentator, Mahdi Shehu, has criticised United States President, Donald Trump over his recent threat to launch military action in Nigeria under the guise of protecting Christians. In a post shared on X on Sunday night, Shehu...

Remembering Hurricane Mitch — Central America’s darkest storm

Views: 1 Views: 1 Posted: Sunday, November 2, 2025. 9:43 pm CST. By Aaron Humes: On November 2, 1998, Hurricane Mitch unleashed one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history. The Category 5 hurricane brought torrential rain that turned...

Belize athletes win Gold, Silver & Bronze at XII Central American Games

Belize Billiards Team won 1 Gold and 3 Bronze medals By William Ysaguirre (Freelance Writer) BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Oct. 30, 2025 The Belizean athletes harvested Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in the 2nd week of the 12th Central American Games in...

Hurricane Melissa deals another heavy blow to Jamaica's farm...

The updates sent by friends and neighbors on WhatsApp confirmed what fisher Prince Davis already feared: Hurricane Melissa put a hole in the stern of his 50-foot (15-meter) fishing boat, and damaged the cabin and back deck. His father's boat was...

Venezuela's Machado reveals US support and ties to Rubio

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has recently spoken with Bloomberg about the presence of Hamas in Venezuela and her close relationship with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Trump administration. However, what Machado did...

Reports: Germany consulted Israel before ICJ genocide case defense

Germany coordinated with Israeli officials about what information to reveal during its defense at the International Court of Justice against genocide in Gaza, according to German media investigations. The reports suggest Berlin may not have...

Trump threatens to go ‘guns-a-blazing’ into Nigeria: What is happening in the country, what US has done

After US President Donald Trump threatened to go in “guns-a-blazing” into Nigeria to “wipe out the Islamic terrorists” who “attack our Cherished Christians”, the African country said it would welcome US help in tackling terrorism as long as its...