Some crew are abandoning a Barbados-flagged ship and others are reported missing after it was damaged in an apparent attack off Yemen, maritime security firm Ambrey said.
A US official told Reuters smoke was seen coming off the True Confidence and a (...)
The Pentagon said US and UK fighter planes have carried out strikes on 18 Houthi sites in Yemen — the fourth such joint operation by the allies.
The US said Saturday's strikes were directed against storage facilities, drones, air defense systems, (...)
A cargo ship that was struck by a Houthi ballistic missile on Monday has created an 18-mile long oil slick in the Red Sea as it continues to take on water, two US officials said Friday.
The M/V Rubymar — a Belize-flagged, UK-registered, (...)
Two missiles have hit a ship off Yemen and caused a fire on board, authorities say, in another apparent attack by Yemen's rebel Houthi movement.
The UK Maritime Trade Operations agency said the unnamed vessel was in the Gulf of Aden when it was (...)
The European Union on Monday formally launched a bespoke naval mission to protect commercial vessels in the Red Sea from attacks by Houthi rebels.
Mission 'Aspides' — Greek for shield — will aim to preserve freedom of navigation in the Red Sea and (...)
The US is investigating after an unmanned US drone crashed near Hodeidah in Yemen early Monday morning, two US officials told CNN.
It's unclear if the Air Force MQ-9 Reaper, an unmanned drone primarily used for intelligence collection, simply (...)
The crew of a Belize-flagged, British-registered cargo vessel have abandoned ship off Yemen after it was hit by missiles fired by the Houthi movement.
The Rubymar was in the Gulf of Aden and nearing the Bab al-Mandab Strait when it was struck, (...)
Caribbean countries have been equipped to better prepare for hurricanes and other hazards following the conclusion of a three-and-a-half year project to strengthen weather, water and climate services, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) (...)
BELIZE — The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) has signed a development loan agreement worth $77 million to fund a project to establish a solar power plant in Belize.
The agreement was signed by SFD's CEO Sultan Bin Abdulrahman Al-Murshed and Johnny (...)
A Canadian socialite who killed a police chief in Belize with his own gun has reportedly been spared prison time.
Jasmine Hartin, 34, was handed a £30,000 fine and 300 hours of community service, according to local reports.
She pleaded guilty in (...)
China sent warships to the waters around Taiwan on Thursday, following a meeting between Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and the US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Beijing promised a "determined" response to the high-level talks in California, while (...)
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen has arrived in New York to criticism from China, which warned the US of serious repercussions.
Ms Tsai is transiting through the US on her way to Central America, but she may meet with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (...)
President of the Federation of Saudi Chambers Hassan bin Mujib Al-Huwaizi and a number of Saudi businessmen met today with Christopher Coye, the Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Investment in the Government of Belize and his (...)
CEO of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) Sultan bin Abdulrahman Al-Marshad met today at the SFD's headquarters in Riyadh, with Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Investment of the Republic of Belize Christopher Coye and his (...)
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres has warned: "We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot still on the accelerator." But what does that mean? Here's where things stand in terms of the numnbers.
Guterres has warned world (...)
NEW YORK — Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan and Belize Foreign Minister Eamon Courtenay signed a draft protocol for establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Prince Faisal met the Prime Minister of Belize John Briceño on (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet's session held on Tuesday afternoon at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah.
At the outset of the session, the Cabinet was briefed on the content of the letters (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman at the Al-Salam Palace here on Tuesday, reviewed the economic and structural reforms that were implemented within the framework of Vision 2030, and their role in strengthening the (...)
Antigua and Barbuda will vote on whether to become a republic following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the country's prime minister revealed.
Gaston Browne said a referendum could take place within three years — but emphasized that the move was (...)
A Japanese chemical tanker ship crashed into a cargo ship off the coast of southwestern Japan, the coast guard said Saturday, reports AP.
No one was injured among the six Japanese crew members aboard the tanker Ryoshinmaru and 14 Chinese crew (...)
Antigua and Barbuda should "one day become a republic", its prime minister has told the Earl and Countess of Wessex during their Caribbean tour.
Gaston Browne said during a meeting with the royal couple, who are touring the region to mark the (...)
International Mother Earth Day is a chance to reflect on how humanity has been treating our planet, and let's face it: we've been poor custodians. And while a steady stream of reports has painted a legitimately worrying picture of the current state (...)
The world's best-known coral reefs could be extinct by the end of the century unless we do more to make them resilient to our warming oceans.
That's the stark message from UNESCO, which is behind an emergency bid to protect these natural marine (...)
More than eight million new COVID-19 cases were reported in the Americas last week, the highest weekly caseload since the start of the pandemic, the head of the regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists on (...)
Lack of opportunities, gangs, organized crime, the ravages of the pandemic and climate change, have triggered the displacement of nearly one million people in Mexico and Central America in recent years.
To deal with the problem more effectively, the (...)