An ex-career diplomat who once served as US ambassador to Bolivia has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for working as an agent for Cuba.
Victor Manuel Rocha, 73, secretly passed information to the Cuban government for more than 40 years, (...)
Luis Rubiales, the former president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), has been arrested as part of a corruption investigation.
He was detained on his arrival in Madrid from the Dominican Republic.
He is suspected of receiving illegal (...)
CAP-HATIEN — Sarah Molin's life reflects the depth of Haiti's problems.
A year ago, the 20-year-old was a computer science student living in a suburb of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
But the failed state that Haiti is rapidly becoming has failed its (...)
A container carrying essential items for newborn babies and their mothers – including resuscitators and other critical supplies – was looted in Port-au-Prince on Saturday, aid agency UNICEF said in a statement, as gang violence and a humanitarian (...)
Over the weekend, the violence in the capital Port-au-Prince ramped up once again. Heavily armed gangs attacked the National Palace and set part of the Interior Ministry on fire with petrol bombs.
It comes after a sustained attack on the (...)
The gang leader behind the violence blighting the Haitian capital has warned there will be a "civil war" if Haiti's prime minister, Ariel Henry, does not step down.
Jimmy "Barbecue" Chérizier made the threat as members of his gang tried to seize the (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader on his country's Independence Day.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques wished the Dominican president continued good health (...)
It sounded like the perfect festive break: a cruise around the sunny Caribbean, before flying back to the cold and wet UK just in time for Christmas.
But the idyllic vacation turned into something of a nightmare for the 225 British passengers on P&O (...)
"They can smell us," said Dr. Clare Strode.
She is carefully carrying a mesh cage of mosquitoes across her lab in Lancashire, north-west England. To be more precise, these are Aedes aegypti, one of two species known to carry and transmit the dengue (...)
SANTO DOMINGO — The first round of political consultations between the foreign ministries of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Dominican Republic was held in Santo Domingo.
The meeting was chaired by the Saudi Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Eng. (...)
Police have arrested a man accused of helping to distribute drugs found in a New York nursery where a one-year-old died after being exposed to fentanyl.
Renny Antonio Parra Paredes, 38, is the third person arrested following the death of Nicholas (...)
Addressing the UN General Assembly on Friday, Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry again appealed for international support to combat rampant gang violence – one element of the multi-dimensional crisis affecting his country.
Armed groups control areas (...)
As sweltering conditions continue to grip large parts of Europe, temperatures have "reached new heights" in Switzerland, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Tuesday.
Speaking in Geneva, WMO spokesperson Clare Nullis said that a (...)
At least 12 people died and 65 more were injured in an explosion in the Dominican Republic, the Dominican Red Cross said in a statement.
Some 55 people are also missing after the incident on Monday, which occurred in Villa Valdez, San Cristobal (...)
Saudi Arabia chaired the 118th Session of the Executive Council of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) held in Punta Cana, the Dominican Republic.
The Kingdom was elected as chair of the 34-member Executive Council of the UNWTO for 2023 during (...)
Dominican Republic joined the ranks of countries around the world expressing their support for Saudi Arabia's bid to host the 2030 World Expo, showing interest in developing economic, trade, and investment bilateral ties.
The decision was announced (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman sent a cable of congratulations to Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader on anniversary of his country's Independence Day.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques wished the Dominican president continued (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud sent a cable of congratulations to Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader on anniversary of his country's independence day.
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques wished the (...)
His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, has sent a cable of congratulations to President Luis Abinader of Dominican Republic on anniversary of his country's independence day .
HRH the (...)
Minister of Economy and Planning, Faisal bin Fadhil Alibrahim, participated in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Ministerial Meeting on Responsible Business Conduct (RBC) in the global economy on February 14-15, 2023 (...)
Minister of Economy and Planning, Faisal bin Fadhil Al Ibrahim held discussions with high-level representatives and ministers In Paris on the sidelines of the OECD ministerial meeting.
Al Ibrahim had participated in the Organization for Economic (...)
Saudi Minister of Economy and Planning Faisal bin Fadhil Alibrahim has met in Paris with Minister of Labor of the Dominican Republic Luis Miguel De Camps, on the sidelines of the OECD Ministerial Meeting on Responsible Business Conduct in the Global (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman at Al-Yamamah Palace here on Tuesday afternoon, praised the announcement of the Crown Prince and Prime Minister Prince Mohammed Bin Salman on the masterplan for King Salman (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet's session held on Tuesday afternoon at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh.
At the outset of the session, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques briefed the Cabinet (...)
Power lines have been downed and houses washed into the sea after Storm Fiona battered Canada's coastline.
One woman is missing after being washed out to sea in Newfoundland.
Fiona was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm on Friday. Such (...)