Efforts by U.S. President Donald Trump to rally international support for securing the Strait of Hormuz have so far drawn cautious responses, with no country publicly committing warships to the strategic waterway. U.S. officials spent the weekend urging allies to join a coalition aimed at reopening
Rare anti-government protests have erupted in Cuba, with demonstrators setting fire to a local Communist Party office in the central city of Morón amid worsening food and energy shortages. Authorities said five people were arrested following what state media described as “acts of vandalism.” According to
A 27-year-old Chinese national has been arrested in Nairobi after authorities discovered more than 2,200 live garden ants concealed in his luggage at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Zhang Kequn was intercepted Tuesday while attempting to leave Kenya. According to court filings, immigration officials had placed a
Twenty-one-year-old Luewin Link has been charged with the murder of Clinton Delton Pou, which occurred last Tuesday in Belize City. He also faces additional charges of attempted murder, use of deadly means of harm, and dangerous harm in relation to injuries sustained by 27-year-old Kiandra Pou. The
The U.S. Department of State has maintained Belize at a Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution travel advisory, citing crime as the primary concern. In its latest update issued March 12, 2026, the advisory level and risk indicators remain unchanged, though the summary was updated. U.S. officials
Leader of the Opposition Tracy Panton is calling on the Briceño administration to provide what she describes as a clear and detailed explanation for the sudden spike in fuel prices at the pump. On Friday, Prime Minister John Briceño said the increase was expected as international
Thomas G. “Tommy” Thompson, the deep-sea explorer who discovered the historic S.S. Central America shipwreck, has been released from prison after serving nearly a decade behind bars for contempt of court. But hundreds of gold coins he claimed were tied to a trust in Belize
Belizeans are feeling the heat, not from the Middle East conflict itself, but from the sudden spike at the gas pump. Overnight, fuel prices shot up by more than ten percent, hitting wallets already stretched thin by rising cost of living. Government officials say the
Leaving the fuel pumps behind, we turn to the National Assembly, where the Joint Public Accounts Committee put government spending under the microscope today as it dug into the Auditor General’s 2016/2017 report. What emerged wasn’t just a stack of old numbers, but a worrying
Belize is getting international praise after the International Labor Organization (ILO) applauded the country for meeting a key constitutional duty on workers’ rights. The Labor Department has now completed the long‑standing task of submitting a full slate of international labor standards to the National Assembly.
