Hurricane Beryl, now a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm, has set its sights on Jamaica's shoreline after leaving at least one person dead and inflicting ruin across entire islands in the Caribbean on Monday.
Beryl is marching away from the (...)
Hurricane Beryl, a powerful Category 3 storm, is expected to slam into the Caribbean on Monday, endangering several island communities with life-threatening storm surge, violent winds and flash flooding.
The hurricane's core is most at risk of (...)
The UK is preparing to send a warship to Guyana in a show of diplomatic and military support for the former British colony, the BBC has learned.
It comes after neighboring Venezuela renewed its claim for a disputed part of Guyanese territory that is (...)
More than a dozen workers have been killed after a bridge under construction collapsed in northeast India Wednesday, the latest in a string of infrastructure failures that have resulted in multiple deaths in the country.
The collapse of the bridge (...)
A new UN-backed humanitarian logistics hub and training center in Barbados aims to strengthen emergency preparedness and response across the Caribbean, the World Food Programme (WFP) said in announcing the news on Thursday.
The facility is a (...)
When Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley stood up in front of the United Nations General Assembly earlier this year, she was not in a mood to pull punches. In front of world leaders, she decried the "faceless few" who were pushing the world (...)
Queen Elizabeth will have one less realm after this week, when Barbados severs its final imperial links to Britain by removing the 95-year-old as its head of state and declaring itself a republic.
The former British colony -- which gained (...)
Barbados has elected its first ever president as it prepares to become a republic, removing Queen Elizabeth as head of state, BBC reported on Thursday.
Dame Sandra Mason, 72, is set to be sworn in on 30 November, which will mark the country's 55th (...)
The UN Secretary-General on Sunday said he was committed to ensuring that the organisation is a place where "youth voices are heard, and their ideas lead", as he spent the day in Barbados which hosts a major UN conference on trade and development, (...)
Chris Gayle's recent form promises batting fireworks from the swashbuckling opener in his fifth and final World Cup and offers plenty of hope to a West Indies team finally showing signs of a resurgence.
Gayle will turn 40 in September but remains a (...)
England all-rounder Moeen Ali differs with coach Trevor Bayliss and believes turning up the stump microphones could curb sledging in cricket.
West Indies fast bowler Shannon Gabriel was banned for four One-Day Internationals on Wednesday after found (...)
Opening batsman Chris Gayle has been recalled to the West Indies One-Day International (ODI) squad for the first two games of this month's five-match series against England.
Gayle has not played for West Indies since he scored 73 in an 18-run ODI (...)
England's batsmen lacked "guts and determination" in their heavy defeat against West Indies in the first Test in Barbados and they must learn to build partnerships when they lose quick wickets, coach Trevor Bayliss has said.
England collapsed for 77 (...)
West Indies captain Jason Holder and wicketkeeper Shane Dowrich recorded the highest unbeaten seventh-innings partnership in Test history as the hosts put England on the ropes in an extraordinary first Test here Friday.
England, set a massive target (...)
An astonishing day two ended with West Indies in a strong but not necessarily impregnable position against England, 339 runs ahead in their second innings with four wickets remaining in the first Test in Barbados on Thursday.
Eighteen wickets fell (...)
England picked up four late wickets with the second new ball to turn the first Test against West Indies in their favor, leaving the hosts reeling at 264 for eight at stumps on the first day in Barbados on Wednesday.
James Anderson tore through West (...)
Pace bowler James Anderson equaled an Ian Botham record when he took five wickets as England dismissed West Indies for 289 in the first innings of the first Test in Barbados on Thursday.
Anderson's 27th five-wicket haul matched Botham's tally, a (...)
The West Indies beat Pakistan by 106 runs for a series-levelling victory as Shannon Gabriel took 5-11 on the last day of the second test on Thursday.
Pakistan was all out for 81 in its second innings in 34.4 overs, unable to cope with the pace of (...)
Pakistan captain Misbahul Haq was dismissed for 99, a week after he was left stranded on the same score, as his side took an 81-run first innings lead during the second Test against West Indies in Barbados Tuesday.
Misbah had the dubious honor of (...)
Pakistan's opening batsman Azhar Ali compiled an unbeaten 81 as they marginally gained the upper hand against West Indies on 172 for three in their first innings on the second day of the second Test in Barbados on Monday. Azhar's obdurate 193-ball (...)
A polished century by Roston Chase guided West Indies out of trouble and into a decent position on 286 for six against Pakistan on the first day of the second Test in Barbados on Sunday.
Chase, 131 at stumps, combined with captain Jason Holder for (...)
Centuries by Alex Hales and Joe Root launched England to a 186-run win over the West Indies and a 3-0 sweep of their One-Day International cricket series Thursday.
Hales made 110 and Root 101 as England posted 328 all out. The home side was then (...)
South Africa's star batsman AB de Villiers has regained the top spot in the latest ICC Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen after leading the list of run-scorers in the recent series against New Zealand which his side won 3-2.
De Villiers's 262 runs in (...)
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LAHORE — Imtiaz Ahmed, a member of Pakistan's first-ever Test team, died in a Lahore hospital Saturday after a brief illness, his family said.
The 88-year-old (...)
A match-winning three-wicket bowling stint by Mitchell Marsh lifted Australia to a convincing victory by 58 runs against West Indies in the final of the triangular One-Day International (ODI) series in Barbados Sunday.
Australia, which batted first (...)
