Oil company BP shouldered some responsibility for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster Wednesday after an internal investigation of the spill, but assigned much of the blame to contractors Halliburton and Transocean....read more

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) says it will review the procedures used for the return of ammunition after several breaches were discovered recently....read more

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used a foreign policy talk to weigh in on hot-button political issues Wednesday, slamming a Florida pastor for his "disgraceful" plan to burn the Quran and strongly criticizing George W. Bush's fiscal record....read more

The psychic whose predictions led a group of angry persons from the southernmost village of San Marcus in Belize to destroy a sanctuary for crocodiles will re-appear in court next month on a charge of “pretending to tell fortune”....read more

Iran has put the stoning sentence of a woman convicted of adultery and murder "on hold," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told state-run Press TV on Wednesday....read more

The Bahamas is seeking to improve trading relations with China and as a result will participate in a three-week import and export fair in Beijing next month, Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette has said....read more

Prime Minister David Thompson has confirmed that he is in United States for a “medical procedure” but shied away from questions as to whether or not he is healthy enough to led a government in Barbados....read more

North Korea's political leaders are expected to meet this month in a rare gathering, possibly to set the stage for the handover of power from Kim Jong Il to his youngest son....read more

In a jailhouse interview with a Dutch television station, Joran van der Sloot said he is remorseful for telling so many stories regarding the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, but once again denied culpability in the case. ...read more

Mark David Chapman, convicted killer of music icon John Lennon, is up for parole for the sixth time and may be questioned this week. ...read more