By Anselm Gibbs Updated 10:10 PM BST, July 11, 2026 Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar stands at the State Department in Washington, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Trinidad and Tobago has signed agreements paving the way for U.S. companies to begin groundwork for installing large data centers in the Caribbean nation, sparking concerns about potential energy consumption and environmental impacts. The memorandums of...

By Sheikh Saaliq and Julhas Alam August 5, 2026 Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrives to attend The Queen’s Dinner during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) at Buckingham Palace in London on April 19, 2018. Credit: Daniel Leal-Olivas and Pool Photo in AP News NEW DELHI (AP) — Ousted former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Wednesday that she plans to return to her country from exile in India in December despite facing a death sentence in Bangladesh over...

By Kristen Gelineau July 16, 2026 An aerial view of a Rohingya refugee camp, home to over a million of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority, in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Nov. 25, 2025. Credit: AP News, Mahmud Hossain Opu, File SYDNEY (AP) — More than 500 people are feared dead after reports that two boats carrying members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority have capsized in the Bay of Bengal, officials said Thursday. According to preliminary information, the two boats left Myanmar’s...