Caribbean

he royals are coming, and the Caribbean wants to be heard. Islanders are seeking slavery reparations from Britain, a formal apology for its role in the slave trade and greater independence from the former colonial power.

The U.S. military says it has attacked a boat suspected of being used to smuggle drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing four people. Sunday's attack brings the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes by the U.S. military to at least 235 in 70 strikes since President Donald Trump's administration began targeting those it calls "narcoterrorists" a year ago.

Slinger Francisco, better known as 'The Mighty Sparrow' and the 'Calypso King of the World', passed away Sunday at the age of 91. He made his way to Miami and South Florida many times over the years, entertaining one of the largest Caribbean diasporas in the United States.

The Oxford English Dictionary has officially added over a dozen Caribbean words. "Bimpert," a Bermudian term for a foolish person, is included. "Hornerman," from Trinidad and Tobago, describes an unfaithful man.

FILE: A family member says all four relatives aboard a small plane that went missing off the Bahamas were found dead.

The U.S. military has attacked another boat suspected of being used to smuggle drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing four people. Tuesday's attack brings the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes by the U.S. military to at least 227 in 68 strikes since the Trump administration began targeting those it calls "narcoterrorists" almost a year ago.

The Caribbean Court of Justice has ruled that a U.S. extradition process against Guyana’s main opposition leader and his father can resume after it was disrupted by a legal challenge from the two.

A group of Caribbean leaders has met with senior clergy from the Church of England as the push for slavery reparations intensifies. Activists also are calling for the independence of British, French, Dutch and U.S. territories in the region. The reparations commission from Caribbean trade bloc Caricom also was scheduled to meet with British parliamentarians on Tuesday as part of a four-day official trip to the United Kingdom to seek reparations.

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake off the coast of Cuba was felt across Florida on Monday afternoon, with residents reporting shaking in Miami, Tampa and Orlando.

The U.S. military says it’s launched another strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea. The attack on Monday killed two people.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to the Caribbean country of St. Kitts and Nevis this week to reassert the Trump administration's interests in the Western Hemisphere just a month after the U.S. military operation that removed then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from power.

The number of sexual abuse cases being treated at a clinic in Haiti’s capital has tripled in the past four years as gang violence surges across the troubled Caribbean country.