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Seven minors killed in Colombian airstrikes on guerrillas this week
Nov 16, 2025 (AFP)
Iris Marin, head of the office, told reporters that "six minors who had been victims of forced recruitment" died in the operation ordered by President Gustavo P...
US Drug Raids: No Prosecution for Military, Six Minors Killed in Colombia, Smuggling Boat Stopped
Nov 16, 2025 (AFP)
"The strikes were ordered consistent with the laws of armed conflict, and as such are lawful orders," a Justice Department spokesperson said. US service members...
Alleged Chinese scam kingpin extradited from Thailand: police
Nov 12, 2025 (AFP)
She Zhijiang had been in Thai custody since 2022 after spending more than a decade on the run from Chinese authorities, accused of ties to the Myanmar gambling ...
Colombia military says airstrikes kill 19 guerrillas
Nov 11, 2025 (AFP)
The strikes -- which targeted a dissident ex-FARC splinter group -- came as President Gustavo Petro faces pre-election criticism and US sanctions for his allege...
UK court jails Chinese bitcoin fraudster for over 11 years
Nov 11, 2025 (AFP)
Nicknamed the "goddess of wealth", 47-year-old Zhimin Qian orchestrated a Ponzi scheme that promised investors returns of up to 300 percent, defrauding around 1...
Thai court rules Chinese scam hub tycoon to be extradited
Nov 10, 2025 (AFP)
Chinese businessman She Zhijiang, 43, has been in a detention in Thailand since 2022, fighting an extradition request from Beijing over his mega projects and ga...
US strikes on alleged drug boats kill six more people
Nov 10, 2025 (AFP)
Hegseth, in a post on X, said the United States had carried out the strikes on Sunday in international waters in the eastern Pacific, targeting two boats "carry...
Chinese 'goddess of wealth' faces jail after huge UK crypto seizure; Thai court rules Chinese scam hub tycoon to be extradited
Nov 10, 2025 (AFP)
Nicknamed the "goddess of wealth", Zhimin Qian, 47, is accused of orchestrating a Ponzi scheme which defrauded around 128,000 people in China between 2014 and 2...
'Strong indications' US strikes on alleged drug boats 'extrajudicial killings': UN rights chief
Nov 10, 2025 (AFP)
The United States has carried out a series of strikes in the Caribbean and the Pacific in recent weeks on boats that Washington claims were ferrying drugs, kill...
Chinese businesswoman faces jail after huge UK crypto seizure
Nov 10, 2025 (AFP)
The 47-year-old, who used the alias Yadi Zhang, defrauded more than 128,000 victims through a scheme in China from 2014-17 and stored the illegally obtained fun...
Three killed in new US strike on alleged drug boat, toll at 70
Nov 07, 2025 (AFP)
The United States began carrying out such strikes -- which experts say amount to extrajudicial killings even if they target known traffickers -- in early Septem...
Hong Kong arrests 80 in one of its biggest crypto frauds
Nov 05, 2025 (AFP)
Police have been investigating JPEX since September 2023 after the city's securities regulator accused the platform of "suspicious" activities and promoting its...
US strike on alleged drug boat kills two in eastern Pacific
Nov 05, 2025 (AFP)
The United States began carrying out such strikes -- which experts say amount to extrajudicial killings even if they target known traffickers -- in early Septem...
US strike on alleged Caribbean drug boat kills 3; Trump threatens Nigeria over Christian deaths
Nov 02, 2025 (AFP)
The United States has deployed Navy ships to the Caribbean and sent F-35 stealth warplanes to Puerto Rico, part of a massive military force that Washington insi...
U.S. kills three in latest strike against an alleged drug boat
Nov 02, 2025 (UPI)
Hegseth said in a post to social media Saturday that American forces conducted a kinetic strike against the vessel in international waters. He said three "narco...
US says 4 dead in new strike on 'drug boat'; as Venezuela says intercepted drug planes, destroyed camps
Oct 30, 2025 (AFP)
The strike occurred in international waters, Hegseth announced on X, and a video accompanying his post showed a boat floating stationary in the water before a l...
Mexico searches for survivor of US strikes on Pacific boats
Oct 28, 2025 (AFP)
The Navy said that the operation was taking place more than 400 nautical miles southwest of the port of Acapulco and was carried out at the request of the US Co...
Hegseth announces strikes on four drug-smuggling boats in eastern Pacific
Oct 28, 2025 (UPI)
The four vessels were targeted in international waters with three "lethal kinetic strikes" as the weekslong assault on alleged drug trafficking boats in the Car...
New US strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat kills six
Oct 24, 2025 (AFP)
The latest military action brings the total number of US strikes on alleged traffickers in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific to at least 10, leaving at least 43...
Bolsonaro's son urges US to bomb narco boats in Rio
Oct 23, 2025 (AFP)
Washington has deployed stealth warplanes and Navy ships in the Caribbean as part of what it calls counter-narcotics efforts, destroying nine vessels and killin...
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