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Are US strikes hurting Latin America's drug trade?
Oct 23, 2025 (AFP)
The strikes have killed at least 37 people, most of them in Caribbean waters, according to US figures. Relatives and the home governments of many of the dead de...
US says two dead in strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat in Pacific
Oct 22, 2025 (AFP)
The strike -- which Hegseth announced in a post on X alongside a video of a boat being engulfed in flames -- brings the total number to at least eight, with at ...
Hegseth confirms 8th U.S. strike on alleged drug boat
Oct 22, 2025 (UPI)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the strike in international waters on Wednesday, which was the first to occur on the Pacific Ocean off the West Coast o...
Pakistan navy ship seizes drugs worth nearly $1 bn in Arabian Sea
Oct 22, 2025 (AFP)
The Combined Maritime Force (CMF), a naval partnership that includes the United States, said the Pakistani naval vessel last week intercepted two different dhow...
French navy shoots drug-smuggling go-fast boat
Oct 21, 2025 (AFP)
The forceful interception happened on Friday night of last week, off the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira, located in the ocean off Morocco, according to Franc...
Chinese woman charged over gold theft at Paris Natural History Museum
Oct 21, 2025 (AFP)
The theft -- by what the museum's director at the time said was an "extremely professional team" -- took place on September 16, a little over a month before an ...
Louvre heist: five things to know about missing jewellery
Oct 20, 2025 (AFP)
- Illustrious - The stolen pieces span two centuries of history and belonged to queens and empresses of France. Empress Eugenie's tiara and crown were crafted b...
U.S. announces seventh strike on an alleged drug boat
Oct 19, 2025 (UPI)
Hegseth said in a statement on social media that the strike was conducted at the direction of the president on a vessel allegedly affiliated with Ejército de L...
US strike on Caribbean boat leaves survivors: reports
Oct 17, 2025 (AFP)
The United States has deployed several military vessels to the Caribbean Sea and launched a series of deadly naval strikes on boats in recent weeks. The latest ...
UK seeks to repay victims of huge bitcoin scam
Oct 16, 2025 (AFP)
At a Wednesday hearing in London, authorities confirmed a "victim compensation scheme is under active consideration," said Jackson Ng, a lawyer at Duan & Duan, ...
U.S. military kills 6 in fifth drug boat strike near Venezuela
Oct 14, 2025 (UPI)
President Donald Trump said the strike was carried out in international waters near Venezuela on Tuesday morning using a kinetic strike against the vessel upon ...
Myanmar scam centres booming despite crackdown, using Musk's Starlink
Oct 14, 2025 (AFP)
New buildings have been springing up inside the heavily guarded compounds around Myawaddy on the Thailand-Myanmar border at a dizzying pace, with others festoon...
Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown - using Musk's Starlink
Oct 14, 2025 (AFP)
Satellite images and AFP drone footage show frenetic building work in the heavily guarded compounds around Myawaddy on the Thailand-Myanmar border, which appear...
US Senate rejects limiting Trump's strikes on alleged drug runners
Oct 09, 2025 (AFP)
At least 21 people have been killed so far in the Trump administration's attacks, which it has said are necessary to protect the United States from a scourge of...
Mexico investigates soldiers for killing six on highway
Oct 08, 2025 (AFP)
The incident occurred on Monday on a highway in Tamaulipas, considered one of Mexico's most dangerous states due to the presence of gang members involved in dru...
Trump declares 'armed conflict' with drug cartels
Oct 03, 2025 (AFP)
The letter, a copy of which was obtained by AFP on Thursday, is designed as a legal justification for at least three recent strikes in international waters that...
Trump says U.S. in 'non-international armed conflict' with drug cartels
Oct 02, 2025 (UPI)
The notice to relevant congressional committees described drug cartels as "unlawful combatants" and comes after the military struck alleged drug-running vessels...
Hegseth, top general visit Puerto Rico amid Trump drug cartel fight
Sep 08, 2025 (UPI)
Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine landed in the U.S. territory six days after the Pentagon announced the United States had struck a boat of "narc...
Pentagon chief makes surprise visit to Puerto Rico
Sep 08, 2025 (AFP)
Hegseth was accompanied by the top US military officer, General Dan Caine, and the two of them were welcomed by Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon, the territory's govern...
US strike 'very clear' message to drug cartels: Pentagon chief
Sep 03, 2025 (AFP)
US forces carried out the strike on a speedboat the previous day, with Trump saying it killed 11 "narcoterrorists" from a gang he alleged was controlled by left...
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