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Gunmen disguised as soldiers kill 12 people at Ecuador cockfight

Apr 19, 2025 (AFP)

Security footage of Thursday night's attack showed a group of at least five men entering the arena and opening fire with automatic rifles on a crowd of dozens i...

Spain police dig up underground shooting range used by gun traffickers

Apr 16, 2025 (AFP)

Officers raided a house in the southern province of Granada and found the site, which was located three stories underground, said a police statement. Neighbours...

Peru extends state of emergency over extortion gangs

Apr 14, 2025 (AFP)

The country has been in a state of emergency since mid-March, with soldiers deployed to help police crack down on gangs. The initial declaration in March came a...

Trump, 78, says feels in 'very good shape' after annual checkup

Apr 12, 2025 (AFP)

Republican Trump, 78, has repeatedly boasted about his own vigor since starting a second term, while mocking his 82-year-old Democratic predecessor Joe Biden as...

Romanian truck driver fined $29 mn over French cocaine haul

Apr 10, 2025 (AFP)

The case is the latest to be dealt with in France where record amounts of cocaine have flooded the country, with Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau saying Franc...

Chinese sailors missing off Ghana in suspected pirate attack

Mar 30, 2025 (AFP)

The apparent kidnapping is the latest in the Gulf of Guinea, an area off the Atlantic coast of Africa whose waters -- rich in hydrocarbons and fisheries -- stre...

Nine dead in Colombia airstrikes on drug cartel

Mar 25, 2025 (AFP)

The strikes on the Gulf Clan took place in a gold mining region in northwestern Antioquia department, one of the group's strongholds. Petro accused the cartel u...

Peru declares state of emergency in Lima over extortion

Mar 18, 2025 (AFP)

The move came after singer Paul Flores, 39, was shot dead Sunday by hitmen who attacked a bus he was riding with bandmates as they left a concert outside Lima, ...

Peru declares state of emergency in capital over extortion killings

Mar 17, 2025 (AFP)

The move came after singer Paul Flores was shot dead by hitmen who attacked a bus he was riding with bandmates as they left a concert outside Lima. The musician...

Colombia warns Trump against drug blacklisting

Mar 16, 2025 (AFP)

Washington is currently weighing whether to "decertify" Colombia as a partner in the battle against drugs, a move that could restrict millions in US military ai...

Philippine police rescue kidnapped teen, hunt ex-gambling site operators

Feb 26, 2025 (AFP)

The kidnappers, like their teenaged target, were Chinese nationals, said the interior department's Juanito Victor Remulla, part of a "sophisticated" syndicate w...

Trump says US wants return on Ukraine aid money

Feb 23, 2025 (AFP)

His comments came as Washington and Kyiv negotiate a mineral resources deal Trump wants as compensation for the wartime aid his predecessor Joe Biden gave Ukrai...

Hitmen mow down cartel-busting colonel in violence-torn Ecuador

Feb 15, 2025 (AFP)

Police said Colonel Porfirio Cedeno, who led an air force special operations unit, was shot multiple times in the city of Guayaquil while traveling to a militar...

French government appeals to consumers to help stem drug 'tsunami'

Feb 06, 2025 (AFP)

Cocaine use in France has nearly doubled and consumption of hard drugs like heroin and ecstasy is also rising, a study said last month. Right-wing Interior Mini...

Fears of scam centre kidnaps keep Chinese tourists on edge in Thailand

Jan 29, 2025 (AFP)

Chinese nationals topped the list of visitors to Thailand last year, with nearly seven million making the trip to Thailand in 2024. But high-profile kidnappings...

Clashes between police, gang leave 11 dead in Brazil

Jan 17, 2025 (AFP)

The wave of violence erupted after the murder of a military police officer on Sunday in the northwestern city of Porto Velho, a major state capital with one of ...

Charred bodies in Ecuador are missing adolescents, say officials

Jan 01, 2025 (AFP)

The disappearance of the boys, aged between 11 and 15, sparked protests in the South American nation, which is in the throes of an armed struggle between narco ...

Blast kills two Mexican soldiers, five wounded

Dec 17, 2024 (AFP)

The device detonated Monday in Cotija in the western state of Michoacan when the patrol was investigating reports of a criminal presence in the area, Defense Mi...

Four killed in Colombia airstrike against drug cartel

Dec 09, 2024 (AFP)

The bombardments of the Gulf Clan in the country's northwest are the first against the group under Colombia's left-wing president. Writing on the social network...

Somali pirates demand ransom for Chinese vessel

Dec 07, 2024 (AFP)

It was not immediately clear when the ship was taken hostage by gunmen wielding AK-47 assault rifles but the European Union's anti-piracy force drew global atte...