Donald Trump on Monday said that the United States had “hit” an area in Venezuela where boats are loaded with drugs, which would mark the first known time the US carried out operations on land in Venezuela since a pressure campaign began against the President Nicolas Maduro government.“There was a major explosion in the dock […]
Diplomacy rarely hinges on small talk, but in an unusual backchannel between Washington and Minsk, a casual exchange about weight loss became part of a negotiation that helped secure the release of political prisoners in Belarus. The episode centres on John P. Coale, a senior US envoy with close ties to President Donald Trump, and […]
US defense secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday declined to say whether the Pentagon will release video footage from the September 2 operation targeting an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the Caribbean – an attack that killed eleven people and has drawn renewed scrutiny after reports that a second missile killed survivors of the initial strike.“We’re reviewing […]
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would support the release of any footage of the multiple strikes on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat from September 2, while backing the “decision to knock out the boats.” The Trump administration and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth in particular have been under scrutiny in recent days after […]
Pete Hegseth (File photo) The US military reportedly carried out a second strike on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean on September 2 to kill survivors.Defence secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly instructed the military before the operation to ensure no one survived. “The order was to kill everybody,” a source told Washington Post. America’s Spy […]
Gursewak Bal used to run a crime website in Canada called The Dirty Newz which investigators said was being used by gangs to escalate violence. Punjabi-origin Gursewak Bal is one of the two Indian-origin Canadians charged in a huge cross-border drug and murder case investigated by the FBI. An FBI witness was killed this year […]
The US carried out another strike at an alleged drug vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing two people, as part of a months-long maritime campaign now totalling at least 66 deaths.Defense secretary Pete Hegseth shared a video of the strike on his X. “Today, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried […]
Oman Police arrested five Asian nationals linked to international drug smuggling, domestic distribution, and re-export/Image: X ROP video screenshot In a decisive operation, Oman’s Royal Police have dismantled a cell of an international drug gang, reflecting the Sultanate’s rigorous approach to combating narcotics trafficking and safeguarding public order. The arrests mark a significant stride in […]
At least 132 people were killed in what authorities described as Brazil’s largest police operation against drug gangs, officials said on Wednesday. In Rio de Janeiro, residents lined a street with dozens of bodies recovered overnight following the raids.The bodies of the men were placed in a single row along the pavement of a square […]
Indian-origin truck driver arrested by Canada authorities with 77 kg of heroine coming from the US. Surj Singh Salaria, a 28-year-old Indian-origin truck driver, referred as a Calgarian resident by Canadian media, was arrested in September after he was found with nearly 77 kg of cocaine with an estimated value of $7 million in his […]
