‘Faulty intel’: Family after US raid kills Syrian undercover agent; Islamic State militant was target

Khaled al-Masoud, who was killed at his home during a raid in the town of al-Dumayr in the Damascus countryside. (Courtesy of the al-Masoud family via AP) A joint raid by the US forces and a local Syrian group targeting an Islamic State (IS) militant instead resulted in the killing of a man who had […]

Ukraine corruption crisis: Zelenskyy’s chief of staff Andrii Yermak resigns after raid; Kyiv’s political turmoil deepens

File photo: Zelenskyy’s chief of staff Andrii Yermak (Picture credit: AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accepted the resignation of his powerful chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, hours after anti-corruption investigators searched his residence inside the presidential compound in Kyiv. Zelenskyy confirmed the resignation on Friday and said he would consider a replacement on Saturday, […]

Watch: Armed US immigration agents drive off with toddler in car; father detained in raid

Immigration officers in Los Angeles arrested a US citizen near a Home Depot, with two officers then using his car to transport his toddler who was strapped in a car seat, according to advocates and family statements on Wednesday.A video, reportedly recorded by the Los Angeles Rapid Response Network, doing rounds on social media, shows […]

Brazilian police accused of hanging teen gangster’s head ‘like a trophy’ in anti-drug raid that killed over 120

One of the most gruesome operations in Latin America took place when a brutal police raid in Brazil left more than 120 people dead, amid shocking claims that officers decapitated a 19-year-old alleged gang member and displayed his head “like a trophy” during what authorities are calling the country’s deadliest-ever anti-gang operation.The crackdown began on […]

US immigration raid: Seoul dispatches plane; hundreds of Koreans to return

South Korea on Wednesday dispatched a chartered plane to United States to bring home hundreds of its citizens detained in a major immigration raid at a Hyundai-LG battery plant in Georgia.A Korean Air Boeing 747-8I, which can carry more than 350 passengers, departed Seoul’s Incheon International Airport at 10.20 am on Wednesday, the airline confirmed. […]

‘Bring very smart people legally’: Trump’s warning to foreign companies after Hyundai plant raid; asks them to respect laws

Trump’s warning to foreign companies after Hyundai plant raid In a stern warning, US President Donald Trump on Sunday called upon the foreign countries investing in America to abide by immigration laws. Trump’s statement came after around 475 illegal workers were arrested after federal immigration authorities raided the Hyundai plant in Georgia. Many of the […]

Inside the Hyundai raid: How a monthlong operation led US immigration to Georgia plant – & what’s next

More than 300 South Korean workers were among 475 people detained in a sweeping immigration raid at a Hyundai-LG battery plant under construction in Georgia, in what US officials called the “largest single-site enforcement operation” in two decades. The raid, carried out last week by hundreds of federal agents, has stirred diplomatic unease between Seoul […]

What happened during US raid on Hyundai’s plant? Workers hid in air ducts, plunged into pond; 475 Koreans arrested – inside the chaos

This image from video provided by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement via DVIDS shows manufacturing plant employees waiting to have their legs shackled at the Hyundai Motor Group’s electric vehicle plant. (Pic credit: AP) A Hyundai manufacturing plant under construction in rural southeast Georgia turned into the scene of one of the largest workplace immigration […]

Huthis raid UN premises in Yemen: At least 11 aid workers detained; crackdown follows Israeli strike

Houthi fighters take part in a weekly anti-Israel rally in Sanaa, Yemen (File – PTI) The United Nations on Sunday said Yemen’s Huthi rebels detained at least 11 of its staff in raids on UN premises in Sanaa and Hodeida, days after Israel’s strike killed the group’s prime minister, Ahmed Ghaleb Nasser al-Rahawi.According to the […]

Huthis raid UN premises in Yemen: At least 11 aid workers detained; crackdown follows Israeli strike

Houthi fighters take part in a weekly anti-Israel rally in Sanaa, Yemen (File – PTI) The United Nations on Sunday said Yemen’s Huthi rebels detained at least 11 of its staff in raids on UN premises in Sanaa and Hodeida, days after Israel’s strike killed the group’s prime minister, Ahmed Ghaleb Nasser al-Rahawi.According to the […]