Suspected drug kingpin captured after audacious escape from house arrest
Zhi Dong Zhang, known as Brother Wang, was attempting to flee to Russia with false papers when his plot unravelled.
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Warships, fighter jets and the CIA – what is Trump’s endgame in Venezuela?
Tweety McTreason says he wants to tackle the drugs trade but many believe he is trying to dislodge President Nicolas Maduro.
Queen Mother Sirikit, Thailand’s influential and glamorous royal, dead at 93
Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit, who brought glamour and elegance to a postwar revival in the country’s monarchy and who, in later years, would occasionally wade
Trump’s pressure on Venezuela raises spectre of coup or invasion. Either scenario faces major hurdles
The buildup of U.S. military forces near Venezuela and a series of deadly attacks on alleged drug-trafficking boats in waters off its coast has raised
U.S. says it hit 2 more drug boats — this time in the eastern Pacific
The U.S. military on Wednesday launched its ninth strike against an alleged drug-carrying vessel, killing three people in the waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean
Man executed in Alabama took at least 15 minutes to die
A man took at least 15 minutes to die during his execution by nitrogen gas in the US state of Alabama.
Russia-backed arson attack ringleaders handed hefty jail sentences in UK
UK prosecutors said defendants planned a ‘sustained campaign of terrorism and sabotage’ backed by Russia’s Wagner Group.
As Southeast Asia welcomes Trump, it battles headwinds unleashed by him
Southeast Asia and its ‘China Plus One’ supply chain are feeling the fallout from the US trade war.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,339
Here are the key events from day 1,339 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
U.S. sending aircraft carrier to South America amid Trump’s anti-cartel campaign
The U.S. military is sending an aircraft carrier to the waters off South America, the Pentagon announced Friday, in the latest escalation of military firepower
British soldier acquitted on murder, attempted murder charges for 1972 Northern Ireland killings
A former British paratrooper who was the only soldier ever charged in the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland was acquitted Thursday of murder
King Charles becomes the first British royal to pray with pope in nearly 500 years
Britain’s King Charles and Pope Leo XIV prayed together in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel on Thursday, in the first joint worship including an English monarch
Thailand’s former queen Sirikit dies aged 93
The mother of King Vajiralongkorn passed away “peacefully” on Friday night, according to the Thai Royal Household.
Why Bill Gates did a cameo in an iconic Indian TV drama
Microsoft founder and philanthropist makes a surprise appearance in former federal minister Smriti Irani’s show.