The Mexican government sent in marines Friday to take over part of a private railway line in southern Mexico. It was not clear whether the seizure of the rail line on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec constituted an expropriation. The government said it
European authorities have arrested 27 suspects in an alleged illegal eel operation following a two-year investigation that prompted searches in France, Spain, Belgium and Poland, Spain’s Civil Guard said this week. The Civil Guard, in a joint operation with the French National
U.S. authorities have seized over a dozen website domains used by sanctioned associates, businesses, and charities of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, the Department of Justice announced Thursday. Washington has listed the Iran-backed group as a terrorist organization, and has slapped sanctions on
The Iranian navy has released footage of a foreign vessel being seized in the Gulf of Oman. The US Navy has announced Iranian forces took the Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker Advantage Sweet after it left Kuwait on its way to Houston. NAVCENT
The World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in Sudan reportedly warned Tuesday of a “high risk of biological hazard” after one of the sizes fighting in the conflict seized a central public laboratory with samples of measles and polio, creating an “extremely, extremely
German officials seized cooked bats and nearly a ton of unrefrigerated fish after police stopped a van that had entered the country from Belgium, authorities said Wednesday. Federal police said a patrol on Monday stopped the vehicle at a highway exit on
Home Secretary Suella Braverman has slammed police for sending six officers to seize a collection of golliwog dolls. Six members of Essex Police were sent to a pub in Grays, Essex where 15 dolls were seized following an anonymous complaint. The Home
East African regional forces have regained control of Bunagana, a strategic town in eastern Congo that had been held by M23 rebels for more than nine months, a spokesman for the regional force said Monday. Ugandan forces officially deployed to Bunagana and
Police have seized 17 dogs after a six-year-old dog was attacked in Greater Manchester. Neighbours claimed that they saw a young “covered in blood” and also heard the child’s mum shouting “help me, help me – my baby.” The Sun has reported
Italian police in the southern region of Sicily recently discovered a cache of drugs plastered with the faces of well-known Costa Nostra leaders. Carabinieri police said Tuesday that authorities discovered around $215,000 worth of hash, marijuana and cocaine from a warehouse in