16 h. ago Trump could destroy cocaine facilities inside Venezuela as US deploys strike force to Caribbean: report

The world’s largest aircraft carrier is deployed to the region in an escalating military conflict against drug traffickers

Politics

17 h. ago US imposes sanctions on Colombia’s president over alleged drug trafficking

Measures against Gustavo Petro and his family come as rift with Trump administration widens

Politics

17 h. ago US sanctions Colombia’s president over alleged drug trafficking

Measures against Gustavo Petro and his family come as rift with Trump administration widens

Politics

18 h. ago Pentagon deploys top aircraft carrier as Trump militarisation of Caribbean ratchets up

Use of USS Gerald Ford along with fighter jets comes as president plots strikes against alleged cartels on landThe Pentagon said on Friday that it was deploying the United States’s most advanced aircraft carrier to the Caribbean, a major escalation in the Trump administration’s war against drug cartels that provides the resources to start conducting strikes against targets on the ground.The move will bring the USS Gerald Ford carrier, with dozens of stealth fighter jets and surveillance aircraft, in addition to other warships that accompany the carrier, to the coast of Venezuela as it nears the end of its current deployment in the Mediterranean. Continue reading...

Events

20 h. ago US airstrike on ‘drug boat’ kills six as aircraft carrier sent to South America

Pete Hegseth claims six ‘narco-terrorists’ killed in Caribbean as US military conducts 10th strike US politics live – latest updatesThe United States has carried out another military strike against a boat it claims was carrying illegal drugs in the Caribbean, killing six people onboard, the Pentagon chief, Pete Hegseth, said on Friday morning.Later on Friday, the Pentagon said that an aircraft carrier was being moved to waters off South America, as part of the administration’s stated campaign to combat drug trafficking. Continue reading...

Events

31 h. ago Chess: Fide to ‘discipline’ Kramnik over Naroditsky cheating allegations

The Fide president, Arkady Dvorkovich, said that Kramnik, who is accused of unfounded allegations against Naroditsky, will be referred to its ethics disciplinary committeeFide has responded to the death of Daniel Naroditsky by promising to take faster action over allegations by former world champion Vladimir Kramnik, which were made without significant evidence.The Fide president, Arkady Dvorkovich, announced on Wednesday that the case will be referred to its ethics and disciplinary committee, which has the power to ban players for life. The omens for that are not promising. A similar referral of the Magnus Carlsen v Hans Niemann episode at the 2022 Sinquefield Cup took more than a year, and produced just a €10,000 fine for Carlsen and no other penalties. Continue reading...

Politics

33 h. ago Influencer, 23, goes on the run 'after being linked to drug trafficking ring'

Influencer Melissa Said is accused of leading a criminal gang involved with the distribution of cannabis and money laundering in the state of Bahia in northeast Brazil.

Events

41 h. ago Influencer, 23, goes on the run 'after being linked to drug trafficking ring'

Influencer Melissa Said is accused of leading a criminal gang involved with the distribution of cannabis and money laundering in the state of Bahia in northeast Brazil.

Events

42 h. ago Glam influencer, 23, 'on the run' after being accused of 'running major drug gang'

Melissa Said, 23, regularly posed in barely-there bikinis for her 341,000 social media followers. Now, she is being hunted by Brazilian police investigating a drug trafficking gang

Events

45 h. ago Glamorous influencer Melissa Said, 23, goes ON THE RUN after being accused of running major drug trafficking ring

AN influencer has gone on the run after being accused of running a drug trafficking ring. Melissa Said, who has 341,000 followers on Instagram, is accused of heading a criminal gang involved in cannabis distribution and money laundering. The 23-year-old was targeted by the police as the main suspect. During raids at five properties linked...

Events

51 h. ago One of Britain's 'most wanted men' is arrested on the Algarve as 'drug trafficker who tried to run over cops' faces extradition to UK

A man described as one of 'the UK's most wanted men' is facing extradition to the UK after being arrested on the Algarve.

Events

63 h. ago Dramatic moment US strikes ‘drug vessel’ killing two as government vows to fight boats ‘bringing poison to our shores’

STUNNING footage shows US forces bombing another "narco boat" allegedly filled with drugs - killing two people in the Pacific. It marks the eighth time that the American military has launched a "lethal kinetic" strike against suspected drug traffickers. Dramatic footage showed a small boat rocking around in choppy waters before it was targeted by a...

Events

3 d. ago January 6 US Capitol rioter arrested for alleged threat to kill Hakeem Jeffries

Christopher Moynihan, pardoned by Trump for his role in Capitol attack, allegedly threatened House minority leaderA man who was pardoned by Donald Trump for his conviction in the US Capitol attack carried out by the Republican president’s supporters in early 2021 has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill the Democratic House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, according to authorities and the New York representative himself.Christopher Moynihan, 34, was arrested by New York state police on a felony count of making terroristic threats, the agency announced. Continue reading...

Events

4 d. ago Trump's White House breaks silence over P Diddy presidential pardon allegations

Sean 'P Diddy' Combs was sentenced to four years and two months in prison on 3 October 2025 after being found guilty on two counts of transportation for prostitution

Politics

1 week ago Trump aides worry that he is making decisions to be favored on cable news: ‘It’s not OK’

The president’s reported TV obsession has allegedly influenced his militaristic response to protests in Chicago and Portland as well as his decision to bomb Iran

Politics

1 week ago ‘Saying yes puts you in their debt’: narco gangs profit from Argentinian austerity

Drug traffickers gaining influence by stepping in and offering donations after Milei’s sweeping social cutsIn a small colourful room tucked away in the south of Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, four women are making bread and pizza bases, the bright spring sun shining strong outside the windows, which are covered in black metal mesh.Inside, the radio blast upbeat tunes, but the mood is grim: the neighbourhood has been shaken by the livestreamed torture and murder of two young women and a girl allegedly at the hands of a drug trafficker who lived just a few blocks away. Continue reading...

Economics

1 week ago Drug traffickers gaining influence in Argentina amid Milei’s sweeping social cuts

Gang bosses support soup kitchens and offer jobs and loans in drive to expand control of poor neighbourhoodsIn a small colourful room tucked away in the south of Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, four women are making bread and pizza bases, the bright spring sun shining strong outside the windows, which are covered in black metal mesh.Inside, the radio blast upbeat tunes, but the mood is grim: the neighbourhood has been shaken by the livestreamed torture and murder of two young women and a girl allegedly at the hands of a drug trafficker who lived just a few blocks away. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago Top Hungarian EU official ‘not aware’ of alleged spying attempt in Brussels

European Commission spokesperson says Olivér Várhelyi denies knowledge of his country targeting staffHungary’s EU commissioner has denied any knowledge of alleged attempted spying by his government during his time as the country’s top diplomat in Brussels, according to a commission spokesperson.Olivér Várhelyi sat down with European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, on Sunday to discuss the allegations reported by a consortium of investigative journalists last week. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Cardiff student who became drug trafficker and ended up in Ecuadorian jail

Pieter Tritton, 49, a former archaeology student at Cardiff University, was imprisoned at Ecuador's notorious Penitentiary Litoral de Guayaquil after he was caught with 5kg of cocaine embedded in a tent

Events

2 w. ago Pregnant Brit 'drug mule' Bella Culley's freedom hopes dashed as family fail to pay fine

The family of pregnant Brit, Bella May Culley, 19 has been given more time to raise the £215k needed to release her from an ex-Soviet jail in Georgia after being accused of drug trafficking

Events