Two nuclear power plants have been raised after a heavily armed gang raided a secure workers’ condominium just a kilometre away and blew up two cash machines. Brazil is one of three Latin American countries with nuclear power. It also suffers from violent crime. Now a heavily armed gang has brought the two together.
Turkey’s foreign ministry said Turkish citizens travelling to the United States face the risk of arbitrary arrest, saying they should revise travel plans and take precautions if they do decide to travel. In a travel warning statement on its website dated Jan. 11, the ministry also said there had been an increase in terror attacks […]
The Namibian government has provisionally banned the import of all perishable food, fish, fruits, unprocessed food and water from neighbouring Zambia, which has been hit by a cholera outbreak that has claimed more than 60 lives so far.
The U.S. State Department issued a travel warning advising Americans to avoid five states in Mexico, putting the regions at the same level of danger as war-torn Syria, Yemen, and Somalia. The level 4 “do not travel” risk is the highest warning and applies to the Pacific coast states of Sinaloa, Colima, Michoacán, Guerrero, and […]
Armed thieves entered the luxury Ritz Hotel and stole jewels and other valuables from a hotel boutique, carrying out an unusually brazen heist in one of the world’s most prestigious neighborhoods. French media estimated the stolen merchandise as worth at least $5.4 million (4.5 million euros).
Police in Italy and Germany seized 50 million euros, or about $60 million, in mafia assets Tuesday and arrested more than 160 people, accusing them of running a huge mob-controlled commercial and political empire involving everything from bread and wine sales to funeral services, migrant housing and garbage recycling.
Gunshots and heavy weapons fire erupted between rival factions within Ivory Coast’s army at military bases in its second largest city, Bouake. The outbreak of renewed violence follows days of tensions in Bouake between participants in last year’s mutinies and members of an elite military unit, known as the CCDO.
Colombia’s Marxist ELN rebels have resumed attacks on oil installations and the armed forces, threatening the future of peace talks just hours after the expiration of a ceasefire agreement with the government. The talks in Quito, Ecuador, had been scheduled to restart on Wednesday after a recess between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the […]
A Jewish school on a Tunisian island that is home to an ancient Jewish community was attacked late on Tuesday as violent anti-government protests raged elsewhere in the North African country. Petrol bombs thrown at the school on the tourist resort island of Djerba caused some damage but no injuries. There were no protests in […]
Greek demonstrators stormed the country’s labour ministry and confronted its chief in protest at moves to restrict the right to strike, a condition set by international creditors in exchange for bailout funds. Athens is set to introduce legislation which could limit the frequency of strikes in the country, infuriating labour unions which regard industrial action […]
