Mexico president calls for ‘transparency’ amid secrecy over Sinaloa cartel arrests
US announces arrest of two leaders of organised crime group as Mexican authorities say they were in the dark The Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López...
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Confrontations in South China Sea surge, raising fears a miscalculation could lead to conflict
Vessels have been rammed, punctured with knives, damaged by water cannon and targeted by military-grade lasers. Now the Philippines’ US ambassador has warned the aggression...
Ex-Trump security adviser backtracks on proposal to send all Marines to Asia
Robert O’Brien explains his outline to sever US-China economic ties would only be to send in ‘fighting force’ Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Robert...
US avocado inspectors stop work in Mexican state over ‘security situation’
Mango inspections also suspended ‘until further notice’ in state troubled by gang violence, but USDA says produce already in transit not affected The US paused...
Niger’s prime minister blames US for rupture of military pact
Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine says in interview that US troops ‘stayed on our soil, doing nothing while terrorists killed people’ Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, Niger’s...
Congress hears testimony on Russia’s sonic attacks on US officials in Havana
Panel heard from expert witnesses how Russia had ‘means, motive and opportunity’ for covert targeting of intelligence officers Russia has “targeted and neutralized” dozens of...
US confirms Russian forces deployed to same Niger airbase as American troops
Russians in separate compound and do not have access to US forces or equipment, says defence secretary Ukraine war – live updates The US secretary...
US to withdraw from Niger after security pact fails in strategic victory for Russia
Biden administration to rethink counter-terrorism strategy after breakdown of pact allowing US forces on soil to fight jihadists The US will withdraw more than 1,000...
US resumes deportation flights to Haiti despite continuing bloodshed
Critics condemn ‘reckless and cruel’ expulsions and say deportees likely to be targeted by armed gangs who control much of country More than 70 Haitians...
US fears Russia’s influence in Africa after Niger junta cancels security pact
Washington fears loss of bases in Niger would risk the country following its neighbours and falling under Russian hegemony US policymakers are scrambling after the...
