Legal teams are midway through a hearing over whether one vote truly swayed a federal election in a Montreal suburb The case of a single vote which determined the outcome of a federal election in Canada risks sending the “disastrous message” to voters that “some votes count more than others”, says the lawyer of a … Read more
Roberto Mosquera del Peral was sent to African country as part of Trump administration’s immigration crackdown A Cuban man deported by the Trump administration to the southern African country of Eswatini has started a hunger strike against his detention there, his lawyer said on Wednesday. Roberto Mosquera del Peral was among five third-country nationals deported … Read more
Elite helicopter unit’s part in military deployment comes as Donald Trump ramps up pressure on Nicolás Maduro They call themselves the Night Stalkers and their unofficial motto hints at the group’s lethal nocturnal line of work: “Death Waits in the Dark.” “You can flee, but they will find you,” warns a rare book about the … Read more
Zhi Dong Zhang, known by alias ‘Brother Wang’, is also wanted by US and has alleged ties to Mexican drug cartels Cuba has arrested an alleged Chinese fentanyl kingpin who escaped custody in Mexico in July and is also wanted by the US, Mexican security sources told AFP on Wednesday. Zhi Dong Zhang, known by … Read more
Latest strikes were off coast of Colombia, while seven previous attacks in Caribbean killed at least 32 The US military has for the first time attacked and destroyed two boats on the Pacific side of South America, as part of its controversial fight against what it says are drug-trafficking activities. The strikes – on Tuesday … Read more
Claim that Tren de Aragua planned to attack officers was widely shared – only for FBI to later acknowledge it was mistaken, internal files show n unverified rumor that Venezuelan gang members were preparing to kill police officers spread like wildfire through US law enforcement agencies last year, internal records reveal, only for federal officials … Read more
Plea comes after Pete Hegseth announced two new strikes that left at least five people dead Colombia has condemned US airstrikes on vessels allegedly involved in drug-smuggling off the coast of South America, urging Washington to immediately halt further attacks in the Pacific and Caribbean. The plea came after Pete Hegseth, the US secretary of … Read more
Gardaí deployed at Citywest facility as police issue statement urging people to stay away from violent standoff Irish police were braced for fresh disturbances outside a Dublin hotel that houses asylum seekers and has become a flashpoint for anti-immigration activists. Gardaí deployed near the Citywest facility on Thursday in anticipation of another possible standoff with … Read more
Protesters flood streets in show of resistance, as president calls off deployment after speaking with city’s mayor and Silicon Valley leaders Donald Trump canceled plans for a deployment of federal troops to San Francisco that had sparked widespread condemnation from California leaders and sent protesters flooding into the streets. The Bay Area region had been … Read more
Anthony Boyd, 54, says ‘I didn’t kill anybody’ as Justice Sonya Sotomayor writes excoriating dissenting opinion An Alabama man convicted of helping to burn a man alive was executed by nitrogen gas – a form of suffocation which defense lawyers have described as cruel and unusual punishment – on Thursday shortly after the US supreme … Read more