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US hits Colombia's leader with drug sanctions, sparking sharp rebuke
AFP, Published on 25/10/2025
» WASHINGTON — Washington slapped unprecedented sanctions on Colombia's leftist president, his wife, son and a top aide Friday, accusing them of enabling drug cartels -- and rocking a decades-old alliance.
US immigration agency on a shopping spree
AFP, Published on 23/10/2025
» NEW YORK - The agency overseeing Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown is spending tens of millions of dollars on guns, ammunition, body armor and surveillance technology, according to procurement records reviewed by AFP.
Nigerian drug dealer arrested with 22 tested positive in Bangkok pub raid
News, Online Reporters, Published on 18/10/2025
» Twenty-two Thais and foreigners tested positive for drugs in a raid at an entertainment venue in Ratchaprarop area of Bangkok, where a Nigerian drug dealer was arrested early Saturday.
Latinos, ex-military, retirees – ICE hopefuls answer Uncle Sam's call
AFP, Published on 19/09/2025
» PROVO (UNITED STATES) - There is a mixed crowd lining up outside the ICE recruitment fair in Utah, where hundreds of people are eager to join US President Donald Trump's vast deportation effort.
Trump escalates crackdown threats with Chicago 'war' warning
AFP, Published on 07/09/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump threatened on Saturday to unleash his newly rebranded "Department of War" on Chicago, further heightening tensions over his push to deploy troops into Democratic-led US cities.
Salvadoran man at centre of Trump deportations row freed
AFP, Published on 23/08/2025
» WASHINGTON — A wrongly deported Salvadoran man sent back to the United States during a fierce row over President Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies was released Friday from prison, where he had been detained on human smuggling charges.
Trump deploys National Guard to tackle Washington crime
AFP, Published on 11/08/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said Monday he will deploy military and federal law enforcement in Washington as he seeks to curb violent crime in the nation's capital.
Ecuador deports more than 800 Colombian inmates as Bogota cries foul
AFP, Published on 27/07/2025
» BOGOTá - Ecuadoran authorities said Saturday they had deported more than 800 Colombian prisoners via a land border crossing, after Bogota protested that the move came without prior agreement.
Germany presses ahead with deportations to Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 18/07/2025
» BERLIN - Germany said on Friday it had deported 81 Afghan men convicted of crimes to their Taliban-controlled homeland, as Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government looks to signal a hard line on immigration.
'A trap' - Asylum seekers arrested after attending US courts
AFP, Published on 18/07/2025
» NEW YORK — In gloomy corridors outside a Manhattan courtroom, masked agents target and arrest migrants attending mandatory hearings -- part of United States President Donald Trump's escalating immigration crackdown.