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The US standoff with Venezuela: what we know
AFP, Published on 25/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has ordered a major military buildup in Latin America that he says is to combat drug trafficking, but which his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro fears is aimed at regime change in Caracas.
US sending aircraft carrier to counter Latin America drug traffickers
AFP, Published on 25/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - Washington is deploying an aircraft carrier strike group to counter drug-trafficking organizations in Latin America, the Pentagon said Friday, marking a massive increase in US firepower in the region.
Authorities seize 4.8m speed pills in Chiang Rai
Online Reporters, Published on 24/10/2025
» CHIANG RAI: Authorities intercepted a major shipment of more than 4.8 million pills in Chiang Saen district, near the Golden Triangle, late on Thursday night, police said. A smuggler managed to evade arrest by abandoning his vehicle and fleeing across the Mekong River.
Tigers in trouble as Malaysian big cat numbers dwindle
AFP, Published on 23/10/2025
» KUALA LUMPUR - For two years, Malaysian conservationists tracked a tiger named “Bulan” as she raised four cubs. Then a fatal traffic accident made her another statistic in the country’s dwindling population.
US says two dead in strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat in Pacific
AFP, Published on 23/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - A new US strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat killed two people, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday, announcing Washington's first such attack on a vessel in the Pacific Ocean.
Colombia accuses US of violating sovereignty in strike
AFP, Published on 19/10/2025
» BOGOTá - Colombia's president accused on Saturday Washington of violating his country's sovereignty and killing a fisherman, shortly after US leader Donald Trump confirmed that US forces carried out another strike in his military campaign against "narcoterrorists."
Venezuela deploys troops, reports of new US boat strike
AFP, Published on 18/10/2025
» SAN CRISTOBAL (VENEZUELA) - Venezuela deployed thousands of troops near the Colombian border on Thursday in response to the US military buildup in the Caribbean, where US media reported a new strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat.
Man from Bangkok arrested in Hong Kong airport in B7m drug bust
Published on 14/10/2025
» Hong Kong customs officers have arrested a man at the airport on suspicion of carrying about HK$1.7 million (7 million baht) worth of cannabis buds in his luggage.
Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown -- using Musk's Starlink
AFP, Published on 14/10/2025
» BEIJING - They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an AFP investigation can reveal.
US strikes another alleged Venezuelan drug boat as tensions rise
AFP, Published on 16/09/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said US forces killed three people Monday in a new strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean, as Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro vowed to defend against Washington's "aggression."