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A drug smuggling operation in the Pacific Ocean went awry over the weekend when toxic gases were accidentally released inside a submarine the smugglers were allegedly using to move the drugs, leaving two of the suspects dead and two others seriously ill, according to the Colombian Navy.  Nearly 3,000 pounds …

A piece of Chinese space junk that reentered the earth’s atmosphere last week disintegrated over Texas, according to reports. U.S. Naval Institute News reported that a second stage booster from a Chinese rocket that launched on June 23, 2022, and placed three military surveillance satellites into orbit burned up over …

A Dutch court has convicted a man for removing his condom during sex without his partner’s consent, marking a landmark change in how to deal with the act of “stealthing.”  “By his actions, the suspect forced the victim to tolerate having unprotected sex with him,” the court said. “In doing …

Just days after four Americans were kidnapped and two were killed while crossing the Mexican border, Mexico’s President says his country is safer than the U.S. “Mexico is safer than the U.S., and there’s no problem with traveling safely across Mexico,” President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said during his daily …

On the defensive after a deadly migrant boat shipwreck near an Italian beach, Italy’s right-wing government is contending that Russian mercenaries in Libya are behind an uptick in migrant arrivals in alleged retaliation for Western support for Ukraine. On Monday evening, Defense Minister Guido Crosetto, a leading figure in Premier …

Two boats carrying dozens of migrants sank off Turkey’s Aegean coast on Tuesday, drowning at least four people, Turkish media reports said. The Turkish coast guard rescued 38 people and recovered the four bodies, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. It was not clear how many people were on the boats …

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen hinted strongly Tuesday that he intends to step down as the country’s long-serving leader when a new government is installed after July’s general election. The 70-year-old Hun Sen has led Cambodia with an iron fist for 38 years, and during the last election in 2018 …

German police said Tuesday that two children are in custody suspected of killing a 12-year-old girl found dead earlier this week in the western town of Freudenberg, in a case that has shocked the country. The girl, who was only identified by her first name Louise due to privacy reasons, …

Britain’s National Cyber Security Center is reviewing whether Chinese-owned video app TikTok should be banned from government phones, security minister Tom Tugendhat said on Tuesday. TikTok has come under increasing focus over fears that user data could end up in the hands of the Chinese government, undermining Western security interests. …

Spain’s ombudsman said Monday that an independent commission set up a year ago to investigate historic sex abuse by the Catholic church has collected testimonies from 445 victims, as the nation tackles an issue other European countries acted on long ago. Spain’s parliament voted on March 10, 2022 to open …