US Readies Torture Charges Against Maduro
US prosecutors are preparing new charges against Maduro and Cilia Flores over the alleged torture of Americans in Venezuela, US...
October 8, 2026Section
Security
News on Security from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Tanzania and Mozambique Pledge Security Ties
Tanzania and Mozambique agreed in Dar es Salaam to work together against terrorism and cross-border crime. What was signed and...
October 7, 2026
Over 50 Lamu Youths Missing in Kenya
More than 50 young people have vanished in Kenya’s Lamu County, and police fear they crossed into Somalia to join...
October 7, 2026
Peru Launches Military-Police Crime Command
Peru's President Keiko Fujimori created a 1,350-member joint military and police command on 7 October to fight organised crime and...
October 7, 2026
Costa Rica Arrests 18 in Gold Laundering Case
Costa Rica's OIJ raided 22 sites and detained 18 people in a money-laundering case. Investigators say gold from Crucitas went...
October 7, 2026
Edo Lecturer Found Dead in Hotel, Three Held
Matthew Uwuigbe, an AAU lecturer, died in an Ekpoma hotel; Edo police hold three for questioning and have not announced...
October 7, 2026
Ondo Crash Wreckage Still Missing in Swamp
Divers, sonar and swamp buggies search near Igbokoda, Ondo, for the Nigerian Air Force ATR 42 wreckage. Cause unknown; counts...
October 7, 2026
Nigeria Murder Suspect Dies in Bayelsa Courtroom
A 50-year-old murder suspect collapsed and died in a Bayelsa State courtroom in Yenagoa, Nigeria, on 6 October. The trial...
October 7, 2026
Mexico Arrests Jalisco Cartel Operator ‘El Tanque’
Mexican forces arrested Iván Cazarín Molina, ‘El Tanque’, a Jalisco cartel operator, in Zapopan on 5 October. The US Treasury...
October 6, 2026