US military strike kills three in second alleged drug boat attack this week

Move brings total number of people killed in US strikes on suspected boats since September to at least 148

The US military launched a strike on an alleged drug smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific on Friday, killing three men in its second strike this week.

“Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations,” US Southern Command, which oversees operations in Latin America and the Caribbean, said on Twitter/X.

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5 European nations pledge millions to use Ukrainian know-how to make cheap drone defenses – AP News

  1. 5 European nations pledge millions to use Ukrainian know-how to make cheap drone defenses  AP News
  2. UK agrees drone defence plan with four EU allies  BBC
  3. 5 NATO allies agree to produce low-cost drones  politico.eu
  4. E5 defence ministers in Krakow say 'Europe has woken up'  Euronews.com
  5. 5 European allies pledge millions to build cheap drone defenses with Ukrainian know-how  PBS
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RSF’s Hemetti backs African mediation following Museveni meeting – Sudan Tribune

  1. RSF’s Hemetti backs African mediation following Museveni meeting  Sudan Tribune
  2. 'Affront to humanity': Sudan slams Uganda for hosting RSF paramilitary boss  BBC
  3. Sudan condemns RSF chief’s visit to Uganda as minimising ‘human values’  Al Jazeera
  4. Uganda's Museveni holds talks with Sudan's RSF leader amid push to end war  africanews.com
  5. West Darfur Governor: Rebel Hemedti Promotes a Morally Unviable Project  Sudan Horizon
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US citizen shot and killed by federal immigration agent last year, new records show

Shooting death of Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, in Texas was not publicly disclosed by Department of Homeland Security

Newly released records show a US citizen was shot and killed in Texas by a federal immigration agent last year during a late-night traffic encounter that was not publicly disclosed by the Department of Homeland Security.

The death of Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, would mark the earliest of at least six deadly shootings by federal officers since the start of a nationwide immigration crackdown in Donald Trump’s second term. On Friday, DHS said the shooting on South Padre Island last March occurred after the driver intentionally struck an agent.

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Nightly raids and violent beatings: Australia urged to accept citizens trapped in Syria as conditions in Roj camp deteriorate

Aid workers say the camp where 34 women and children are being held are ‘dire’ and present more risk than if they were repatriated

Conditions in the north-eastern Syrian camp where 34 Australians have been forcibly returned are deteriorating dramatically, with reports of near-nightly raids, and increasingly violent beatings, amid worsening uncertainty over their futures.

The 11 women and 23 Australian children forced back to Roj camp on Monday returned to find their tents – formerly huddled collectively in a row known as Australia Street – demolished and their possessions seized.

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