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Mexican authorities arrested a suspected member of the Los Ardillos criminal group, seized 11 stolen vehicles, 28 kilos of...

Experts say that Nigeria’s willingness to pay ransoms, something the government denies, is making school kidnappings ever...

Organized criminal activity like kidnapping and armed robbery has “exploded” in northern Nigeria, amid resurging jihadist...

South Sudan is spending well beyond its means, even as it says its efforts to move on from a devastating civil war are being...

Nancy Garcia’s 16-year-old cousin was picking fruit with his father at a ranch in rural Michoacan when armed gunmen upended...

Four cartels are battling it out for the lucrative US$1.5 billion dollar avocado trade in western Mexico, the office of a...

Bullet-filled bodies of nine people were found early Thursday morning hanging on a bridge decorated with avocado murals in...

A Mexican court Wednesday sentenced a former Mexico governor who once lead the embattled state of Veracruz to nine years in...

The former Prime Minister of Bangladesh and opposition leader who was sentenced to five years in prison for stealing from an...

By Ola Westerberg, TT News Agency, Sweden Duvet covers and pillow shams sold by IKEA are produced in Turkmenistan, a...