Coronavirus infection increasing among security personnel at Sanga transit KAVREPALANCHOK: Coronavirus infection is found increasing among the security personnel mobilised at Sanga, the eastern border transit point to Kathmandu Valley. A week ago, there were only two security personnel found with Covid-19 positive, at... Travel 09 Sep, 2020
Over 7K-strong, migrant caravan pushes on; still far from US TAPACHULA, MEXICO: Thousands of Central American migrants resumed an arduous trek toward the US border Monday, with many bristling at suggestions there could be terrorists among them and saying the caravan is being used for political ends by US... Women 23 Oct, 2018
Islamic State haunts northern Iraq months after its defeat BAGHDAD: On a desolate highway in northern Iraq last week, nine federal police officers packed into a large SUV were stopped at a checkpoint they had never seen before. Behind them, a taxi carrying a handful of other officers lagged behind on... Women 28 Mar, 2018
EDITORIAL: Extrajudicial killing The principle of law is that an accused is innocent until proven guilty and should get a fair chance to stand trial Notorious gangsters Manoj Bahadur Pun and his aide Som Ale were killed in a police encounter at Bhawanipur, Devdaha Municipality, in... 23 Feb, 2018
19,361 more police postings KATHMANDU: Nepal Police said the security body was doing groundwork to create 19,361 more postings for police employees to bring it to the federal setup. Currently, the total strength of police force is 72,729. The Ministry of Home Affairs has... Horoscopes 26 Aug, 2017
Australia thwarts 'Islamic-inspired' plane attack plot Four arrested following counter-terrorism raids across Sydney Police say "Islamic-inspired" plot involved "improvised device" Delays expected at country's airports SYDNEY: Security has been tightened at Australian airports after... Women 30 Jul, 2017
Mexico's rights body: Federal police executed 22 during raid MEXICO CITY: The government's human rights agency is accusing federal police of executing at least 22 people during a confrontation with suspected cartel criminals last year and then rearranging the scene by moving bodies and planting guns to... Women 19 Aug, 2016
Brazil police use tear gas, stun grenades at Rio protest Brazilian riot police used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse a small protest near the Maracana stadium that will host Friday's opening ceremony for the Olympic Games, Reuters television images showed. The protest, which grouped a few... Women 06 Aug, 2016
Brazil holds terror suspects, seeks leads about possible Olympic threat BRASILIA: Brazil held 10 presumed Islamist militants in isolation cells at a maximum security jail on Friday as police combed their computers and mobile phones for information about possible threats to next month's Olympics in Rio de... Women 23 Jul, 2016
Brazil's Lula detained in corruption probe; Rousseff objects SAO PAULO/BRASILIA: Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was briefly detained for questioning on Friday in a federal investigation of a vast corruption scheme, fanning a political crisis that threatens to topple his successor,... Women 05 Mar, 2016
Australia police search home of man named as bitcoin founder SYDNEY: Australian police raided the Sydney home and business premises of a man that technology news sites have claimed is the founder of virtual currency bitcoin. A statement from the Australian Federal Police on Wednesday said the searches... Women 09 Dec, 2015
7 suspects, 1 policeman die in Mexico shootout MEXICO CITY: A shootout that began in a shopping center and spilled onto a highway in northern Mexico caused the death of seven suspected drug cartel gunmen and one federal police officer while freeing two kidnap victims, police said. Federal police... Women 03 Feb, 2010