Australia busts $900 million of meth smuggled in bra inserts, art supplies
Gel bra inserts hiding crystal methamphetamine shown at the Australian Federal Police headquarters in Sydney on February 15, 2016.(Photo: SAEED KHAN, AFP/Getty Images)Australian authorities found $900 million worth of liquid methamphetamine smuggled inside gel bra inserts and art equipment, one of the largest drug busts in the nation's history.The investigation began after the raiding of a shipping container in December revealed 86 boxes of bra inserts holding 190 liters of liquid meth, also cal..>> view originalAustralia busts $900 million of meth smuggled in bra inserts, art supplies
Gel bra inserts hiding crystal methamphetamine shown at the Australian Federal Police headquarters in Sydney on February 15, 2016.(Photo: SAEED KHAN, AFP/Getty Images)Australian authorities found $900 million worth of liquid methamphetamine smuggled inside gel bra inserts and art equipment, one of the largest drug busts in the nation's history.The investigation began after the raiding of a shipping container in December revealed 86 boxes of bra inserts holding 190 liters of liquid meth, also cal..>> view originalProclaiming innocence, ex-Israeli PM goes to prison
JERUSALEM — Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday began a 19-month prison sentence for bribery and obstruction of justice, defiantly proclaiming his innocence in a farewell video as he became the first Israeli premier to be placed behind bars. His imprisonment capped a stunning fall from grace that ended Israel’s last serious round of peace efforts with the Palestinians and ushered in the era of Benjamin Netanyahu, a hardliner widely criticized in the region and around the world. Olmert c..>> view originalHollande tells Cameron still work to be done on EU deal
PARIS/LONDON French President Francois Hollande reckons there is work still to be done to secure a deal at a European Union summit this week to help keep Britain in the EU, a presidency source said after a visit by British Prime Minister David Cameron.On a final push to rally support in Europe before Thursday's summit in Brussels, which could sway Britons voting in a referendum to stay or leave the EU, Cameron met Hollande for an hour and will meet members of a wary European Parliament on Tues..>> view originalUnity Government Proposed for Libya in New Peace Effort
RABAT, Morocco — Delegates from rival Libyan factions proposed a new unity government Sunday for the chaotic country, after months of U.N. mediation and the rejection of a previous Cabinet proposal.If approved by Libya's internationally recognized parliament, a new unity government could eventually seek international military intervention against Islamic State extremists who have taken advantage of the country's political vacuum since 2014. However, it's unclear whether the new proposal will..>> view originalUgandan police clash with opposition as presidential poll nears
KAMPALA Ugandan police fought running battles with supporters of opposition leader Kizza Besigye in Kampala, in the worst outbreak of violence yet during campaigning for Thursday's presidential election.Several people were wounded on Monday as police fired bullets and tear gas while opposition supporters hurled rocks and erected street barricades in the capital's Wandegeya suburb, witnesses said. Hours earlier, police briefly detained Besigye."I have seen people shot although we're yet to know..>> view originalCar Bomb Kills 2 Police, Wounds 19 in Russia's Dagestan
A powerful car bomb exploded Monday at a police checkpoint in Russia's Dagestan republic, killing two officers and the car's driver and wounding 19 others, in what appears to have been a suicide attack, investigators said. The attack was believed to have been organized by Islamic militants who have sworn allegiance to the Islamic State group and carried out by a man who spent time in Syria, said Rasul Temirbekov, spokesman for the Dagestani branch of the federal Investigative Committee. The..>> view originalThe Latest: 4 Central Europe PMs Call for Plan B on Migrants
HELSINKI — The Latest on the influx of migrants into Europe (all times local):9:05 p.m.The prime ministers of four Central European countries say the EU needs an alternative plan in the case the current measures fail to manage the influx of migrants.The "plan B" is meant to be adopted if Greece is not able to protect the outer border of the EU's visa free Schengen zone and the deal of the EU with Turkey does not result in substantially reducing the number of migrants.It is meant to create a ..>> view originalAround 50 dead as missiles hit medical centers and schools in Syrian towns
AMMAN/BEIRUT About 50 civilians were killed when missiles hit five medical centers and two schools in rebel-held Syrian towns on Monday, the United Nations and residents said.The carnage occurred as Russian-backed Syrian troops intensified their push toward the rebel stronghold of Aleppo.Fourteen people were killed in the town of Azaz near the Turkish border when missiles slammed into a school sheltering families fleeing the offensive and a children's hospital, two residents and a medic said.B..>> view originalUN Expert: Kim Jong Un Could Be Held Accountable for Crimes Against Humanity
A United Nations expert on human rights in North Korea is warning the country's supreme leader, Kim Jong Un, could be held accountable for alleged crimes against humanity. Marzuki Darusman, the U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in North Korea, issued the warning in a report made public Monday. The U.N. Human Rights Council should advise Kim and other senior North Korean leaders "they may be investigated, and if found to be responsible, held accountable for crimes against humanity committ..>> view originalEurope ends sanctions on Belarus, seeks better ties
BRUSSELS The European Union ended five years of sanctions against Belarus and its authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko on Monday, citing improving human rights as the bloc seeks more friends in Russia's back yard.A peaceful presidential election in October, the release of political prisoners and Lukashenko's role in holding Ukraine-Russia peace talks in Minsk have improved ties with the man who the United States once said runs Europe's last dictatorship."This decision is not taken unde..>> view original
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