KYIV, Ukraine — Employees from a Ukrainian arms firm conspired with defense ministry officials to embezzle almost $40 million earmarked to buy 100,000 mortar shells for the war with Russia, Ukraine’s security service reported. The SBU said late Saturday that five people have been charged, with one person detained while trying to cross the Ukrainian … Read more
MEXICO CITY — A recent killing spree in the Mexican border city of Tijuana could have been lifted from a TV script: enraged drug lords hunting down corrupt police officers who stole a drug shipment. Two of the officers suspected of the theft have been killed, prosecutors say. But so have at least three other … Read more
CAIRO — The warnings had been clear however went unheeded. Consultants had lengthy mentioned that floods posed a big hazard to 2 dams meant to guard almost 90,000 individuals within the northeast of Libya. They repeatedly referred to as for rapid upkeep to the 2 constructions, positioned simply uphill from the coastal metropolis of Derna. … Read more