Gunfire rocks Ethiopia-Kenya border as hundreds flee
Hundreds of Ethiopians crossed into Kenya on Thursday as gunfire and chaotic scenes were reported in the border town of Moyale, police said.
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Hundreds of Ethiopians crossed into Kenya on Thursday as gunfire and chaotic scenes were reported in the border town of Moyale, police said.
A Haiti gang operation began 45 km from the Jimaní crossing on 21 October, and Dominican media say it raises border security worries. The post Haiti Gang Operation Alarms Dominican Border appeared first on The Rio Times.
Drone strike on Abyei market near Sudan-South Sudan border kills 150
Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to dial down the rhetoric and use a hotline between their navy commanders to avoid flashpoints over a vast contested patch of energy-rich seas in the Gulf of Thailand, according to a UN-backed mediation panel at The Hague tasked with helping to settle the dispute between the neighbours. The Southeast Asian countries have also squabbled for decades over the demarcation of their 800km (500-mile) land border, where clashes last year killed scores on both sides and...
Sudanese miners injured in a deadly airstrike along the border with Egypt last week have been describing how the incident unfolded.
A Mexico border drone ban announced on 16 October bars unauthorized drones within one nautical mile of the line, with cartel drones named as the target. The post US Announces Mexico Border Drone Ban 16 Oct appeared first on The Rio Times.
Hong Kong’s newly revamped Huanggang Port is expected to handle more than 100,000 passenger trips a day over the three-day Chung Yeung Festival holiday, but its departure hall remained quiet on Saturday morning. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung said the port had operated smoothly since opening on Monday, handling about 80,000 passenger trips a day, with the figure exceeding 92,000 on Friday. That represented a 1.5-fold to almost twofold increase from the 30,000 to 40,000 trips...
Ecuador detained four alleged Comandos de la Frontera members in 14 raids on 15 October, weeks after the US took custody of the group's alleged leader. The post Ecuador Detains 4 in Operation Muralla appeared first on The Rio Times.
Hong Kong travel agencies and border shops have capitalised on the opening of the revamped Huanggang Port as thousands of visitors poured through the control point, with special tours on offer and shopkeepers reporting brisk business. Agents said the port’s 24-hour joint clearance arrangements could give cross-border tourism a major boost, although crowd control measures dampened trade at the checkpoint entrance. Tour groups organised by Hong Kong travel agency Big Line Holiday were among the...
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence intercepted a car travelling from Kolkata to Hyderabad and arrested two persons for smuggling the gold, believed to have entered via the India-Bangladesh border
A bilateral anti-drone operation carried out last month along the Tijuana and San Diego border was small in scale, but analysts say it’s a notable development in the often-tumultuous relationship between Mexico and the United States. The test and deployment of anti-drone technology, dubbed “Águila Alta,” or High Eagle, came as the two countries aim […] The post Águila Alta, the bilateral anti-drone operation carried out by the US and Mexico appeared first on Latin America Reports.
Hong Kong and mainland Chinese residents will have to register with immigration authorities on both sides of the border to use automated “joint clearance” channels at the revamped Huanggang Port crossing, with around 100,000 travellers a day expected to use the control point when operations begin. Hong Kong’s Immigration Department would deploy sufficient manpower to help passengers register at the checkpoint, assistant director Jacky Wong Ki said on Tuesday. “The whole registration process at...
Ten neighbours, 16,885 km of border, a shared dam and a new road to the Pacific: how Brazil's frontiers shape trade, migration and politics in South America. The post Brazil and Its Neighbours in South America appeared first on The Rio Times.
Jahanara Begum and Mumtaz Begum were sent across the India-Bangladesh border despite the Gauhati High Court setting aside the opinions of a Foreigners’ Tribunal about their citizenship, the Congress MP says
North Korea launched a ballistic missile Saturday morning from the Wonsan area on its east coast into the Sea of Japan, according to South Korea's military. The launch comes amid renewed tensions between Pyongyang and Seoul, with the latter demanding an apology for a blast that wounded three South Korean soldiers inside the Demilitarized Zone last month.