A former employee of the U.S. Embassy smuggled cocaine in Marlboro cartons and Choco Pie boxes into the United States, the Department of Justice said in an indictment unsealed Wednesday in federal court. Jairo Eliezer Arias Caceres, a former security officer at the U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Repu
Israel\’s far-right finance minister announced approval Thursday of the construction of a contentious settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank that Palestinians and rights groups worry would scuttle plans for a future Palestinian state by effectively cutting the West Bank into two separate parts.
A Chinese navy ship collided with another vessel operated by its own country\’s coast guard on Monday, while the latter chased a patrol boat from the Philippines at high speed in the South China Sea, according to officials in Manila.The incident occurred near theScarborough Shoal, a disputed shoal in
