WASHINGTON: The U.S. military said Wednesday it struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats over two days, killing a total of eight people while others jumped overboard and may have survived. U.S.

The total number of Channel crossings for 2025 now stands at 41,455 people SOME 803 small boat migrants crossed the Channel yesterday in 13 dinghies in the highest number for two months – with Labour ...

The U.S. military struck two alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific on Thursday, killing five “narco-terrorists” and bringing the total number of people killed in the Pentagon’s ongoing ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Monday that it had conducted another strike against a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people. The strike, which was ...

A damning chart shows 2025 is set to record the second-highest total of people crossing the English Channel on small boats in recent years, with just a week of the year remaining. Labour pledged to ...

As we close the door on the shitshow that was 2025, it’s time to look ahead and see what we have in store in 2026, according to numerology. ICYMI: the last year has been a hectic one but those in the ...

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A total of 41,472 migrants arrived in the UK last year. People thought to be migrants scramble onboard a small boat leaving the beach at Gravelines, France, in an attempt to reach the UK by crossing ...

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A French official in charge of stopping illegal immigration has sparked fury by saying the number of small boat crossings to Britain in the last few years "is not huge". The shocking comments were ...

The U.S. military has killed more than 100 people in targeted strikes on small vessels in waters off South America since early September. President Donald Trump says the deadly attacks are combating ...