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Indonesian police have arrested 15 people suspected of belonging to an organised poaching ring accused of killing endangered elephants and trafficking their ivory on Sumatra island.The arrests follow the discovery of several headless elephant carcasses in Pelalawan district in Riau province.”For the first time in Riau’s history, we have managed to dismantle the entire network from top to bottom,” Ade Kuncoro, director of special criminal investigations at the Riau police, said on Tuesday.”We have detained 15 suspects, and three others are still on the run,” he said.They could face up to 15 years in prison if found guilty under the…

NEW YORK: A member of Japan’s yakuza crime group was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a New York court on Tuesday (Mar 3) after being convicted of trafficking nuclear material as well as drugs and weapons.Takeshi Ebisawa, 61, has been jailed since April 2022 on drug and weapons charges, along with his Thai co-defendant Somphop Singhasiri, following years of investigations by the US Drug Enforcement Administration.In February 2024, he was also accused of trying to sell military-grade nuclear material, along with narcotics including heroin and methamphetamine, to buy weapons, including surface-to-air missiles, for armed groups in Myanmar.He pleaded…

NewsFeedDemocratic senators voiced alarm after a classified briefing on the US‑Israeli war with Iran, warning the Trump administration lacks clear objectives as lawmakers say they fear it could lead to a prolonged conflict and US ground troops.Published On 4 Mar 20264 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

The Latin Grammy award winning Tejano music star Bobby Pulido won the Democratic primary against Ada Cuellar, an emergency physician, CBS News projects. Pulido now faces an uphill battle in unseating the Republican Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz. The congressional district’s boundaries were redrawn in 2025 as part of the mid-decade redistricting efforts to further favor Republicans requested by President Trump. De La Cruz flipped the Hispanic-majority district in 2022 that was once a traditionally blue seat, and Mr. Trump then won by 18 points in 2024. But in  elections that have taken place across the country since then, Latino voters have…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Paula Deen said she collapsed the day she was held at gunpoint by a masked robber while working at a bank in 1987, before her career as a celebrity chef.Deen told Fox News Digital that she was the head teller at Albany First Federal in Georgia and was planning to quit because her husband got an opportunity in Savannah, but her boss asked if she could fill in for one day at another branch where there was just one woman who was fairly new.She said, after walking into the bank and looking…

Open AI CEO Sam Altman speaks during a talk session with SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son at an event titled “Transforming Business through AI” in Tokyo, on Feb. 3, 2025.Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty ImagesOpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees in an all-hands meeting on Tuesday that the company doesn’t “get to make operational decisions” regarding how its artificial intelligence technology is used by the Department of Defense. “So maybe you think the Iran strike was good and the Venezuela invasion was bad,” Altman said Tuesday, according to a partial transcript of the meeting reviewed by CNBC. “You don’t get to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Police in Cleveland, Ohio, are asking the public for tips after two young Black girls were found dead inside separate suitcases buried in shallow graves on Monday.Cleveland Police Chief Dorothy Todd said during a news conference that the girls, believed to be between the ages of 8 and 13 and 10 and 14, were found Monday evening.The discovery was made Monday evening after a man walking his dog near East 162nd Street and Midland Avenue, in a field near Ginn Academy, found a partially buried suitcase and called police.Police responded and located…

The child was transported to hospital where he was pronounced dead. 

A celebrity chef and television host has received a fierce rebuke for supporting the illicit drug industry after driving with cocaine in his system.

Other Asian equity markets were also hit by panic selling on Wednesday.Hong Kong, Sydney, Singapore and Taipei all dived more than 2 per cent, while Bangkok tumbled 8 per cent to also spark a trading halt. Shanghai, Wellington, Manila and Jakarta were also deep in negative territory.”Investors sold down risk assets, and in particular, the Nikkei as well as the Kospi, which outperform other major indexes, have become a target of the heavier selloff as they try to book profits,” said Kazuaki Shimada, chief strategist at IwaiCosmo Securities.As the joint strikes on Iran moved into a fifth day, observers warned that…