July 21 (UPI) — Notorious Ecuadorian gang leader Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar has been extradited to the United States, where he is expected to make his first court appearance on Monday. President Daniel Noboa of Ecuador confirmed late Sunday that Macias, leader of the Los Choneros gang and who is also known as Fito, has…
The Chinese government is preventing a Wells Fargo employee, as well as an employee of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, from leaving the country. File Photo by Larry W. Smith/EPA-EFE July 20 (UPI) — The Chinese government is preventing a Chinese American banker for Wells Fargo and, separately, an employee of the U.S. Patent…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) walks with Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu during their meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea, on June 17 to discuss a “special military operation” in Russia’s Kursk region. File Photo by North Korean Central News Agency/EPA July 17 (UPI) — Russian and North Korean officials violated U.N. resolutions…
A New York man was sentenced to prison on Wednesday for trying to coerce a U.S. resident and dissident return to China. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo March 20 (UPI) — A Long Island, N.Y. businessman who pleaded guilty to leading a multiyear scheme to force a Chinese dissident wanted by Beijing…
Father Andrii Gavalin, presides over the funeral of Eugene Bogdanov, 35, as he is being laid into the ground in Bucha, Ukraine, on May 10, 2022. Bogdanov went missing two months ago and his wife Natalia Bogdanova search for him in morgues throughout the Kyiv and Bucha region when his body finally showed up at…
World News // 3 hours ago North Korea tells United Nations it is a ‘responsible nuclear state’ SEOUL, Jan. 22 (UPI) — North Korea defended its right to maintain a nuclear weapons program at a United Nations disarmament conference held shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump referred to the North as a “nuclear power.” Source…
A large American Flag hangs at the entrance to the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 in New York City. On Wednesday, authorities arrested a homeless man plotting to blow up the financial institution this week. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo Nov. 20 (UPI) —…
An image taken from a cellphone video shot by 14-year-old Libby German on the day in 2017 that she and 13-year-old Abby Williams were slain near Delphi, Ind., shows a man police believe to be their killer. Prosecutors at the ongoing the double-murder trial of Richard Allen argued he is the “bridge guy” in the…
A screenshot shows the Shroyer family in an update on the My Vineyard Church website. Photo courtesy of My Vineyard Church Nov. 3 (UPI) — The wife of an American missionary murdered in Angola has been arrested in his killing, the couple’s church has announced. Officials allege that Jackie Shroyer, 44, killed her husband Beau…
Four Taiwanese workers employed by Foxconn, the contract manufacturer that makes the iPhone for Apple in China, have been detained on the mainland, Taiwan authorities said. Foxconn is a unit of Taiwan’s Hon Hai Technology Group, the world”s largest electronics manufacturer. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo Oct. 11 (UPI) — Four employees of…