The Latest Breaking News from Interior

Philippines seeks to cleanse police force of drug ties

The Philippines’ interior secretary has asked all police generals and full colonels to submit their courtesy resignation to clean the ranks of ties to illegal drugs

The Independent UK · Jan 4, 2023

Philippine minister accuses senior police of involvement in drugs trade

Efforts by Philippine authorities to crack down on drugs under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr are being hampered by the involvement of a few high-ranking police officials in the narcotics trade, the interior minister said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Jan 4, 2023

Who are the ministers leading Israel’s new far-right government?

Top ministers in Israel’s new right-wing, religiously conservative cabinet headed by Netanyahu include illegal settlers.

Al Jazeera · Dec 29, 2022

Federal officials say urgent action needed to protect shrinking Colorado River reservoirs

LAS VEGAS — With Colorado River reservoirs nearing dangerously low levels, the federal government has given basin states a Jan. 31 deadline to negotiate major water cuts and stave off a possible collapse in supplies.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 18, 2022

2022 Notebook: Retrenchment in fight for racial justice

The story of racial equity in the United States took many forms in 2022, and reporters for The Associated Press found novel ways to bring new issues to light, including fallout from the reckoning over police violence, tribal rights and justice, and a new wave of antisemitism

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2022

France lays on major security operation ahead of World Cup final

Some 14,000 police officers will be on duty across France on Sunday to guarantee security as Les Bleus take on Argentina in the World Cup final, the Interior Ministery said Friday.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 16, 2022

French Interior Minister on Vaulx-en-Velin fire: families complained about drug dealing in area

Families had complained about drug dealing in the area where a fire killed ten people, including five children in the early hours of Friday in a residential building in Vaulx-en-Velin, near Lyon, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Friday.

Reuters · Dec 16, 2022

Bomb Attack in Türkiye Targets Police Van, Injuring 9

A bomb exploded on a highway in Türkiye as a van carrying police officers drove past on Friday, injuring nine of its passengers, government officials said. Two people were detained in connection with the attack, which occurred near the predominantly Kurdish-populated city of Diyarbakir in southeast Türkiye, Interior Minister Suleyman…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 16, 2022

At least 10 people killed in apartment fire near French city of Lyon

Ten people, including five children from age 3 to 15 years, were killed after a fire broke out on Friday morning at a residential building in Vaulx-en-Velin near the French city of Lyon, said Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, as he headed to the site.

France 24 · Dec 16, 2022

Pakistan accuses India of being behind 2021 bombing outside militant home

Pakistan's interior minister accused India on Tuesday of being behind a bombing in 2021 near the house of Hafiz Saeed, the founder of a militant Islamist group blamed for a deadly 2008 attack in Mumbai.

Reuters · Dec 13, 2022