Authorities in Singapore say they’ve seized yet another illegal shipment of pangolin scales, this time adding another 12.7 tons to last week’s interdiction of 12.9 tons of scales – or about 21,000 endangered pangolin. The latest seizure came after inspection of a 40-foot container that was en route to Vietnam…
Authorities in Singapore say they’ve seized what is the largest illegal shipment of pangolin scales in the world in recent years, after discovering almost 13 tons in a container en route from Nigeria to Vietnam. Customs officials along with the National Parks Board inspected a 40-foot container at the Pasir…
At least four people have died following an attack on a tourist bus near the Egyptian pyramid site of Giza. The attack happened about 6:15 p.m. Friday when the bus carrying 14 people, including a driver and Egyptian tour guide, passed an improvised explosive device on the road from Cairo…
After millennia of impunity, it seems the international community is finally ready to face up to wartime rape. At least that’s the hopeful conclusion we can draw from this year’s Nobel Peace Prize announcement. The award will be shared by a Congolese gynaecologist known as ‘Doctor Miracle’, who has treated…
Funeral services were held in Hanoi on Wednesday to honor President Tran Dai Quang of Vietnam, who died on Friday after a serious illness. He was 62. The ceremonies began at 7 a.m. local time, with Acting President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh burning ceremonial incense and leading state officials to…
As police in Swaziland unravel the mystery of what has happened to Portuguese businessman Almor Oliveiri, new details have emerged – and along with them, a concern for foreign investors. Oliveiri has been missing since April 16, and authorities don’t know where he is. Three people have been arrested in…
The Chinese government announced Friday that it will ban ivory trade by the end of 2017, doing so across the industry in phases that are planned for completion by this time next year. The plan targets commercial processing and sales, according to a translated release, in a process that will…
South Africa has the world’s largest rhino population and has seen an alarming trend in illegal trafficking, primarily to Asia, in recent years. This weekend, CITES Secretary General John Scanlon praised the destruction of two tons of African elephant ivory and rhino horn seized from illegal traders in Vietnam. “The destruction…
Vietnamese officials say they’ve seized about a half-ton of ivory tusks at a Ho Chi Mihn City port, after finding the ivory hidden within a timber shipment from Mozambique. The AFP reports the ivory was discovered as Vietnam Customs Administration officials completed a more extensive search of two shipment crates at…