The raid against the Red Command drug trafficking gang saw thousands of officers battle heavily armed men who dropped ...

Brazil’s deadliest police raid left 132 dead in Rio de Janeiro as officers clashed with gangs using drones and explosives in the city’s favelas.

The violent raids have sparked intense gun battles, with gangs deploying drones against cops in retaliation. At least four cops have also been killed in the unprecedented violence. The body of a ...

None of the 117 people killed by police were among the 69 suspects named by prosecutors in the complaint providing the basis ...

Operation in two favelas left 121 dead, including four police officers and two teens, with 99 people taken into custody ...

At first glance, a YouTube interview with Philippe Marques Pinto looks like one of dozens of others in Ukraine’s long-running campaign to recruit South American soldiers to bolster its ranks in the ...

Armored vehicles rumbling through narrow alleys. Rifle shots cracking in heavy crossfire. Helicopters and weaponized drones firing from above. Soldiers in military gear engaged in violent combat.

One hundred and twenty one people, among them four police officers, were killed in the raid on 28 October in Rio de Janeiro. The governor of Rio de Janeiro state, Claudio Castro, described the police ...

Brazilian police and soldiers launched a raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, sparking shootouts ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A police raid and ensuing clashes with a drug gang in Rio de Janeiro left at least 119 people dead, ...