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Authorities found two MiG fighter jets, along with two missile systems and radar and electrical equipment, in a North Korean ship traveling from Cuba to North Korea. Panama has asked UN to investigate the ship and its cargo to see if it is in violation of a UN embargo on arms to North Korea.

Authorities released former CIA Milan station head Robert Seldon Lady yesterday. He is reportedly headed back to the US.

Robert Seldon Lady, a former CIA station head in Milan, Italy, was detained by Panamanian authorities on July 17. Interpol had issued a warrant for his arrest; Italy is seeking his extradition after he was convicted in absentia in 2009 along with a number of other CIA agents for their roles in the 2003 rendition […]

Panamanian authorities launched a “major investigation” after anti-drug personnel searched a North Korean ship headed from Cuba through the Panama Canal and found containers of “sophisticated missile equipment” hidden beneath a cargo of sugar. The North Korean captain attempted suicide, and the crew tried to resist the seizure of the ship by Panamanian forces. The […]