Labour has criticized the Conservatives for being soft on crime in the wake of revelations that serial knife criminals are often spared jail. In certain counties, the percentage of serial knife offenders evading incarceration was greater than 30% during the past five years. The party said it demonstrated that a 2015 Tory vow to sentence … Read more
A Ukrainian toddler whose terrified mother scrawled her name and family contact information on her back as Russia invaded is now safe. Sasha Makoviy published an Instagram photo of her two-year-old daughter Vira’s back shortly after she had her name and information tattooed on her flesh following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Weeks after escaping Kyiv’s … Read more
Villagers in Tanzania have been preyed upon while collecting water from a river teeming with man-eating crocodiles, with at least six falling victim to the predators since the beginning of the year. Villagers have been asked to refrain from gathering water from the river’s bank following the deaths of six people to hungry crocodiles. Between … Read more
Shanghai said Monday that three individuals have died from COVID-19, the first official death toll from an epidemic that has paralyzed the megacity for weeks, eliciting widespread outrage and rare demonstrations. Since March, a patchwork of restrictions has restricted the majority of the city’s 25 million citizens to their homes or complexes, with daily caseloads … Read more
Sri Lanka’s President removed two of his brothers and a nephew from his Cabinet on Monday, in response to public outrage over the governing family’s mismanagement of a debilitating economic crisis and calls for his resignation. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has presided over the island nation’s most devastating economic crisis in living memory, and his administration … Read more
Lebanon authorized the demolition of Beirut’s grain silos on Thursday, rejecting requests to preserve them as a memorial site following a disastrous 2020 port explosion. “We assigned the Council for Development and Reconstruction the responsibility of monitoring the demolition process,” Information Minister Ziad Makari said during a cabinet meeting, without providing a timeline. Makari stated … Read more
The absence of protection in Beirut’s southern suburbs has led to a rising number of complaints and outcries from locals, with armed robberies taking place in broad daylight also on the rise. A security source related “the bad security situation in Beirut’s southern suburbs to the development of the economic crisis.” However, the insider informed … Read more
Turkey began the new week by launching a massive cross-border land and air attack against Kurdish insurgents in northern Iraq. Along with artillery, T129B helicopters, drones, and F-16 jets, Turkey’s Special Forces and special commando groups were sent as part of the mission, which allegedly targeted PKK sites in northern Iraq’s Metina, Zap, and Avashin-Basyan … Read more
On Monday, Russian forces started missile assaults on the western city of Lviv and hammered other sites around Ukraine in what looked to be a concerted effort to wear down the country’s defenses in preparation for an all-out assault on the east. At least seven people were reported killed in Lviv, where plumes of dense … Read more
Dozens of people gathered Saturday in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in a new protest. The murder of Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old Congolese refugee, sparked calls for police reform. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered Saturday in Grand Rapids, Michigan, eastern USA, chanting “there is no justice in this nation” and “Justice for Patrick.” The assassination of a 26-year-old … Read more
At least 17 persons were killed after a petrol truck exploded following a collision with another vehicle in Ogun state, Nigeria on Friday (February 18). According to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), the collision occurred just after 5 a.m. on Friday, February 18, 2022, just before the Isara bridge. According to Florence Okpe, the … Read more
On Thursday, authorities in Arizona apprehended a woman who was in possession of thousands of synthetic opioid tablets during a traffic check. According to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, a traffic check along Interstate 10 was performed by detectives from the Border Interdiction Unit. Additionally, authorities stated that they discovered around 371,000 fentanyl tablets during … Read more
A school staffer was jailed in Virginia after numerous girls informed a teacher about improper encounters occurring at the school. According to the Prince William County Police Department, 33-year-old Jonathan George Skocik, an information technology expert at John Jenkins Primary School, was arrested and accused of physically molesting four eight-year-old girls at the elementary school. … Read more
A California teenager reported missing three years ago was discovered sleeping outside a Utah gas station this month, police said. Connerjack Oswalt, 19, was arrested in the Park City area on April 9 after someone reported a man sleeping outside a gas station, according to Lt. Andrew Wright of the Summitt County Sheriff’s Office. When … Read more
Prosecutors in Germany have accused a man of war crimes and murder for allegedly launching a grenade into a gathering of civilians in Syria. At least seven people were murdered in Damascus in 2014 when a man is accused of firing an explosive device at a group of civilians waiting for food. Federal prosecutors in … Read more
A serene white-walled village in southern Spain has renamed itself ‘Ukraine’ in sympathy with people displaced by the violence more than 4,000 kilometres (2,500 miles) away. Ukraine has been substituted for Fuentes de Andalucia on a sign at the village’s entrance, along with the country’s blue and yellow flag. In the community of more than … Read more
Two persons were murdered Saturday night in Houston after their automobile collided with an Amtrak train, officials said. The driver of the car was attempting to beat the train at a railroad crossing. The crash occurred at approximately 8 p.m. local time at Beaumont Highway and Van Hut Lane when the driver of the Chrysler … Read more
According to human rights officials, the Kremlin has resorted to recruiting youngsters to bolster its soldier ranks in eastern Ukraine. Moscow is reportedly recruiting from youth groups and conscripting 16-year-olds in an effort to replace the estimated 30,000 soldiers killed, injured, or captured thus far in the conflict. Following Russia’s invasion of eastern Ukraine in … Read more
Doctors in Sri Lanka report that hospitals are running out of crucial medications and supplies as the country’s economic situation intensifies. They fear a public health disaster if foreign assistance does not arrive quickly. “Day by day, resources are depleting. If we reach zero, I’m not sure what would happen,” Dr Gnanasekaram worries. As secretary … Read more
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi briefed a visiting US team on Egypt’s position on the Palestinian problem. El-Sisi stressed the importance of reaching a just and comprehensive solution that guarantees the Palestinian people’s rights under international law and creates opportunities for coexistence and cooperation among all the region’s peoples during a meeting with a US … Read more
Direct flights between the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv and Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh started on Sunday. Tel Aviv’s first direct trip to Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh took off on Sunday, Israel’s national carrier El-Al reported. Sun d’Or subsidiary flight 5193 departed Ben Gurion International Airport at 0715 GMT, the airline stated … Read more
Jordan’s King Abdullah II urged Israel on Sunday to “cease all unlawful and provocative acts” that aggravate the situation in occupied Jerusalem and to respect the current historical and legal position. His words come two days after almost 20 people were wounded in a series of events in and around Jerusalem’s sensitive Al-Aqsa Mosque. Israeli … Read more
Ukraine pledged Sunday to fight to the end in Mariupol after a Russian deadline to surrender remaining soldiers in the southeastern port city where Moscow is pursuing a big strategic triumph expired. “The city has not yet fallen,” Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said hours after Moscow’s ultimatum for fighters holed up and besieged in a … Read more
On the Poland-Belarus border, a massive queue of trucks has developed as Russian and Belarussian drivers attempt to exit the EU ahead of a sanctions deadline. The queue was expanded to 80 kilometers (60 miles) in the run-up to the Saturday deadline, with some vehicles held for up to 33 hours. The EU has barred … Read more
Two collared and microchipped canines were discovered shot to death in Texas, with one of the dogs apparently beheaded. Adrienne Madison of Montgomery County, Texas told KRIV-TV that her dog Murphy and her neighbor’s dog Diva were found shot to death on a railroad track after escaping through a breach in her property’s fence. Murphy, … Read more
Police nabbed a suspect Friday in an armed robbery of a Georgia gun range that killed the owner, his wife, and grandchild. Jacob Christian Muse, 21, of College Park, Georgia, was charged Friday with three charges of malice murder, according to a statement from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. According to the statement, Muse was … Read more
According to Bloomberg, Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich flew to Kyiv on Saturday in an attempt to revive peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, which have stalled more than seven weeks into the conflict. According to anonymous individuals acquainted with the meeting, Abramovich, an oligarch with links to Russian President Vladimir Putin, met with Ukrainian negotiators … Read more
Major General Vladimir Frolov, deputy commander of Russia’s 8th Army, was buried Saturday after being killed in action in Ukraine, Russian state media said, making him the eighth Russian general killed in Moscow’s invasion, assuming Ukrainian reports are genuine. As of the end of March, around 14 Russian generals and senior colonels had been reported … Read more
