A wave of arson struck the northern state of Baja California, resulting in the burning of close to 30 automobiles and the closure of several routes. It came after a week of unrest and shootings in other states of Mexico. The formidable Jalisco New Generation drug gang is to blame for the pandemonium, according to … Read more
Bangladesh National Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami, have threatened an armed coup of the government. Jamaat-e-Islami would not run in the elections because they would not be free and fair. The Awami League staged a nationwide demonstration on Saturday in response to the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami’s threats. Rather than facing the Awami League in the polls, … Read more
Gunmen killed ten people in an attack on a hotel and two bars in Celaya, central Mexico, according to security officials. According to the security secretariat in Celaya, Guanajuato’s central region, the attack killed seven women and three men and injured two others. Officials found the dead bodies upon arrival in the neighborhood of Valle … Read more
Police in the Indonesian state of Papua deployed water cannons on Tuesday, against demonstrators protesting plans for a massive redistricting in the restive region. Last year, Jakarta stated that it was exploring creating six new provinces in the region, which has been home to a decades-long conflict. It claimed that the restructuring would speed up … Read more
As Russia’s operation in eastern Ukraine continued with “active and violent” fighting, Ukrainian authorities hoped to evacuate additional citizens from the beleaguered southern port city of Mariupol on Monday. Kyiv said more than 100 civilians were evacuated over the weekend from the sprawling Azovstal plant, the last holdout of Ukrainian forces in Mariupol which has … Read more
“Pirates of the Caribbean” star Johnny Depp physically and sexually abused his then-wife Amber Heard during drug- and alcohol-fueled binges in which he became a “monster,” her lawyers told a court on Tuesday. Depp’s attorneys countered on the opening day of his blockbuster defamation case against Heard that the allegations were untrue and have had … Read more
Concerns about human rights violations by Mali’s military in its fight against jihadists have prompted the UN Secretary-General to call on the West African country’s “bilateral partners” to follow their international duties. In a confidential report acquired by AFP on Thursday, Antonio Guterres warned the UN Security Council that Mali’s counter-terrorism measures had “disastrous effects … Read more
LOS ANGELES: Alexander Zverev was handed a suspended sentence on Monday following his violent outburst and disqualification in Acapulco last month, the ATP Tour said. The 24-year-old Olympic champion was banned for eight weeks and fined an additional $25,000 following his Mexico meltdown. The world number three had already been fined $40,000 for verbal abuse … Read more
Mexico City – Mexico’s “hugs, not bullets” policy has been responded to by the notoriously violent Jalisco cartel with a policy of their own: Hunting down police, several members of an elite police force were kidnapped in the state of Guanajuato. The victims were tortured for names and addresses of fellow officers. Now the cartel … Read more
A woman misbehaved with a traffic police officer who had stopped her over breaking a traffic signal in the upscale Defence Housing Authority (DHA) neighbourhood of Karachi. According to a video posted on the social networking platform Twitter by multiple users, a woman driver was stopped by a traffic police officer on duty over jumping … Read more
A jealous husband in the US allegedly stabbed his wife to death and then hanged himself as she liked famous Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan. According to media reports, Dineshwar Budhidat of Queens stabbed his wife Donne Dojoy, who worked as a bartender and then hanged himself from a tree. Dineshwar was extremely jealous because his … Read more
