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Family of Kenneth French killed by cop gets $17m in damages
The family of Kenneth French a man with intellectual disabilities shot and killed by an off-duty Los Angeles Police officer in 2019 in Corona was awarded slightly more than $17 million…
Parents Put Up Children For Sale As Taliban Plunge Afghans Into Acute Poverty
Afghanistan is facing one of its worst humanitarian crisis under The Taliban as parents have started selling their children in order to get money to feed. The development comes few…
#dark Huntor: Police Sting Operation Lead To 150 Arrests (65 In US, 24 In UK)
Police around the world have arrested 150 suspects in one of the largest-ever dark web sting operations. The suspects arrested included several high-profile targets, involved in…
Former South Korean president, Roh Tae-woo, dies at 88
Former South Korean president, Roh Tae-woo has died at the aged of 88, according to his aides. The aides said that Roh, who served as president from 1988 to 1993, was recently…
Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong fined $60,000 for drug use
A court in Seoul on Tuesday handed down a fine of 60,000 dollars (70 million won) against Samsung Group heir Lee Jae Yong. Lee was fined for illegal use of an anesthetic…
US to begin UK appeal against Assange extradition block
The United States government will on Wednesday begin an appeal to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face trial for publishing military secrets, after a British judge blocked…
Colombia prepares to extradite drug lord ‘Otoniel’ to US
Colombia’s government announced Sunday it is working towards extraditing the country’s most-wanted drug trafficker “Otoniel” to the United States, a day after he was captured in a major operation…
Colombia’s most-wanted drug lord ‘Otoniel’ captured
Security forces in Colombia have captured Dairo Antonio Usuga, the country’s most-wanted drug trafficker. Better known as Otoniel, the leader of the Autodefensas Gaitanistas…
Trump announces plans to launch new social network ‘TRUTH Social’
Former US President Donald Trump announced plans Wednesday to launch his own social networking platform called “TRUTH Social,” which is expected to begin its beta launch for “invited…
Powell a ‘great public servant,’ Bush mourns
Former US president George W. Bush, who picked Colin Powell as his secretary of state, on Monday paid tribute to the late top diplomat and war hero as a “great” man who counselled…
BREAKING: Colin Powell, military leader and first Black US secretary of state, dies after…
Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership in several Republican administrations helped shape American foreign policy in the last years of the 20th century and…
The Unvaccinated May Not Be Who You Think
Back when a viral pandemic killing millions around the world was just the plot of a scary movie, the film “Contagion” was lauded for how accurately it depicted the way such an outbreak…
Gang Kidnaps 17 American Missionaries In Haiti
A group of 17 U.S. missionaries including children was kidnapped by a gang in Haiti on Saturday, according to a voice message sent to various religious missions by an organization with…
British MP, David Amess’ Stabbing Confirmed As A Aterrorist Incident
The fatal stabbing of Conservative MP Sir David Amess has been declared as a terrorist incident, police say. Sir David, who represented Southend West in Essex, was stabbed…
Former US president Bill Clinton hospitalised for infection
Former US president Bill Clinton was in hospital with an infection on Thursday, a spokesman for the 75-year-old said. Doctors said Clinton was responding well at…
Russia Mum Kills Baby &Son Jumping 190ft To Her Death With Kids In Her Arms
A mother allegedly killed her newborn baby and toddler son after leaping almost 200ft from a tower block with the two children in her arms. Olga Zharkova, 34, and her two sons, aged…
Several People Killed In Norway ‘bow And Arrow Attack’, Police Arrests Suspect
Several people were killed and others injured by a man using a bow and arrows to carry out attacks in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg on Wednesday, local police said. 'We can…
Alibaba founder Jack Ma resurfaces in Hong Kong
Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma, largely out of public view since a regulatory clampdown started on his business empire late last year, is currently in Hong Kong and has met…
US Couple Accused Of Selling Nuclear Submarine Secrets
A US navy nuclear engineer and his wife have been charged with trying to sell nuclear secrets to what they thought was a foreign state. Jonathan Toebbe and his wife Diana were…
Dubai Police intercepts N55B cocaine, largest seizure in region
The police in Dubai have seized 500 kilograms of pure cocaine worth more than $136 million, about N55 billion. The drugs, the largest ever seized in the region, were stashed…
UK professor alleges death threat from LGBTQ community
A British academic at the centre of a row over transgender rights and free speech has hit out at a “campaign of harassment” in an online statement published on Sunday. The furore over…
Nonconsensual Removal Of Condom During Sex Now Illegal In California
California has become the first state in the U.S. to make non-consensual condom removal, also referred to as “stealthing,” illegal. Governor Newsom signed…
Russia Developing 4,000mph Invulnerable Missile, Can Hit Anywhere In Minutes
VLADIMIR Putin’s top weapons designers are developing a 4,000mph hypersonic nuclear missile that is capable of reducing a city anywhere on Earth to ashes within minutes. The nukes…
US Submarine Hits ‘Object’ While Underwater In South China Sea
A US nuclear-powered submarine hit an “object” while submerged in international waters in the Indo-Pacific region, injuring some of the crew, the United States Navy has said. None of…