An undated selfie shows Ryan W Routh, a suspect identified by news organisations behind former US president Donald Trump’s apparent assassination bid. — Reuters/File The former United States president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has seemingly survived another apparent assassination bid after being shot and injured during a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13. … Read more
Concerns are mounting on social media following the alleged lynching of 21-year-old Javion McGee, a truck driver from Chicago, Illinois, who was found hanging from a tree in Henderson, North Carolina, on September 11. Law enforcement has ruled the death a suicide, but McGee’s family remains unconvinced, with growing calls for further investigation. The case … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Multiple Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders, including high-ranking figures, have been charged with terrorism-related offences following accusations of violence against police officers during a rally in Islamabad. The cases, registered at Sangjani and CTD police stations, involve serious allegations under the Anti-Terrorism Act and the “Peaceful Assembly and Public Order Act 2024.” According to an … Read more
A representational image of a crime scene at a house. — Unsplash Homeowner allegedly tortured mother, daughter maids. Locals inform authorities about teenager maid condition. Police arrest owner; shift victims to hospital for treatment. LAHORE: In a heartbreaking incident, two housemaids, a mother and her teenage daughter, became victims of alleged torture by the owner of … Read more
LAS VEGAS: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told Jewish donors on Thursday that if elected, he would take action against US universities propagating what he described as “antisemitic content.” He warned that such universities could lose their accreditation and federal funding if they failed to stop promoting this type of propaganda. Trump delivered these remarks … Read more
Linda Sun, a former aide to NY Governor Kathy Hochul, exits Brooklyn Federal court with husband Chris Hu after being charged with acting as an unregistered agent of China’s government, in New York City, US, September 3, 2024. — Reuters Sun, Chris Hu plead not guilty to criminal charges. Hochul’s office fired Sun in 2023 … Read more
Valencia footballer Rafa Mir has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault. The Sevilla loanee missed training on Tuesday after being detained as part of an investigation into an alleged sexual assault involving two women at his private residence. Another man, also under arrest, is believed to have participated in the incident. The victims, aged … Read more
DUBLIN: An Irish state inquiry uncovered a “truly shocking” level of sexual abuse at religious schools, primarily those run by the Catholic Church, over nearly a century with 2,395 allegations, the government said on Tuesday. The preliminary “scoping inquiry” found 884 alleged sexual abusers at more than 300 schools across the country between 1927 and … Read more
ANKARA: Turkey arrested a Kosovan national accused of managing the financial network of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency in the country, the Turkish intelligence organisation said on Tuesday. Liridon Rexhepi was detained in Istanbul on August 30, suspected of transferring funds to Mossad personnel operating in Turkey, the Turkish intelligence agency MIT said. Turkey, which has denounced … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Hafiz Saad Hussain Rizvi and breakaway faction Tehreek-i-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah’s chief Dr Muhammad Ashraf Jalali stood trial in absentia on Monday at a high-security court in the Netherlands over alleged attempts to incite the murder of far-right and anti-Islam Dutch leader Geert Wilders. Dutch prosecutors have charged 56-year-old Jalali for calling … Read more