KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Guinea’s former military ruler Captain Moussa Dadis Camara was found guilty of crimes against humanity at a court in the capital Conakry and sentenced to 20 years in prison in connection with massacres that occurred in 2009 in the West African country. The charges are in connection with the September 28, […]
A 43-year-old man was shot and killed execution-style outside a Philadelphia mosque on Tuesday. Raheem Jefferson was gunned down about 5 p.m. while walking to a prayer service. Witnesses say they saw Jefferson being targeted by the shooter, who fired 17 shots. He was rushed to the hospital but later died of his injuries. The […]
Three key suspects in the Sept. 11 attacks have agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges. The plea has been made in exchange for a life sentence, thereby allowing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Bin Attash, and Mustafa al-Hawasawi to avoid a death penalty trial. Chief Prosecutor Rear Admiral Aaron Rugh confirmed the agreement. It includes [&...
Sean Grayson, a former Illinois sheriff’s deputy charged with murdering Sonya Massey on July 6, was previously dismissed from the US Army for serious misconduct. Grayson, indicted on charges related to Massey’s death, was discharged from the Army in 2016 under circumstances that involved “serious offenses.” Despite this, he was employed by six...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The municipality of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip has condemned the Israeli army’s bombing of a drinking water reservoir in the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood as a grave violation of humanitarian norms. “The Israeli soldiers’ detonation of the main water reservoir in Tal al-Sultan is a crime against...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – South Africa said Saturday it canceled the visas of 95 Libyan nationals who were arrested Friday at a suspected “secret military camp” in White River, a holiday town in the northeastern Mpumalanga province. Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber said he welcomed the arrests of the Libyans whom he said acquir...
White River, South Africa — AFP South African authorities rounded up 95 Libyans in a raid at a farm that appeared to have been converted into an illegal military training base, the police said. The raid was in a remote area outside the town of White River in the northeastern province of Mpumalanga, about 360 […]
The US has charged 19 people for coordinating the smuggling of dozens of unauthorized migrants from Mexico. While nine of the 19 are in custody, a grand jury returned an indictment against 14 members of them. A complaint was filed against five others. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco says the Justice Department is committed to […]
Washington, United States – AFP The gunman who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump at a campaign rally searched online for details about the November 1963 shooting of US president John F Kennedy in the days before the attack, the FBI director said Wednesday. FBI chief Christopher Wray, testifying before a congressional committee, also ...
A sheriff’s deputy in Springfield, Illinois, has been charged with murder following the fatal shooting of an unarmed 36-year-old Black woman. Sonya Massey had called 911 on July 6 to report a prowler. But bodycam footage released on Monday shows Deputy Sean Grayson shooting her in her face in her home. She was unarmed. The […]
