Baku, Azerbaijan- AFP Azerbaijan has detained an ex-president of its recently captured separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, which agreed to reintegrate with Azerbaijan in the wake of Baku’s lightning offensive last month. Earlier on Wednesday, Armenia’s foreign ministry “strongly condemned” Azerbaijan for arresting se...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The Afghan Taliban on Wednesday rejected Pakistan’s plan to expel “foreigners” from the country, asking Islamabad to reconsider its decision. The Taliban interim administration spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid also rejected the allegations that Afghans are involved in terror activities in Pakistan. “The behavior ...
James, Jennifer Crumbley face manslaughter charges after last murdered 4 students in 2021 HOUSTON, United States (AA) – The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that James and Jennifer Crumbley can stand trial as the first parents in US history to be charged in a mass school shooting linked to their child, according to reports. The [&hel...
ANKARA (AA) – One of the two suspects allegedly responsible for Sunday’s attack in the Turkish capital Ankara has been identified, the Turkish Interior Ministry said on Monday. PKK member Hasan Oguz, codenamed Kanivar Erdal, was identified as a result of research and DNA analysis, the ministry said in a statement. Efforts and investigations to...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Five Arab Israelis were killed Wednesday in a shooting in northern Israel, police said, the latest fatalities in a crime wave hitting the country’s Arab minority. Three men and two women were shot dead in the Bedouin town of Basmat Tabun, northwest of Nazareth, police said in a statement. The force [&hell...
From the settlement, $10 million will be reserved for mental health services for Epstein’s survivors NEW YORK – JPMorgan Chase has agreed to a $75 million settlement with the U.S. Virgin Islands following allegations that the bank facilitated Jeffrey Epstein’s illegal activities for over a decade. Of the agreed amount, $55 mi...
Patrick Crusius serving life in prison, still faces death penalty HOUSTON, United States (AA) – The gunman who killed 23 people in a racially motivated attack at a Walmart store in the US state of Texas four years ago agreed on Monday to pay $5 million to the victims’ families, according to multiple media outlets. […]
State has been able to secure pentobarbital for carrying out an execution by lethal injection under a one-drug protocol COLUMBIA, South Carolina – The U.S. state of South Carolina has announced plans to resume executions of prisoners sentenced to death by lethal injection after a 12-year hiatus. Governor Henry McMaster told media outlets...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – Four people were killed and 18 others kidnapped during an attack by bandits in Giyawa village in northwestern Nigeria’s Sokoto state, police said Thursday. Ahmed Rufai, the state police command’s spokesman, said the assailants also carted away valuables including livestock. He said seven of those abducted later...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnian police on Tuesday arrested five former Serb troops suspected of participating in the 1995 genocide in Srebrenica. The suspects were arrested after an operation carried out in cities across the country by the members of the Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA). In a statement, SIPA said that the opera...
