ISTANBUL (AA) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban called Wednesday for a restructured European Parliament amid an ongoing corruption case involving a high-ranking European parliamentarian. “The swamp should be drained,” Orban told reporters at an annual press conference, adding that Hungarians want the parliament to consi...
ANKARA (AA) – At least five people were killed and another injured at a condominium unit in a Toronto suburb on Sunday evening, according to police sources. Police found a “horrendous scene where numerous victims were deceased” after responding to an active shooting call at the building in Vaughan, a city just north of the […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Twenty-six prisoners fled from a prison in western Lebanon on Monday, according to local media. The prison break took place in Bekaa Valley, with most of the escapees convicted of drug and weapons trafficking, the National News Agency reported. Lebanese authorities have yet to issue an official statement on the prison [&...
New Delhi, India (AFP): Scores of activists and campaigners held a candlelight vigil on Friday for Jyoti Singh, the young woman who was brutally gang-raped and murdered on a New Delhi bus 10 years ago. The horrific crime appalled India and the world and highlighted the scourge of sexual crimes against women. The crowd at […]
NEW DELHI (AA) – At least 70 people have died since consuming illicitly brewed homemade liquor in the eastern Indian state of Bihar on Tuesday, according to unconfirmed reports. Saran Civil Surgeon Dr. Sagar Dulal Sinha confirmed that 30 people have died as a result of drinking spurious liquor in the Saran district. Saran has […]
New Delhi, India – AFP Ten years ago the brutal gang rape and murder of a young woman on a Delhi bus horrified the world and shone a spotlight on high rates of sexual violence in India. Jyoti Singh, 23, and a male friend boarded a bus on the evening of December 16, 2012. Savagely […]
ROME – Italian police detained 13 far-right activists in the northern city of Verona suspected of attacking Moroccan fans celebrating a historic World Cup win against Spain late Tuesday, media reports said Thursday. The Moroccan supporters were attacked by a group of men dressed in black with their faces covered up, police said in a [&he...
HOUSTON, US (AA) – A US district court has thrown out a case brought by Hatice Cengiz, the fiancé of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) to hold him accountable for his death instead of being provided immunity from the US. “Sad news for accountability. District court dismissed @DAW...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – Nigeria has resumed train services that were shut down nine months ago after Boko Haram attacked a train moving from the capital Abuja to northwestern Kaduna state, according to an official. Yakub Mahmoud, a spokesperson for the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), told Anadolu Agency that dozens of passengers started...
AMSTERDAM (AA) – Pope John Paul II covered up abuse by priests decades before he reached the top position in the Catholic Chruch, says a Dutch investigative journalist. The Pope ignored the sexual abuse of minors by some priests under his administration in Krakow, Poland, where he was archbishop, Ekke Overbeek said. The news in […...
