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Abuja, Nigeria – AFP A Nigerian police commander once dubbed the country’s “super cop” pleaded not guilty to drug smuggling charges on Monday. National deputy police commissioner Abba Kyari was already suspended after he was implicated in the case of Nigerian social media influencer Ramon Abbas, known as Hushpuppi, who ...
Ukraine has taken Russia to the International Court of Justice over its invasion. Ukraine’s ambassador warned the world that if his country is crushed, international peace is in peril. He was addressing the United Nations, General Assembly in a rare emergency session to discuss Russia’s attack on Ukraine today. The meeting gives all 193...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – At least 17 people have been killed by suspected bandits who raided villages in northern Niger state in Nigeria, according to authorities. Mashegu, Lavun and Wushishi Local Government areas in the north central state of Niger were attacked from noon until 8 p.m. local time Saturday. “The Chief of Staff to [&hel...
Leaders of Jerusalem churches on Monday warned of an Israeli plan to confiscate church-owned lands in the occupied city. In a Feb. 18 letter to Israeli Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg, they called for halting a plan to expand an Israeli park to the Olive Mount in East Jerusalem. The letter was signed by leaders […]
Researchers say state-level “stand your ground” laws “should be reconsidered to prevent unnecessary violent deaths.” Such laws are associated with hundreds of additional homicides each year in the U.S., according to new research by public health scholars. The study was published Monday in JAMA Network Open, a peer-reviewed medical journal. It ...
The Hague – AFP: Myanmar hit out Monday at a genocide case brought against it by The Gambia for alleged persecution of Rohingya Muslims, urging the UN’s highest court to drop the claim on legal grounds. Banjul dragged Myanmar before the International Court of Justice in 2019, accusing the predominantly Buddhist Myanmar of genocide ...
Dearborn, Michigan police fatally shot a man Saturday after he allegedly started a fire at a mosque and shot at law enforcement officers. The incident stemmed from a shooting in Detroit, the police chief told The Detroit News. At 1:18 a.m., Dearborn officers on patrol observed a fire at the Al-Huda Islamic Association on the […]
Nahiem Pettiford robbed two men at gunpoint after he was unable to get into the donation box at a Jersey City mosque on Jan. 20, police said. Pettiford was taken into custody by Jersey City police on Jan. 26 in Newark. Police searched his car and found more than 300 bags of heroin, a handgun, […]
U.S. federal prisons were under lockdown on Tuesday after two inmates were killed during a fight at a Texas prison. In a statement to Anadolu Agency, the US Bureau of Prisons or BOP said it is securing its facilities in an abundance of caution and as a temporary measure to ensure order. Multiple inmates were […]
A London-based law firm has filed an application with British police seeking the arrest of India’s army chief and a senior Indian government official over their alleged roles in war crimes in Kashmir. Law firm Stoke White says it has submitted evidence including 2,000 testimonies taken between 2020 and 2021 to law enforcement in the [&he...
