A Chinese court has sentenced two teenagers over the death of their classmate in March.The teens in Hebei province, identified only by their surnames Zhang and Li, were 13 years old when they conspired to kill their classmate Wang and split his money between them.After attacking Wang with a shovel, they buried him in an...
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Nigerian Court Jails Jamaican, 3 Other Drug Kingpins For 28 Years; Seizes Lagos Houses, N67Million, $50,000
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State has sentenced four drug kingpins to various jail terms totalling 28 years with hard labour, over the trafficking of 2,139.55kg of cocaine. Operatives of a special operations unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in an operation on Sunday, September 18, 2022 raided a house...
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Hundreds Escape Mozambique Prison amidst Election Protest
More than 1,500 prisoners have escaped from a prison in Mozambique, taking advantage of ongoing political unrest triggered by disputed election results, police say.Thirty-three people were killed and 15 injured in clashes with guards, police chief Bernardino Rafael told a press conference.About 150 more fugitives have since been recaptured, he added.Protests erupted on Monday in...
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Taiwan’s Ex-Presidential Candidate Charged With Corruption
Ko Wen-je, once a rising star in Taiwanese politics and a presidential contender, was indicted Thursday on corruption charges.The 65-year-old is accused of accepting half a million dollars in bribes involving a real estate dealing during his term as mayor of Taipei, as well as misreporting campaign finances during his run for president in January.Prosecutors...
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Civil Unrest Grips Mozambique, 33 Died In Prison Riot
A prison riot in Mozambique’s capital Maputo left 33 people dead and 15 injured, the country’s police general commander Bernardino Rafael said on Wednesday, as civil unrest linked to October’s disputed election continues.A decision on Monday by Mozambique’s top court confirming long-ruling party Frelimo’s victory in the election has sparked fresh nationwide protests by opposition...
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UN Investigative Team Says Syria’s New Authorities ‘Very Receptive’ To Probe of Assad War Crimes
The U.N. organization assisting in investigating the most serious crimes in Syria on Monday said the country’s new authorities were “very receptive” to its request for cooperation during a just-concluded visit to Damascus, and it is preparing to deploy.The visit led by Robert Petit, head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism for Syria, was the first...
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U.S. Government Deport Colombia Drug Lord after Serving 20-Year-in-Jail
One of the founders of the Medellin drug cartel has returned to Colombia after serving more than 20 years in jail in the US for drug trafficking.Fabio Ochoa Vasquez, now 67 years old, was deported by the US government and landed in Bogota on Monday a free man.Ochoa was one of the founding members of...
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Israel Confirms It Killed Hamas Leader Haniyeh in Tehran
Israel’s defence minister has for the first time acknowledged that Israel killed Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July.Israel Katz made the comments in a speech vowing to target the heads of the Iran-backed Houthi movement in Yemen, which has been firing missiles and drones at Israel.Haniyeh was killed in a building where...
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IGP Promised To Support Family of Detainee Allegedly Slain by the Police in Kwara State, Orders Investigation into Matter
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, on Sunday visited Ilorin, Kwara State, over the death of a 35-year-old Jimoh Abdulquadri reportedly killed by the police. Jimoh was reported to have been tortured to death by some policemen at the command on Saturday.According to investigation, Jimoh of Balogun Fulani community in Erubu, reportedly died in police...