Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández, sentenced last year to 45 years in prison for his role in a drug trafficking operation that moved hundreds of tons of cocaine to the United States, was released from prison following a pardon from President Donald Trump, officials confirmed Tuesday. Hernández was released Monday from U.S. Penitentiary Hazelton in West Virginia,...
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Austrian Police Say 2 Ukrainians Arrested After Body Found In Burnt-Out Car
Austrian police said Tuesday that two suspects have been arrested in Ukraine after the body of a 21-year-old man was found in a burnt-out car in Vienna last week. The police statement said the motive was unclear but “withdrawals from the victim’s crypto wallet were detected and a large amount of cash was seized from...
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Gunmen Kill A Government Official And 3 Others After Vehicle Ambush In Northwestern Pakistan
Suspected militants ambushed a vehicle carrying a government administrator in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing him, two of his guards and a passerby, officials said. The attack took place in the Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said Alam Khan, a local police official. He identified the administrator killed as Shah Wali, who served in...
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Iran Sentences Acclaimed Director Jafar Panahi In Absentia To A Year In Prison
Iran has sentenced acclaimed director Jafar Panahi to a year in prison in absentia, even as he received new awards for his latest movie. The Tehran court also imposed a two-year ban on Panahi leaving Iran after convicting him on charges of “propaganda activities against the system,” his lawyer Mostafa Nili said in a post on X. Nili said...
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Germany Sends A Libyan Man Suspected Of War Crimes To The ICC To Face Justice
A Libyan man accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes in a Tripoli prison has been sent by Germany to the International Criminal Court to face justice. ICC prosecutors allege Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri was a senior commander at the Mitiga prison, where they say he ordered or oversaw atrocities including murder, torture,...
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X: The Tales Of Nigeria Terrorism, Insecurity And Fear Embedded In The Hearts Of It Citizens, Seen Through The Lens Of A Soldier
Kolawole Stephen: “I was in Sokoto today, and after a gruesome hours later, I found myself already in Abuja. “We moved in a convoy of only two Hilux vehicles, each one mounted with an AA gun. When we got to Kwangila Road and stopped for a moment, I looked around and saw a sea of...
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A South African Radio Presenter Is Arrested On Suspicion Of Recruiting Fighters For Russia
A South African radio presenter appeared in court on Monday accused of recruiting men to fight for Russia in the war in Ukraine. Nonkululeko Mantula, 39, was arrested alongside four men after a tip off, South African police said. She is accused of recruiting the four men and organizing for them to join the Russian army. South African police...
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Baltimore Landlords Found Liable For Hiring A Sex Offender Who Set Tenants On Fire
Landlords in Baltimore are being held liable for hiring a convicted sex offender with a violent criminal record who then attacked two tenants and set them on fire, with a jury awarding the victims $21.5 million. The same man murdered a tech CEO just days after attacking April Hurley and Jonte Gilmore in their home...
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Son Of Drug Kingpin ‘El Chapo’ Pleads Guilty In US Drug Trafficking Case In A Plea Deal
One of the sons of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” pleaded guilty on Monday to U.S. drug trafficking charges, months after his brother entered a plea deal. Known locally in Mexico as the “Chapitos” — or “little Chapos” — Joaquín Guzmán López and brother Ovidio Guzmán López are accused of running a faction of the Sinaloa cartel. Federal...