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...
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New York’s Governor Processes Termination of Prison Staffers Involved in Inmate’s Fatal Beating
Governor Kathy Hochul of New York has ordered more than a dozen prison staffers to be fired over the fatal beating of an inmate earlier this month.Hochul said in a statement Saturday that she has directed the state’s corrections department commissioner to begin the process of terminating 14 workers involved in the fatal attack at...
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28-Year-Old Man Reportedly Behead 0ne-Year-Old Son with a Knife
A man has been arrested on suspicion of beheading his 1-year-old son, Northern California authorities said.The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Friday that deputies responding to an early morning family disturbance call found a woman outside a home who told deputies that her husband Andrey Demskiy, 28, assaulted her and her mother.Deputies...
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Pro-Palestinian Students Sue University of Michigan over Protest Crackdown
Current and former University of Michigan students have filed a lawsuit against the school alleging that it targeted and disproportionately disciplined pro-Palestinian students involved in campus protests.The federal lawsuit filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan accuses the school of violating the students’ constitutional rights to free speech, due process...