A 25-year-old man who police allege forced his way into a home during the night in Welland, Ont., and violently sexually assaulted a toddler inside has been arrested and charged — and neighbours and friends say they are outraged that the man had been released from jail in March from a previous child sex offence. While police described the incident as a stranger attack, several friends of the victim’s mother say the man arrested was known to the victim’s family and had previous contact with the young female victim. Police and paramedics were called to a home in a residential...
Tottenham Defender Djed Spence Is Set To Make History AsThe First Openly Practicing Muslim Baller To Get A Senior England Men’s Call-Up.
Djed Spence is set to become the first Muslim player to ever play for the Three Lions: “I’ll be so proud to be first Muslim to play for England.I think it shows if I can do it, you can do it. Not just Muslim kids, any child of any faith”
In The Shattering ‘The Voice Of Hind Rajab,’ The Story Of A 6-Year-Old Killed In Gaza
In January 2024, a 6-year-old girl trapped inside a bullet-riddled car in Gaza City begged for someone to rescue her. Contact was lost with the first ambulance. Hind Rajab, five family members and two medics were found dead 12 days later. The impact of the story, and the audio of Hind’s voice from that call, has been vast, inspiring songs, protest movements and now a film from Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania. “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” which debuted Wednesday at the Venice Film Festival, is a shattering document of the Israel-Hamas war, set entirely inside the dispatch center of the Palestine Red Crescent Society rescue service....
US Deports Bolivia’s Ex-Interior Minister To Face Charges For Corruption And Protester Killings
A former Bolivian interior minister was deported late Wednesday from Florida to Bolivia, where authorities say he faces charges ranging from breach of duty for illegally importing weapons to crimes against humanity for overseeing a crackdown on protests in 2019 that caused dozens of deaths. Arturo Murillo was freed from U.S. prison in June after serving four years in a money laundering case that accused him of taking $532,000 in bribes to help a Florida company win a lucrative contract to sell tear gas to his country’s government. Just days after Murillo’s release from a Florida prison, he was rearrested and transferred to ICE custody in...
The Dani Tribes Make Their Pain Visible By Amputating Their Finger To Mourn The Loss Of Close Family Member
Grief has many faces, but for the Dani women of Papua, Indonesia, it once left a permanent mark. In an old mourning ritual, they amputated their fingers to honor a close family especially a parent, child, or spouse. Women and sacredly men were expected to amputate part of a finger as a visible sign of mourning. The tribes’ belief in ritualistically finger cutting is thought to keep the agitated spirit of the deceased at bay and to symbolize the sorrow of bereavement. The practice, which involved using sharp tools like knives or machetes, string, stone blades or even biting off...
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo Announces End Of ‘All’ Vaccine Mandates With Desantis
Officials announced the establishment of the Florida Make America Healthy Again commission Wednesday, with a major announcement that includes the end of vaccine mandates in the state. Gov. Ron DeSantis said the new working group will recommend state-level integration of Make America Healthy Again principles. Nationally, President Donald Trump’s MAHA effort has been led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. During the press conference, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced the Florida Department of Health, in partnership with the governor, will work to eliminate all vaccine mandates. “Every last one is wrong and drips with disdain...
Over 15 Terrorists Killed In NAF’s Airstrikes In Borno
Over 15 terrorists were killed and key structures destroyed in the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) airstrikes in Zuba, Borno State, yesterday. NAF’s spokesman, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, who revealed this in a statement Thursday morning, stated that the strikes were “carefully planned and executed.” According to him, “On 3 September 2025, a carefully planned and executed air interdiction mission struck a newly identified terrorist enclave west of Zuwa in the Sambisa general area. “Acting on credible intelligence and confirmatory surveillance, the mission targeted hideouts harbouring fighters and commanders responsible for recent hostilities around Bitta. “The strikes proved devastating, neutralising over...
Anambra Police Destroy Insurgent Camp In Five-Hour Gun Duel
Police Command in Anambra State revealed they have destroyed one of the militia camps belonging to the Eastern Security Network of the Indigenous People of Biafra (ESN/IPOB) in Aguluezechukwu, Aguata Local Government Area of the state. Command spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga who made this known on Thursday said the feat was achieved during a raid of the area jointly carried out by the Army, operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and State Vigilante. According to Ikenga, “Anambra Police led Joint Security Force, Aguata, comprising troops from the 302 Artillery Regiment (GS), 14 Field Engineer Regiment, Operatives of the Department of...