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Ethnic fighting kills 32 in disputed region straddling Sudan, South Sudan
Attacks by rival factions of the Dinka ethnic group in an area claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan killed at least 32 people over the weekend, a local official said on Monday. Deadly violence is common in the oil-rich Abyei region, where Twic Dinka from South Sudan’s neighbouring Warrap State are locked in a…
Read MoreMan arrested in possible hate crime at Fresno bakery is also a suspect in synagogue vandalism
One person was arrested Tuesday in connection with a possible anti-Jewish hate crime at a Mediterranean bakery in Fresno and police say the suspect may have also been involved in vandalizing a synagogue. The vandalism comes as Israel wages war against Hamas after several terror attacks killed more than 1,000 people last week. Orlando Javier Ramirez, 30,…
Read MoreA QAnon ‘queen’ and the Canada town that wants her gone
She claims to be the Queen of Canada, and now she’s holding court in an abandoned school. Romana Didulo, a QAnon-inspired conspiracy theorist, leads a group of supporters who have spent the last few years traveling around Canada in motorhomes and other vehicles. Recently, the group moved into Richmound, a village of around 150 people…
Read MoreDriver arrested after car hits several pedestrians in Melbourne CBD
A driver has been arrested after a car ran into pedestrians in Melbourne’s CBD. Police say a vehicle struck several pedestrians before colliding with two vehicles near Russell and Bourke streets about 6pm. Paramedics were called to a report of “a car versus pedestrians” a police statement said. “At this stage it appears five people…
Read MoreEscaped murder convict caught on another trail cam at Longwood Gardens: Sources
An escaped murderer on the run in Chester County, Pennsylvania has so far eluded hundreds of law officers – including tactical teams in full combat gear, tracking dogs, cops on horseback and aircraft – as the search entered its second week Thursday and nervous residents stayed alert for any sign of the fugitive. Danelo Souza…
Read MoreCase Details Gang Members as Both Victims and Perpetrators in Gruesome Killings
A federal jury yesterday afternoon convicted three members of the Gangster Disciples for their roles in the murder of an Athens, Georgia, resident as retribution for the killing of another gang member and the murders of two other Athens men falsely suspected of cooperating with law enforcement. Philmon Deshawn Chambers, aka “Dolla Phil,” 34, of…
Read MoreWorshippers at Belfast mosque targeted by neo-Nazis feared New Zealand-style attack
Worshippers at a mosque targeted by neo-Nazis are living in fear of a far-right attack resembling the Christchurch massacre, the imam has said. Banners bearing the SS insignia, swastikas and the Totenkopf (SS Nazi skull) symbol were put on a lamp post outside the Iqraa Mosque in Dunmurry last week. They were discovered by a woman…
Read MoreWhat Is Wagner? Inside Prigozhin’s Secret War Company
Since the beginning of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner paramilitary group has emerged from the shadows to become a potent political and cultural force in Russia—and one with the potential to derail the Kremlin’s long-term plans. Prigozhin initially built a fighting unit of well-armed men to defend his business interests, which chiefly revolved…
Read MoreWagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin listed in Russian plane crash with no survivors
Russia’s most powerful mercenary Yevgeny Prigozhin was on board a plane which crashed on Wednesday evening north of Moscow with no survivors, the Russian authorities said, two months to the day after he led an abortive mutiny against the army top brass. There was no official comment from the Kremlin or the Defence Ministry on…
Read MoreSecond Ecuador politician killed in less than a week
A local party leader has been killed in Ecuador, the second politician to be assassinated in the space of a week. Pedro Briones was shot dead by gunmen on a motorcycle at his home in northern Esmeraldas province. His killing comes just five days after presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was gunned down in the capital,…
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