ANKARA (AA) – One of the two suspects allegedly responsible for Sunday’s attack in the Turkish capital Ankara has been identified, the Turkish Interior Ministry said on Monday. PKK member Hasan Oguz, codenamed Kanivar Erdal, was identified as a result of research and DNA analysis, the ministry said in a statement. Efforts and investigations to...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Five Arab Israelis were killed Wednesday in a shooting in northern Israel, police said, the latest fatalities in a crime wave hitting the country’s Arab minority. Three men and two women were shot dead in the Bedouin town of Basmat Tabun, northwest of Nazareth, police said in a statement. The force [&hell...
From the settlement, $10 million will be reserved for mental health services for Epstein’s survivors NEW YORK – JPMorgan Chase has agreed to a $75 million settlement with the U.S. Virgin Islands following allegations that the bank facilitated Jeffrey Epstein’s illegal activities for over a decade. Of the agreed amount, $55 mi...
Patrick Crusius serving life in prison, still faces death penalty HOUSTON, United States (AA) – The gunman who killed 23 people in a racially motivated attack at a Walmart store in the US state of Texas four years ago agreed on Monday to pay $5 million to the victims’ families, according to multiple media outlets. […]
State has been able to secure pentobarbital for carrying out an execution by lethal injection under a one-drug protocol COLUMBIA, South Carolina – The U.S. state of South Carolina has announced plans to resume executions of prisoners sentenced to death by lethal injection after a 12-year hiatus. Governor Henry McMaster told media outlets...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – Four people were killed and 18 others kidnapped during an attack by bandits in Giyawa village in northwestern Nigeria’s Sokoto state, police said Thursday. Ahmed Rufai, the state police command’s spokesman, said the assailants also carted away valuables including livestock. He said seven of those abducted later...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnian police on Tuesday arrested five former Serb troops suspected of participating in the 1995 genocide in Srebrenica. The suspects were arrested after an operation carried out in cities across the country by the members of the Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA). In a statement, SIPA said that the opera...
Islamabad, Pakistan – AFP Five British-Pakistani children who were taken to Pakistan with a fugitive couple wanted over the death of a 10-year-old girl in Britain appeared at a custody hearing on Tuesday, police said. Surrey Police in Britain said last week the welfare of the five children was “a priority” after Sara Sharif w...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – Prosecutors told a Canadian court Tuesday that accused Nathaniel Veltman mowed down and killed a family of four with his truck for one hate-filled reason – “he did it because they were Muslim.” The trial, which opened last week with jury selection, heard the opening statement of the Crown (government) prosecutors [&helli...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistani security forces have launched a fresh operation in the southwestern mountainous region to recover six local footballers kidnapped by armed men last week, a government official said on Monday. The footballers were on their way to take part in a local football tournament in southwestern Balochistan provin...
