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Newest first · UTC+11:00'I thought I might die': A Palestinian mother's account of Israeli detention
Each night, Saeda al-Shrafi feels as though she is back in the cell: boots in the corridor, a headcount barked in the dark, the cold of Damon prison seeping into her bones.
· Middleeasteye
Celeste Rivas’ father responds to D4vd arrest in connection to his daughter’s disturbing murder
Celeste Rivas’ father thanked God after singer D4VD was arrested in connection to his daughter’s heinous murder.
· David Spector
US appeals court allows construction on Trump's White House ballroom
Work continues on the construction of the ballroom at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)
· Darlene Superville
The Murder Line review – Minnie Driver’s mischievous crime caper is on the edge of excellence
Don’t come to this Canadian show looking for prestige drama. But it is a highly entertaining tale featuring numerous holdalls of cocaine – and Driver having loads of fun with English accents
· Jack Seale
Republican candidate blasts Newsom over sweeping California hospice fraud scandal
As allegations of hospice fraud mount in California, Republican congressional candidate Jenny Rae Le Roux is calling out state leaders, accusing them of failing to act as oversight gaps allowed the issue to escalate.
· Fox News
Debate sobre possível destituição de Trump avança nos EUA
Parlamentares do Partido Democrata pressionam pela destituição de Donald Trump do cargo de presidente com base na 25ª Emenda da Constituição dos Estados Unidos, após ele ameaçar exterminar "uma civilização inteira" caso o Irã não recuasse – declaração que muitos descreveram como um potencial crime de guerra.
· Amy Stockdale
Underworld crime spree in Sydney's south-west
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Items found near Israeli embassy are non-hazardous, police say
Suspicious items found near the Israeli embassy in London were "non-hazardous", the Metropolitan Police said.
· Alicia Curry
Andrew and Tristan Tate's renewed defamation claim names Australian YouTuber
Brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate are taking legal action to reveal the identities of anonymous social media users they claim have defamed them. (AP: Andreea Alexandru)
56 bodies found dumped at a cemetery in Trinidad and Tobago
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Police in Trinidad and Tobago said they were investigating after 56 bodies — mainly of infants — were found dumped at one of the country’s cemeteries on Saturday.
Animal rights protesters clash with police at Wisconsin beagle facility
BLUE MOUNDS, Wis. (AP) — Hundreds of animal rights activists who tried to gain entry Saturday to a beagle breeding and research facility in Wisconsin were turned back by police who fired tear gas and pepper spray into the crowd and arrested the group’s leader.
'Die, Jews, Die:' NYC man sentenced to prison for antisemitic, anti-white assaults
A Brooklyn man was sentenced Tuesday to three to nine years in prison for a series of violent and aggressive anti-woman, anti-white, and antisemitic incidents, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office announced.
· MICHAEL STARR
Investigators examine whether Ukraine terrorist attack was directed by Russia
The gunman, who killed six people in Kyiv before police shot him dead, was a Ukrainian citizen born in Moscow
· Lukeharding
UK's Kensington Gardens reopens after police find no hazardous material near London Israeli embassy
British police said on Saturday they found no hazardous substances in items discovered near London’s Israeli embassy and reopened Kensington Gardens, after investigating an online claim that the site had been targeted by drones.
· REUTERS
All construction of Trump's White House ballroom can resume, appeals court says
Construction of the underground and above ground portions of President Donald Trump's White House ballroom project will be allowed to continue, a US appeals court said.
· Ana Faguy
Mexico arrests suspected Hungarian drug trafficker amid crime crackdown
The Mexican government has arrested a suspected drug trafficker featured on the European Union’s “most wanted fugitives” list, as it attempts to crack down on criminal operations within its borders.
· Al Jazeera Staff
MLB’s obvious folly is preventable — and Cubs may have learned the hard way
As players call over to those playing on the tennis court beside them, “A little help, please!” Yet in this case, a whole lot of help is needed.
· Phil Mushnick
Gravestones toppled in Romanian Jewish cemetery where Gantz's family is buried
Gravestones were toppled in a Romanian Jewish cemetery last Saturday, according to the Mures County Police Inspectorate, a resting site where Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz’s great-grandfather is buried.
· MICHAEL STARR
WWE WrestleMania: Where To Watch, Time, Card, Free Trial, ESPN/Netflix/Peacock Streaming Info
We’ve finally arrived at WrestleMania!
· Josh Sorokach
3 SoCal fraudsters learn fate in bizarre bear-attack costume scam
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three people in California have been sentenced for insurance fraud in a bizarre scam that involved someone dressed in a bear costume damaging luxury cars.
· Associated Press
Canadian man Kenneth Law to plead guilty in suicide kit case to avoid murder trial
The former cook is accused of helping 14 people kill themselves by selling a legal but deadly substance online
· Reuters
Canadian man Kenneth Law to plead guilty in suicide kit case to avoid murder trial
The former cook is accused of helping 14 people kill themselves by selling a legal but deadly substance online
· Reuters
Ukraine police shoot dead gunman who killed six in Kyiv, took hostages
A gunman who killed at least six people in Kyiv and took hostages has been shot dead by Ukrainian police, officials said.
· Al Jazeera
Justin Fairfax’s wife was celebrating with these final words hours before murder-suicide, her best friend says
Disgraced ex-Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax killed his estranged wife in a gruesome murder-suicide just hours she celebrated with her best friend that she was “finally going to be free,” according to a report.
· Katherine Donlevy
At Least 5 Killed After Gunman Opens Fire in Ukrainian Capital
Five people were killed in Kyiv on Saturday after a gunman opened fire and took hostages at a supermarket in the Ukrainian capital before being killed during an arrest attempt, officials said.
· Barbara Wojazer for AFP
At least 5 killed after gunman opens fire in Ukrainian capital
KYIV, Ukraine — Five people were killed in Kyiv on Saturday after a gunman opened fire and took hostages at a supermarket in the Ukrainian capital before being killed during an arrest attempt, officials said.
· Agence France-Presse
Kyiv gunman kills 6 and takes hostages before being shot dead by Ukraine police
Special tactical units stormed the supermarket where the attacker had barricaded himself
· Associated Press
Kyiv gunman kills 6 and takes hostages before being shot dead by Ukraine police
Special tactical units stormed the supermarket where the attacker had barricaded himself
· Associated Press
25-year-old ‘monster’ sentenced nearly 100 years for sex acts with pit bull, child sex abuse
A 25-year-old Arkansas “monster” who pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges, bestiality, and sexual extortion has been sentenced to a whopping 96 years in prison.
· Jeanne Erickson
Moscow goes to war against US universities as Russian students face prison for studying abroad
Moscow is criminalizing the American dream — blacklisting more than a dozen elite US universities and making it illegal for Russians to so much as contact them.
· Jeanne Erickson
Mexico arrests suspected European drug trafficker
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A suspected drug trafficker considered one of Europe’s most wanted fugitives has been arrested in Mexico, authorities said on Saturday.
The futures that corruption erased
“IF you want to fight corruption, you must be prepared to send your friends and relatives to jail,” Singapore’s late prime minister Lee Kuan Yew once said — a reminder that corruption is rarely abstract, and never without consequence.
· Lalay Ramos Jimenez
California bear-suit luxury car scam ends in insurance fraud sentences for 3
LOS ANGELES — Three people in California have been sentenced for insurance fraud in a bizarre scam that involved someone dressed in a bear costume damaging luxury cars.
· Associated Press
FBI chief threatens to sue The Atlantic over report about his drinking
US President Donald Trump’s FBI Director Kash Patel has threatened to sue The Atlantic for publishing a report claiming that he fears for his job due to his “excessive drinking” and “unexplained absences.”
· RT
3 sentenced after bear costume used in $142K luxury car insurance scam
This photo provided by the California Department of Insurance shows a bear costume allegedly worn by suspects with the aim to commit insurance fraud. (California Department of Insurance via AP, File)
French peacekeeper killed by Hezbollah in Lebanon, Macron says
French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday announced the death of a French soldier serving with the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon, blaming the Hezbollah militant group and demanding Beirut immediately arrest those responsible.
· Jacob Parry
UK police investigate arson attempt at building once used by Jewish community
A sign stands in front of the New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police, in London, Sept. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
Greece’s deputy agriculture minister resigns over degree fraud
ATHENS — Greece's Deputy Agriculture Minister Makarios Lazaridis resigned on Saturday after it was revealed he was hired in the public sector without the required qualifications.
· Nektaria Stamouli
Trump administration cleared to continue construction of White House ballroom, court rules
Construction was stopped after suit challenged president’s authority to raze East Wing without congressional approval
· Eric Berger
'I thought I might die': A Palestinian mother's account of Israeli detention
Each night, Saeda al-Shrafi feels as though she is back in the cell: boots in the corridor, a headcount barked in the dark, the cold of Damon prison seeping into her bones.
· Middleeasteye
UK’s counterterror police probe another London arson attack
The fire in Hendon on Friday follows another arson attack on a synagogue in nearby Finchley on Wednesday
· Agence France-Presse
UK’s counterterror police probe another London arson attack
The fire in Hendon on Friday follows another arson attack on a synagogue in nearby Finchley on Wednesday
· Agence France-Presse
Porky’s NYPD: Cops spied on colleagues through locker-room peephole, lawsuit claims
NYPD bosses allegedly ogled female officers as they undressed through a secret hole in a locker-room wall at a Bronx stationhouse, according to a bombshell lawsuit.
· Tina Moore
Judge’s decision on suspect in killing of Oakland coaching legend throws case into chaos
The Alameda County case against Cedric Irving Jr., accused of killing beloved Oakland football coach and educator John Beam, hit a major legal roadblock Friday after a judge ruled the defendant mentally incompetent to stand trial, prosecutors said.
· Daniel Farr
Hong Kong woman loses HK$4.9 million to bogus online ‘investment experts’
Victim lured by social media advertisement promising high-return stock investments, police say
· Ng Kang-chung
Hong Kong woman loses HK$4.9 million to bogus online ‘investment experts’
Victim lured by social media advertisement promising high-return stock investments, police say
· Ng Kang-chung
Pope urges youth to stay and fight corruption during Cameroon visit
Pope Leo XIV has celebrated Mass in Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé, as he continues his 11-day tour across Africa.
· AfricaNews
Britain is turning into a Zionist police state to protect Israel
By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
· RT
Britain is turning into a Zionist police state to protect Israel
By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
· RT