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A former Marine commander has appealed a three-year sentence recently upheld by an appellate court over the death of a young Marine during a search mission for heavy rain victims in 2023, sources said Tuesday.
Footage from 10 August shows collapsed buildings and ambulances as residents make their way through areas closed off by authorities. One of the side towers of the city’s neo-Gothic Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary was also brought down by the force of the tremor, sending debris into the surrounding stree…
A Damascus court sentenced Syria's former president Bashar al-Assad, his brother Maher and former security official Atef Najib to death on Tuesday on charges of murder, torture and incitement to murder.
Former Assad official faces historic trial over the Syrian revolution crackdown.
The campaign targets ‘covert’ crimes that have spread online, from ‘soft violence’ to sexual extortion
The campaign targets ‘covert’ crimes that have spread online, from ‘soft violence’ to sexual extortion
Former Syrian president convicted of murder, torture and crimes against humanity after trial in Damascus following 2024 ousting
Former Syrian president convicted of murder, torture and crimes against humanity after trial in Damascus following 2024 ousting
Wrongfully imprisoned academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert, the ombudsman and a chorus of human rights advocates have voiced serious unease about the Carroll government’s plan to curtail the right of Victorian prisoners to access fresh air daily.
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SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- A former Marine commander has appealed a three-year sentence recently upheld by an appellate court over the death of a young Marine during a search mission for heavy rain victims in 2023, sources said Tuesday.
A Syrian court has sentenced ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia, after convicting him of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the country's civil war.
Rescuers are searching through collapsed buildings in western Colombia for survivors after the country’s strongest earthquake this century killed at least 132 people and caused widespread devastation, according to local media.
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An undercover investigation conducted over the past several months went public on Sunday after a couple from Bat Yam were arrested on the suspicion of posing as insurance company representatives and defrauding at least 75 people.
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BANGKOK (AP) — A Taiwanese court on Tuesday sentenced a woman who advocated for spouses born in mainland China to seven years in prison, after finding her guilty of conspiring with Chinese government officials and proxies to influence Taiwanese politics.
Former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was convicted of premeditated murder of multiple people, including children, torture, arbitrary detention, and crimes against humanity, and was sentenced to death on Tuesday, Syria's official news agency SANA confirmed.
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The recent school shooting and killing of an official have raised the tally to 12 in three weeks in the tiny province of Nonthaburi alone
The recent school shooting and killing of an official have raised the tally to 12 in three weeks in the tiny province of Nonthaburi alone
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A Damascus court sentenced Syria's former strongman Bashar al-Assad, his brother Maher and former security official Atef Najib to death on Tuesday on charges of murder, torture and incitement to murder.
George Dib has been arrested in Lebanon. (Supplied)
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Two Pakistanis and an Indonesian national were killed in a Houthi missile strike on a commercial ship in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the Saudi state-owned Al Hadath reported on Tuesday morning.
Ross Tighe told the court he was shot in the stomach by Darryl Valroy Young. (ABC News: Carole Howlett)
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A Syrian court sentenced in absentia ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad along with his younger brother to death on Tuesday for crimes against humanity and war crimes during Syria’s 14-year conflict that left about half a million people dead.
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The federal opposition is demanding a police investigation into the apparent leaking of a diplomatic note sent by the Japanese government to its counterparts in Canberra, after details of the note were published in media outlets.
A Damascus court on Tuesday sentenced former Syrian president Bashar Al Assad, his brother Maher and former security official Atef Najib to death on charges of murder, torture and incitement to murder.
A Damascus court on Tuesday sentenced nine former regime officials, including Bashar Al Assad, his brother Maher and security official Atef Najib, to death on charges of murder and torture.
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a criminal case against Vice President Sara Duterte before a local court stemming from alleged threats she made against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos and former Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez.
Syria’s ex-president Bashar al-Assad and Atef Najib, the former head of political security in southern Syria’s Deraa province, have been sentenced to death after being convicted of crimes during the country’s civil war.
Russian attacks struck Kyiv, triggering fires in the capital, officials said. (Reuters: Gleb Garanich)
Nearly three decades after Tupac Shakur was fatally shot in Las Vegas, the trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis has begun. Prosecutors accuse the former gang leader of orchestrating the killing, one of hip-hop’s most enduring mysteries.
A forensic expert says the Oallen case highlights why investigators must resist disturbing suspected human remains. (ABC News.)
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At least 14 artisanal miners are dead and scores are injured at a disused mine in South Africa, police said Tuesday.
House prosecutor Lorna Kapunan on Aug. 11, 2026, describes the defense team’s decision to ignore repeated requests to meet and compare evidence as an 'unusual' strategy, after Senate impeachment court Presiding Officer Francis Escudero chides Vice President Sara Duterte’s lawyers for 'ghosting' the prosecution.
A Ukrainian drone attack killed one person and injured two others in the southwestern Voronezh region, local officials said Tuesday, with online retailer Wildberries saying that a fire broke out at one of its logistics centers during the air assault.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s wife, Rama Duwaji, is expected to travel to Syria and Lebanon next month, protected by police officers assigned to her taxpayer-funded New York Police Department (NYPD) security detail, The New York Post reported on Monday evening, citing a source familiar with the details.
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Overnight Russian attacks have killed six people in southeastern Ukraine and struck a children’s hospital in the capital Kyiv, according to local officials.