Chief Commissioner Mike Bush is calling for the introduction of graduated mandatory sentencing for serious crime to send a stronger message to criminals, particularly younger offenders, that their actions would have serious consequences.
This photo provided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration shows pills containing fentanyl which were seized by the DEA in New Mexico, on April 28, 2025. (DEA via AP)
Nearly 630 of the plaintiffs affected by Navy water contamination in Central Oʻahu will receive a combined payment of $17 million in the latest batch of Red Hill court settlements announced by the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday.
Kenyan police have dispersed protesters in the capital and detained others who took to the streets in memory of the demonstrators who were killed in anti-government rallies against tax rises two years ago.
Police in Kenya said they detained hundreds of people and fired tear gas on Thursday as families of those killed in anti-government protests two years ago marched to the Parliament building to demand compensation and justice.
La Guaira: Venezuelans searched for survivors beneath collapsed buildings on Thursday and rescue teams raced to northern areas rocked by a pair of powerful earthquakes that officials say killed at least 188 people and left more than 200 trapped. Many more were feared dead.
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Ex-deputy NYC mayor Randy Mastro and investigative journalist Richard Behar have filed a suit against NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani in the state Supreme Court. The petition was viewed by The Jerusalem Post.
At least five people have been killed in a Ukrainian attack on Russia and the Crimean peninsula as Kyiv steps up strikes, according to the Russian-appointed governor in the annexed region.
Former Wimbledon singles champion Chris Evert waves as she arrives for a 100 years of Centre Court celebration on day seven of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, on July 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
The Police Internal Investigations Department (Mahash) has questioned an officer involved with the Haredi protests held on Geha Highway last week, upon suspicion that the officer assaulted a protester, the Israel Police announced Thursday.
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday approved a bill to allow states to have their own police forces, paving the way for a major reform that would reshape the policing structure of the conflict-racked nation.
Rescue efforts are under way in Venezuela after two powerful earthquakes caused buildings to collapse and killed at least 164 people, and there are fears the death toll could rise significantly. A state of emergency has been declared by the country’s interim leader, Delcy Rodríguez, who said 971 people have been inj…
The Liberal Party (LP) of the Philippines on Thursday condemned the spread of artificial intelligence (AI) videos on social media surrounding the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act, particularly involving its principal author, Senator Francis Pangilnan.
Three Lesotho nationals were charged with murder and attempted murder when they appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrates’ Court in South Africa on Thursday.
The United States Supreme Court has ruled that government officials can turn away asylum seekers at the southern border with Mexico if they have not yet set foot on US soil.
A commemorative marker with the name of reporter Mark Kellogg, who died in 1876 while covering the Battle of Little Bighorn, is displayed with fellow journalists and others who have fallen on the job of newsgathering for The Associated Press, at its New York headquarters, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Patri…
AS social media operates on algorithms based on what interests netizens, many content creators feast on what the public is curious about. The stories of juvenile crimes and other forms of violence have recently gone viral. Alarmingly, the Philippine National Police reports more than a thousand cases of school-relate…
Before-and-after photos of a Palestinian journalist released from Israeli detention have sparked anger on social media and calls for accountability from journalists and rights organisations, describing the Israeli prison system as a “tool for both the slow and direct killing” of detainees.
Mourners bury the body of Palestinian Mustafa al-Khatib, 32 who was killed during an Israeli army raid at his home in the early morning, at the cemetery of the West Bank village of Sarta, west of Salfit, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
A Paris court has ordered French oil giant TotalEnergies to report the environmental consequences of emissions from its oil and gas products and explain how it plans to address them.
An Israeli strike on a car in Mefdoun, in Lebanon's Nabatieh district, has killed three people and wounded another, according to the Lebanese health ministry.
The two Zol Begadol supermarket branches whose baby food products were found last week to contain sedative drugs have been banned from selling food and cosmetic products until they develop an extensive quality assurance system, the Health Ministry announced on Thursday.
State Attorney Amit Aisman warned on Thursday that the law restructuring the Justice Ministry’s Police Investigation Department (PID), known by its Hebrew acronym Mahash, could make it harder to investigate sensitive cases involving police, prosecutors, and public officials without political pressure.
Israeli attacks on Lebanon have continued despite a ceasefire, with three people killed during a strike on a car in the south of the country, as senior Israeli and Lebanese officials meet for a final day of talks in Washington.
The Supreme Court in a 7-2 decision on Thursday said Bayer cannot be sued over state-level claims that the company failed to warn of cancer risks from its weedkiller Roundup and its chemical glyphosate.
Bayer AG shares soared in Frankfurt on Thursday morning after the Supreme Court sided with the German pharmaceutical and life sciences giant in a major Roundup ruling expected to block thousands of lawsuits alleging it failed to warn consumers that the weedkiller could cause cancer.