NGO alleges Russia bombed Syrian hospital in new UN complaint A complaint filed by Syrian NGO Hand in Hand for Aid and Development (HIHFAD ... Russian forces operating in Syria have been accused by the U.N. and other organizations of committing war crimes in the ... 05/1/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Sacramento judge sentences Russian-born man to prison in bid to aid Syrian terror group After making an emotional plea for mercy in a Sacramento courtroom, a Russian-born man guilty of attempting to provide financial support to an anti-government group in Syria was sentenced Monday to 12 ... 04/29/2024 - 10:31 am | View Link
Nine accused of far-right plot to overthrow German government go on trial Nine suspected members of a German far-right group accused of plotting to overthrow the government and install a minor royal as leader went on trial at a high-security courtroom in Stuttgart on ... 04/29/2024 - 6:16 am | View Link
Germany arrests alleged Russian spies scouting U.S. military facilities Dieter S. is accused of being in contact with a person connected to a Russian secret service since October 2023, discussing plans for attacks on military infrastructure and industrial sites in ... 04/19/2024 - 12:09 am | View Link
Germany arrests men accused of spying on U.S. military sites for Russia in sabotage plot to undermine Ukraine aid MUNICH, Germany — Two men have been arrested in Germany on suspicion ... fighter for pro-Kremlin forces in eastern Ukraine, is accused of making arrangements for an explosive or arson attack ... 04/17/2024 - 10:01 pm | View Link
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian counterintelligence investigators have foiled a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top military and political figures, Ukraine’s state security service said Tuesday.
Two colonels in the State Guard of Ukraine, which protects top officials, were detained on suspicion of enacting the plan drawn up by Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, a statement said.
Erin Patterson, an Australian woman who is accused of murdering her ex-husband’s elderly parents and aunt last year by serving them poisonous mushrooms at a lunch, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder.
The 49-year-old denied the charges via a video call from the Melbourne prison she’s been held in for months, having not applied for bail.
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Days after consuming beef Wellington prepared by Patterson at her home in Leongatha, a rural town in regional Victoria, on July 29, 2023, three guests—her former parents-in-law, Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, and her ex-husband’s aunt Heather Wilkinson, 66—died in hospital.
NEW DELHI — Millions of Indian voters across 93 constituencies were casting ballots on Tuesday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi mounted an increasingly shrill election campaign, ramping up polarizing rhetoric in incendiary speeches that have targeted the Muslim minority.
In recent campaign rallies, Modi has called Muslims “infiltrators” and said they “have too many children,” referring to a Hindu nationalist trope that Muslims produce more children with the aim of outnumbering Hindus in India.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Police arrested about 125 activists as they broke up a pro-Palestinian demonstration camp at the University of Amsterdam early Tuesday, as protests that have roiled campuses in the United States spread into Europe.
Police in the Dutch capital said in a statement on the social media platform X that their action was “necessary to restore order” after protests turned violent.
An Israeli tank brigade seized control Tuesday of the Gaza Strip side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, authorities said, moving forward with an offensive in the southern city even as cease-fire negotiations with Hamas remain on a knife’s edge.
The move comes after hours of whiplash in the Israel-Hamas war, with the militant group on Monday saying it accepted an Egyptian-Qatari mediated cease-fire proposal.
BEIJING — Chinese state media are reporting a knife attack with possible deaths at a hospital in the country’s southwest.
The official Xinhua News Agency said there were more than 10 casualties in what it called a “vicious assault” on Tuesday in Yunnan province. An online post from Guizhou province television citing unnamed authorities said that two had died and 23 people were injured.
A suspect has been arrested, the Guizhou TV post said.