French man gets 20 years in prison for orchestrating ex-wife’s decade-long mass rape
Dec 19, 2024, at 06:16 pm
Avignon (France): The judges in France’s Avignon have sentenced Dominique Pelicot to 20 years in prison for drugging his wife and orchestrating her rape by 51 men, whom he enlisted through an infamous website, over a period of nine years, according to media reports.
US man caught with a sex worker in his car while eight-month-old infant remained in back seat
Jul 26, 2024, at 11:30 pm
A US man was caught by the police soliciting sex from a prostitute while his 8-month-old child was in the backseat of his car, media reports said.
Myanmar further extends state emergency by six months on eve of military coup
Feb 01, 2024, at 05:24 am
Naypyidaw: Myanmar authorities on Wednesday extended the country's state of emergency for six months, citing ongoing terrorist attacks and drug trafficking.
Sri Lanka installs automated face recognition system at main airport to nab criminals
Jan 07, 2024, at 08:11 am
Colombo: An automated face recognition system has been installed at the Bandaranaike International Airport, the main airport in Sri Lanka, to trace people accused of drug trafficking and other criminal activities, the police said on Saturday.
Imam shot dead outside Newark mosque in US
Jan 05, 2024, at 05:37 am
Unknown attackers shot dead an imam outside a mosque in Newark city of the US on Wednesday.
Thailand to burn 340 tonnes of drugs, marking end of this year's 'war on drugs'
Dec 26, 2023, at 06:05 am
Bangkok: The Thai authorities will destroy 340 tonnes of drugs by the end of February, marking the end of this year's 'war on drugs', Thailand's The Nation newspaper reported on Monday.
Pakistan: Police investigates teenage girl's 'honour killing' over viral photo
Nov 29, 2023, at 06:23 am
Kohistan/Pakistan: Authorities in Pakistan are probing the "honour killing" of an eighteen-year-old girl, who was shot dead by her father and uncle last week on the orders of the village elders, due to her appearance in a viral photo, BBC reported.
Nigeria's banditry legacy: Over 100 abducted in motorcycle raids on Zamfara Villages
Nov 27, 2023, at 07:17 am
Zamfara/Nigeria/IBNS: Over 100 people were abducted by bandits who raided the four villages of Nigeria's north-westren state, Zamfara.
US nurse charged with murdering patients with insulin; accepts to killing 17 of them
Nov 05, 2023, at 07:25 am
A nurse in the state of Pennsylvania, United States, earlier charged with killing two patients by administering insulin overdoses, is slapped with more legal actions, media reports said.
UN warns of heightened risk of genocide and atrocity crimes in Ethiopia
Oct 11, 2023, at 10:55 pm
Following reports of continued fighting between government troops and local militias in Ethiopia, the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide is sounding the alarm about the heightened risk of genocide and related atrocity crimes in the Tigray, Amhara, Afar and Oromi regions.
Thailand: 3 killed in Bangkok mall shooting by 14-year-old gunman
Oct 04, 2023, at 05:24 am
Bangkok/UNI: Three people were killed and four injured in a shooting incident allegedly by an underage gunman at the Siam Paragon Mall in Bangkok on Tuesday, Thai media reported, citing police.
Thailand: Drugs worth $8.2 million seized by police
Sep 29, 2023, at 05:26 am
Bangkok: Thai police have arrested four people and confiscated over 15 million pills of methamphetamine and other illegal drugs worth 300 million baht in what they say is one of the biggest drug busts of the year, media reported.
Nigeria: Gunman kidnaps 35 people from university
Sep 23, 2023, at 06:31 am
Abuja/UNI: A minimum of 35 individuals, including both university students and staff members, were kidnapped by an unidentified gunman in Nigeria's northwestern state of Zamfara, on Friday.
Stabbing incident at Australian National University leaves three hospitalised
Sep 19, 2023, at 05:44 am
Canberra/UNI: An alleged stabbing incident at the prestigious Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra has left three individuals hospitalised with injuries.
US: Miami airport officials caught on camera stealing money from passenger bags
Sep 17, 2023, at 01:46 am
Miami (US): A video of two Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees allegedly pilfering money and belongings from passengers' bags at Miami International Airport has gone viral.
Ovidio Guzmán-López: Mexican drug kingpin El Chapo's son extradited to US from Mexico
Sep 16, 2023, at 04:50 pm
The US Attorney General has said Ovidio Guzman Lopez, son of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, has been extradited from Mexico to the United States on drug trafficking charges.
Norwegian man sentenced to 3.5 years for hiding deceased wife in freezer to collect her pension
Sep 14, 2023, at 07:32 am
A 57-year-old Norwegian man has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison by a Swedish court for a series of crimes, including fraud and falsifying records, as he concealed his wife's body in a freezer for nearly five years to continue receiving her pension, Fox News reports.
Man stabbed brutally at New York's Times Square subway station
Jul 17, 2023, at 08:40 am
New York/IBNS: A man was stabbed in the chest at Manhattan's busiest subway station on Saturday evening.
US: Two dead, over dozen injured in Michigan shooting
Jun 25, 2023, at 06:20 pm
Washington DC: At least two people lost their lives and more than a dozen were injured in a shooting at a street party in Saginaw, located in the US state of Michigan, local police said on Sunday.
Serbia rocked by consecutive shootings: 17 dead, 21 injured in two days
May 06, 2023, at 06:05 am
Belgrade/IBNS: A drive-by shooting near Belgrade resulted in the loss of eight lives and injuries to 13 people on Thursday evening.
US: Man gets 100 years in jail for causing death of an Indian-origin girl
Mar 27, 2023, at 02:06 am
A 35-year-old man was sentenced to 100 years of imprisonment with hard labour for his role in the death of a 5-year-old girl of Indian origin named Mya Patel in USA’s Louisiana in 2021, local media reports said.
‘Courage and conviction’ of youth needed for successful crime fighting solutions
Jun 07, 2022, at 09:39 pm
New York: Young people are “disproportionately viewed as the primary perpetrators of crime”, despite often being the most vulnerable, the UN General Assembly President told a high-level meeting on Monday, highlighting crime fighting solutions.
Bangladesh: Noakhali woman stripped naked, beaten
Oct 05, 2020, at 03:21 pm
Police have arrested a person after video footage surfaced where a group of men could be seen stripping a woman and torturing her in Noakhali's Begumganj upazila of Bangladesh.
Man stabs father to death during Zoom video call in New York
May 24, 2020, at 02:24 am
New York/IBNS: A 72-year-old man died after he was stabbed more than a dozen times by his son while he was on a Zoom video call with about 20 other people, said media reports.
Pakistan: Punjab to let go 20,000 prisoners amid COVID 19 scare
Mar 28, 2020, at 10:25 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Amid Covid 19 spread fear, authorities in Pakistan's Punjab region has decided to let go almost 20,000 of its 46,000 prisoners, media reports said.
UN launches new project to address link between terrorism, arms and crime
Feb 22, 2020, at 03:42 pm
New York/IBNS: Cheap and easily accessible small arms are increasingly becoming the “weapon of choice” for many terrorist groups, the UN counter-terrorism chief told an event on Friday aimed to raise awareness of the nexus between terrorism, organized crime and illicit small arms trafficking.
Suspected perpetrator of Hanau attack in Germany found dead at home, 1 more body discovered
Feb 20, 2020, at 10:31 am
Moscow, Feb 20 (Sputnik) A suspected perpetrator of the shooting attacks in the German town of Hanau was found dead at his home on Thursday, the police of southeastern Hessen said.
Jun 27, 2018, at 09:39 am
New York, June 27 (IBNS): Defence and security forces along with the Kamuina Nsapu and Bana Mura militias have committed “crimes against humanity and war crimes” in the of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kasai region, United Nations experts said on Tuesday following an investigation.
1 dead, other severely injured after car riddled with bullets in Etobicoke
Oct 20, 2016, at 03:11 am
Toronto, Oct 19 (IBNS): On Tuesday evening after gunmen in a car opened fire on another vehicle in North Etobicoke, one man has succumbed to his injuries and the other is still fighting for his life.
Toronto police in the lookout for suspect in attempted murder investigation
Oct 19, 2016, at 02:54 am
Toronto, Oct 18 (IBNS): Toronto police are seeking public assistance to identify a man accused of trying to gravely stab another man in the Jane Street and Lawrence Avenue West area earlier this month.