Man who fled Syria war killed delivering pizza in US
ASSOCIATED PRESS BALTIMORE Published 18.02.2020 A family friend of a pizza delivery driver who was recently gunned down in Baltimore says he had fled war-torn Syria to seek a […]
CRIME STATISTICS: Why most of Switzerland’s prisoners are not Swiss
By Patricia Islas THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 17, 2019 The profiles of those behind bars in Switzerland are as diverse as the causes that can lead […]
The Americas ; Splintered migrant caravan groups arrive at US border
By Maria Verza | AP November 14 at 1:21 PM ESCUINAPA, Mexico — Migrants in a caravan of Central Americans scrambled to reach the U.S. border, catching rides on buses […]
Bodies of two Saudi sisters found bound together beside New York river
Arab News October 29, 2018 Young women aged 22 and 16 identified by mother from sketch supplied by city police The New York City medical examiner’s office will determine cause of death JEDDAH: The bodies of two young Saudi women have been discovered bound together on the banks of […]
Lorry driver jailed after B3004 death
Thursday, 5 July 2018 – Local People Lewis Lodge has been jailed for four years and eight months after pleading guilty to causing death by dangerous driving A LORRY […]
Trumping Trump The Truth About German Crime Statistics
U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted that the German crime rate had risen by 10 percent because of refugees in the country. He’s wrong. We took a closer look at […]
Croydon ‘hate crime’: Teenage girl among three more arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after attack on asylum seeker boy
The 17-year-old among three more people picked up by police, bringing the total number of arrests to nine Chantal Da Silva @chantaladasilva A teenage girl was among three more people arrested over a “brutal” suspected hate crime which left a teenage asylum seeker with a fractured skull and a blood […]
Giant gold coin worth almost €4 million stolen from Berlin museum in dawn heist
A visitor of the Bode Museum observes the 100kg heavy gold coin ‘Big Maple Leave’ in Berlin, Germany Credit: MARCEL METTELSIEFEN/EPA Melanie Hall, Berlin 27 March 2017 • […]
‘False prophet’: Duterte, the Catholic Church and the fight for the soul of the Philippines
Source: The Washington Post By Emily Rauhala March 4 Relatives and friends of victims of extrajudicial killings leave Manila’s Baclaran Church for a vigil Feb. 17, 2017. (Jes Aznar/For The […]
Fact check: Immigration doesn’t bring crime into U.S., data say
BY THE CONVERSATION February 3, 2017 Editor’s note: In his first week in office, President Donald Trump showed he intends to follow through on his immigration promises. A major focus of his campaign was on removing immigrants who, he said, were increasing crime in American communities. In his acceptance […]
Racism After Brexit Is ‘Celebratory’ And ‘Englishness’ Is Becoming Exclusively White And Christian, Says Expert
The Huffington Post June 29, 2016 The country has become ‘more racist in terms of its public culture’. 02/07/2016 21:11 | Updated 18 hours ago 1.4 K Louise RidleyAssistant news editor at The Huffington Post UK The UK is seeing a surge of “celebratory racism” after the vote to leave […]
This Is How Much Money You Can Take in Bribes Before the Chinese Authorities Execute You
Source: Time By Hannah Beech / Shanghai Any less, and you’ll get away with a lengthy jail sentence. Any more, and you could be dead How much is an errant Chinese […]
Muslim shopkeeper murdered in suspected ‘religiously prejudiced’ attack after posting on Facebook of love for Christians
Detectives arrest 32-year-old man after Pakistani-born Asad Shah, 40, repeatedly stabbed in savage attack Asad Shah (inset) was stabbed to death in Glasgow Photo: SWNS By Tom Morgan 7:23PM GMT 25 Mar 2016 A popular shopkeeper was stabbed to death in a “religiously prejudiced” attack hours after posting an Easter message […]
Isis and the Taliban are brutally carving up modern ‘Mafiastan’
Voices I have long nursed the suspicion that Taliban units, Isis and government militias are not fighting about religion or government at all, more about mafia power Robert Fisk @indyvoices 5 comments An Afghan militia man stands guard in the Achin district of Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015. AP […]
President Obama Bans Solitary Confinement for Juveniles in Federal Prison
Source: Time “In America, we believe in redemption” U.S. President Barack Obama has announced a ban on solitary confinement in federal prisons for juveniles and as a punishment for low-level […]
It’s time to face the truth about immigration – starting with the facts about who’s most likely to commit crime
Studies actually show immigrants seem less likely to commit crime than native populations, despite tending to have lower incomes and live in deprived areas Ian Birrell @ianbirrell Police use pepper spray to control supporters of Pegida, Hogesa (Hooligans against Salafists) and other right-wing populist groups as they protest against the […]
Thieves drop eight-year-old off at school after stealing car with boy inside
The boy says he was ‘a little scared’ when two men jumped in the car Jess Staufenberg 3 comments The thieves told the boy his mother had instructed them to take him to school Rex Features Two car thieves who discovered a child on the back seat decided to drop him off at school […]
In Nigeria, $2 Billion in Stolen Funds Is Just a Drop in the Corruption Bucket
BY SIOBHÁN O’GRADY NOVEMBER 18, 2015 – 6:47 PM SIOBHAN.OGRADY @SIOBHAN_OGRADY Nigeria has failed time and again to effectively beat back the Boko Haram extremists wreaking havoc across the country’s northeast. Officials there have tried to shift the blame to Washington, claiming American policies have prevented Nigeria from acquiring the […]
Anti-Muslim hate crimes have no place in Canada: Editorial
After the Paris attacks some Canadian Muslims are being scapegoated for crimes that have nothing to do with this country, and for which they owe no apology. A young Toronto […]
Saudi Arabia: Foreign agencies ‘using drugs to destabilize KSA’
Foreign agencies ‘using drugs to destabilize KSA’ THINKING OUT OF THE BOX: Smugglers have been increasingly using new methods to bring drugs into the Kingdom. DAMMAM: SULTAN AL-SUGHAIR Published — Saturday 29 March 2014 Certain hostile foreign agencies are possibly trying to destabilize the country by flooding it with drugs, […]
