Palestinian health authorities say an Israeli airstrike on a school in Gaza City has killed over 60 people
CAIRO (AP) — Palestinian health authorities say an Israeli airstrike on a school in Gaza City has killed over 60 people.
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The IndependentTeen shot in the face by Colorado councilman after seeking permission to take homecoming photos on property
Brent Metz, a 38-year-old member of Mountain View Town Council, allegedly shot through the windshield of the teens’ car
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Alleged Sydney crime figure’s big legal win
A man who police allege is a Sydney crime figure has had a big legal win and can now do one thing.
- Sky News
Man jailed 21 years on from raping 14-year-old girl in alley - after victim came forward to Rotherham sex abuse probe
A man has been jailed after raping a 14-year-old girl in an alleyway in Rotherham 21 years ago. Waleed Ali, 42, was sentenced to five years in prison after jurors found him guilty of raping a girl under 16 at Sheffield Crown Court on Friday, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said. Ali, of Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire, was arrested and interviewed in September 2021 after a woman told Operation Stovewood officers she had been attacked when she was 14 years old and had not reported it before.
- The Daily Beast
Pope Slams Trump and Harris: Vote For ‘Lesser of Two Evils’
Pope Francis delivered a searing indictment of both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris Friday as he unexpectedly intervened in the presidential election.A reporter from CBS News asked the supreme pontiff what a Catholic voter should do when faced with one candidate who supports abortion rights and the other who advocates deporting millions of migrants. “They are both against life,” the Pope responded, “the one who throws away migrants and the one who kills children.”The Pope touched on two issues th
- Australian Associated Press
Mother charged with murder after death of two sons
A mother has been charged with murder after her two boys were found dead in a Blue Mountains home.
- The Independent
Father makes desperate last plea for mercy for daughter on death row in UAE
Exclusive: Shahzadi Khan's father tells The Independent she was trafficked to the Gulf nation and falsely accused of murdering an infant in her care
- Sky video
Israel-Hamas war: Tunnels under children's bedrooms and silent streets - Sky News witnesses flattened city in Gaza
Rafah is now a wasteland.
- Australian Associated Press
Hundreds of child sex offenders tracked in airports
Authorities closely followed hundreds of convicted and suspected child sex offenders through airports and warned other countries of their travel plans.
- NewsWire
Man acquitted in ‘sexsomnia’ child sex trial
A Sydney man has been acquitted of child sex charges after his legal team successfully argued that he was asleep during the incidents and suffering from “sexsomnia”.
- CNN
4 killed as heaviest rain in decades hits parts of central and eastern Europe
At least four people have died, thousands of homes have been damaged and hundreds have been evacuated from homes after flooding struck central and eastern Europe on Saturday
- CNN
Same-sex marriage was on a roll in Asia. Not anymore
Rainbow flags rippled in the wind as gay and lesbian couples walked down a makeshift aisle in Bangkok’s busy Siam shopping district, holding hands.
- France 24
Foreigners among dozens sentenced to death in DR Congo on attempted coup charges
A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo sentenced 37 people to death on Friday over what the army says was an attempted coup in May when several dozen armed men attacked the home of then economy minister Vital Kamerhe. Among those sentenced to death were three Americans, a Belgian, a Briton and a Canadian. Three Americans were among 37 people sentenced to death on Friday in the Democratic Republic of Congo over what the army says was a coup attempt.The court in Kinshasa remained silent as th
- The Independent
Ex-EMS worker accused of molesting teen in back of ambulance on the way to hospital
The former EMS worker is being held in a Florida jail without bond
- CNN
Climate protesters are taking action against Big Oil. UK courts are handing them prison terms akin to rapists and thieves
The sentences are believed to be the longest in the UK’s history for non-violent protest and were delivered under two new laws that supercharged policing powers.
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Woman jailed for stalking victim while pretending to be a man
Adele Rennie, 33, from Kilmarnock, sent the victim an unwanted explicit image, a photo taken outside her workplace and a photo taken in her street.
- PA Media: UK News
Man who abused and murdered mother-of-five while on police bail jailed for life
Holly Sanchez, 32, was found dead at Ryan Evans’s bungalow in Crawley, West Sussex, in May 2023.
- PA Media: UK News
Fishing boat carrying one tonne of cocaine intercepted off Cornwall coast
Four men have been arrested and the drugs have been seized.
- Sky News
Man freed under early prison release scheme allegedly sexually assaulted woman on same day
A man allegedly sexually assaulted a woman on the same day he was released from prison under the government's early release scheme. The former inmate appeared at a magistrate's court on Thursday charged with sexual assault. "While we cannot comment on the details of any single case, those who break their licence conditions or commit further crimes will be punished."
- PA Media: UK News
Man, 18, charged with murders of woman and two teenagers in Luton
The victims are believed to be Juliana Prosper, 48, Kyle Prosper, 16, and Giselle Prosper, 13.
- BBC
Three more arrested after boy hurt in hit-and-run
Police comfirm a total of seven people have been arrested in connection with the incident.