Serbian opposition lawmakers have disrupted a parliamentary session by setting off teargas and grenades in protest against the government and in support of student-led anti-corruption demonstrations. Tensions flared on Tuesday, the opening day of the spring session, when members of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) approved the parliamentary agenda. Opposition politicians rushed towards Ana…
A Nigerian criminal who has been convicted of armed robbery and crack cocaine dealing has been allowed to remain in the UK due to his belief that he is possessed by demons, The Telegraph reported on Sunday. The man, who was jailed for seven years in 2011 for carrying out an armed robbery on a…
President Donald Trump on Saturday designated English as the official language of the United States, saying it would bring cohesion to a country characterized by immigration from around the world. The White House published an executive order by Trump which says it is “long past time” that English is declared as the nation’s official language….
A Spanish teacher was arrested on Tuesday on charges of having a sexual relationship with a student during his time at a California school, the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s office said. Dulce Flores, 33, has been teaching at the Riverbank High School since 2016, and she allegedly had a relationship with a 17-year-old male student, The…
An investigation by the Met’s Public Protection team has resulted in a lengthy sentence for a man who was convicted of a sex offence. Laurence Rafter, 43 (01.09.81) of Bittacy Hill, Barnet appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday, 28 February where he was sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment, after officers were able to prove…
A Nigerian woman, Margret Mgbudom, has been arraigned before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Navsari, Gujarat, India, on charges of importing cocaine valued at Rs 1.49 crore. According to The Indian Express, Gujarat’s State Monitoring Cell (SMC) intercepted the illicit substance—estimated to be worth N256 million—last Wednesday. The 37-year-old has remained in SMC custody…
The former leader of a brutal Mexican cartel, Rafael Caro Quintero, described by the White House as the world’s “most evil” drug boss, pleaded not guilty to narcotics charges in New York Friday. In a letter to the Brooklyn court opposing bail, the Justice Department called Caro Quintero, who appeared in a Brooklyn court handcuffed,…
United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivered a sharp retort to Tory leader Kemi Badenoch on Wednesday, dismissing her assertion that he had followed her advice on cutting the aid budget. He also took a swipe at her political stance, calling her a “self-appointed saviour of Western civilisation” in what appeared to be a pointed…
US President Donald Trump unveiled plans Tuesday to sell new “gold card” residency permits for a price of $5 million each — and said Russian oligarchs may be eligible. Trump said sales of the new visa, a high-price version of the traditional green card, would bring in job creators and could be used to reduce…
A man who went on a stabbing rampage in France, killing one and wounding several others in what President Emmanuel Macron called an “Islamist terrorist act”, was on a terrorism watchlist and subject to deportation orders, according to authorities. The knife-wielding suspect, later identified by prosecutors as a 37-year-old Algerian-born man, was arrested at the…