Foreign nationals targeted in S/Africa’s extortion explosion
A South African and his two sons, one a police officer, appeared before a Cape Town magistrate last month accused of extorting around 50 convenience stores run by Ethiopians and Somalis.
Lebanese Protests: Prime Minister, al-Hariri promises to resign
Saad al-Hariri, the Lebanese Prime Minister on Tuesday promised to tender his government’s resignation to the Lebanese President Michel Aoun in response to the protests, saying he had “reached a dead end”. Lebanon has been gripped by unprecedented nationwide anti-government protests. Hariri called on all Lebanese to protect civil peace. Lebanese President invites protesters for […]
Millionaire businesswoman found dead in own fridge entombed in concrete
…1.2 million baht (£30,967) already withdrawn from her account by murderers The body of a millionaire businesswoman has been found entombed in concrete in her own fridge. Dailymail reports that the Property developer Wannee Jiracharoenying, 58, had not been seen since October 18 after she visited a local temple in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand. Her […]
Turkey detains 43 suspected ISIS members, foils plot
Turkish authorities have detained 43 people suspected of belonging to Islamic State (ISIS) and of plotting attacks targeting celebrations of Turkey’s national day on Tuesday, police and state media said. The detentions came two days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been killed in a raid by […]
Ireland advised to reduce prison numbers
Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) after the publication of its third report on benchmarking reform in Ireland’s penal system has advised the government to reduce its numbers of prisons. The executive director of the Trust, Fíona Ní Chinnéide, stated that a prison sentence is not usually the best sanction for people found guilty of an […]
ISIS leader, al-Baghdadi’s best replacement ‘terminated’ by U.S. troops ― Trump
United States, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the U.S. military had killed the person who likely would have succeeded the ISIS’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as the leader of Islamic State. “Just confirmed that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s number one replacement has been terminated by American troops,” Trump said on Twitter. “Most likely would have […]
