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South African ex-president spends an hour behind bars
AFP, Published on 11/08/2023
» PRETORIA: South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma reported back to prison on Friday only to be swiftly released, in a government move lashed by the opposition as a "monumental insult" to the public.
Jailed ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan's lawyers to apply for bail
AFP, Published on 08/08/2023
» ISLAMABAD - Lawyers for Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan were Tuesday set to file a bail application for him, as he languished in a small cell of a century-old prison at the start of a three-year jail term for graft.
Singapore executes first woman convict in nearly 20 years
AFP, Published on 28/07/2023
» Singapore on Friday hanged a 45-year-old citizen for drug trafficking, the city-state's first execution of a woman in nearly 20 years, officials said.
Ecuador counts the cost of days-long riot as guards freed
AFP, Published on 27/07/2023
» QUITO - Seventeen Ecuador corrections officials held hostage by prison inmates were freed Wednesday, authorities said, as they struggled to compile a death toll from the dismembered body parts left over from days of fighting between rival gangs.
Ecuador forces wrest back control of prison as riot death toll climbs
AFP, Published on 26/07/2023
» GUAYAQUIL (ECUADOR) - Some 2,700 soldiers on Tuesday stormed a prison in Ecuador, retaking control of the facility as the death toll from a riot that started over the weekend rose to 31 inmates, authorities said.
Honduras women's prison violence: death toll rises to 46
AFP, Published on 21/06/2023
» TEGUCIGALPA - The death toll from a fire and clashes between rival gangs at a women's prison in Honduras has risen to 46, the prosecutor's office said Wednesday, as the first bodies were handed over to mourning families for burial.
Over 40 dead in gang violence, fire at Honduras women's prison
AFP, Published on 21/06/2023
» TEGUCIGALPA - At least 41 people were killed Tuesday at a women's prison in Honduras, where violent clashes between rival gangs sparked a fire that tore through part of the facility, police said.
Six dead, eight wounded in Ecuador gang shooting
AFP, Published on 20/06/2023
» GUAYAQUIL (ECUADOR) - Six people were killed and eight wounded Monday in an apparent gang shootout in Guayaquil, a port city in Ecuador terrorized by a wave of violence blamed on a spiraling drug war, authorities said.
Mercenaries hand Bakhmut over to Russian military
AFP, Published on 25/05/2023
» MOSCOW: The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group said on Thursday his troops had started transferring their positions in the flashpoint eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut to the Russian military.
Russia vows 'extremely' harsh response to incursions from Ukraine
AFP, Published on 24/05/2023
» MOSCOW - Russia threatened Kyiv on Wednesday it would respond "extremely" harshly to all future incursions, after Moscow deployed jets and artillery to fight off an armed group that crossed over from Ukraine.