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Syria Kurds retake prison, ending six-day IS attack
AFP, Published on 27/01/2022
» HASAKEH (SYRIA) - Kurdish forces on Wednesday retook full control of a prison in northeast Syria where Islamic State group jihadists had been holed up since attacking it six days earlier.
Deadly fighting between IS, Kurd forces in Syria
AFP, Published on 22/01/2022
» BEIRUT - Fighting raged for a third day Saturday between the Islamic State group and Kurdish forces in Syria after IS attacked a prison housing jihadists, in violence that has claimed over 70 lives, a monitor said.
Decade after Norway massacre, Breivik seeks parole
AFP, Published on 18/01/2022
» OSLO - Just 10 years after carrying out the deadliest peacetime attack in Norway, right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik on Tuesday asked a court for parole, a request widely expected to be denied.
Haitian PM says was targeted in assassination attempt
AFP, Published on 04/01/2022
» PORT-AU-PRINCE - Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry told AFP in an interview Monday that he was targeted in an assassination attempt during weekend national day celebrations.
Japan executes three on death row, first since 2019: media
AFP, Published on 21/12/2021
» TOKYO: Japan on Tuesday executed three prisoners on death row, the first since December 2019, local media reported citing unnamed sources including from the Justice Ministry.
Huge fire in overcrowded Burundi prison kills 38 inmates
AFP, Published on 07/12/2021
» NAIROBI - A massive fire tore through an overcrowded prison in Burundi before dawn on Tuesday, killing dozens of inmates and seriously injuring many more, the country's vice president said.
Oklahoma death row prisoner spared at last-minute amid public outcry
AFP, Published on 19/11/2021
» WASHINGTON - The governor of Oklahoma commuted the death sentence at the last-minute on Thursday of a 41-year-old Black man who was to be executed for a murder he denies committing, and whose case sparked a public outcry.
Ecuadoran prison reported quiet after riot left 68 inmates dead
AFP, Published on 15/11/2021
» GUAYAQUIL (ECUADOR) - Soldiers toting shotguns took up positions Sunday outside a prison in Ecuador where a riot left at least 68 dead before authorities said they regained control of the overcrowded facility.
New prison riot in Ecuador leaves 68 dead
AFP, Published on 14/11/2021
» GUAYAQUIL: Ferocious clashes have left 68 inmates dead in an Ecuador prison, police said Saturday, in the latest unrest at a Guayaquil jail that was the scene of a September riot which killed 119 prisoners.
Myanmar charges US journalist with terrorism, sedition
AFP, Published on 10/11/2021
» Myanmar's junta has charged a US journalist detained since May with sedition and terrorism, which carry a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, his lawyer said Wednesday.