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Canadian police arrest fourth man for murder of Sikh leader Nijjar
Reuters, Published on 12/05/2024
» TORONTO: A fourth person has been arrested and charged with the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year, Canadian police said on Saturday, in a case that strained diplomatic relations with India.
Six Sri Lankans knifed to death in rare Canadian mass murder
Reuters, Published on 09/03/2024
» OTTAWA - Six people from Sri Lanka, including a mother and four young children, were knifed to death in the Canadian capital Ottawa late on Wednesday, police said, rocking a country where mass murders are rare.
Explainer - What do we know about the Hamas hostages?
Reuters, Published on 20/10/2023
» TEL AVIV - Gunmen from the Palestinian group Hamas took at least 200 hostages and killed about 1,400 people during an Oct 7 dawn raid carried out from the Gaza Strip on communities and military bases in southern Israel.
One killed, three hurt in S. Korean stabbing incident
Reuters, Published on 21/07/2023
» SEOUL: South Korean police arrested on Friday a man in his 30s for suspected murder in a rare stabbing attack in which one person was killed and three wounded near a subway station in the capital Seoul, South Korea's news agency reported.
Four dead in rare shooting in Japan
Reuters, Published on 26/05/2023
» TOKYO: A 31-year-old man was arrested on Friday in rural Japan for suspected murder after four people were killed in a rare shooting and stabbing incident involving a 12-hour stand-off with police, according to a public broadcaster.
Indonesian court sentences former police general to death for murder
Reuters, Published on 13/02/2023
» JAKARTA: An Indonesian court on Monday sentenced a former police general to death for orchestrating the murder of his bodyguard, in a case that has gripped the country for months.
11 convicted of 2002 gang-rape in India go free
Reuters, Published on 16/08/2022
» AHMEDABAD: Eleven Hindu men jailed for life for the gang-rape of a pregnant Muslim woman during Hindu-Muslim riots in 2002 have been freed on remission, officials said on Tuesday, drawing condemnation from the victim's husband, lawyers and politicians.
Death toll from South African floods at 435
Reuters, Published on 21/04/2022
» JOHANNESBURG: The death toll from severe flooding in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province last week has been revised down to 435 from 448, Police Minister Bheki Cele said on Thursday.
Myanmar 'special command' authorised lethal attacks on civilians - report
Reuters, Published on 24/03/2022
» Myanmar's junta chief created a special command a day after last year's coup that was solely responsible for deployment and operations of troops in urban areas, and authorised lethal attacks on unarmed civilians, human rights investigators said.
Australia, Netherlands start legal action against Russia for downing of MH17
Reuters, Published on 14/03/2022
» SYDNEY: Australia and the Netherlands said they had begun joint legal action against Russia at the International Civil Aviation Organisation over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 eight years ago.