#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In a matter of days, Syria’s capital — once the stronghold of Bashar al-Assad’s government — became the epicenter of a new chapter in the country’s history after opposition forces overran the city. Christina Goldbaum, a New York Times correspondent, traveled to Damascus…
A United States jury has ruled that Virginia-based defence contractor CACI must pay $42m to three Iraqi men who were tortured at the Abu Ghraib prison in 2004. But what exactly was it and what happened there? What was the case about? Here’s what you need to know: What was…
Prosecutors in the United States have recommended resentencing Lyle and Erik Menendez for the murder of their parents after new evidence emerged of sexual abuse by their father. The brothers have been behind bars for 34 years, serving life sentences for shooting their father and mother in their home in…
In 2002, Robert Roberson found his two-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, unresponsive after she fell off a bed in the family’s house in the East Texas city of Palestine. Roberson took her to hospital, but a day later, the baby tragically died after succumbing to a head injury. Within a year,…
Maduro government announces detention of five foreigners, including three US citizens, amid post-election crackdown. The administration of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced the arrest of five foreigners suspected of antigovernment activity, as part of an ongoing crackdown after the country’s contested presidential election. Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said on…
Texas is due to execute a man for murdering his two-year-old daughter, despite doubts about his guilt. Robert Roberson is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on Thursday after Texas’s Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected his plea for clemency. If the execution proceeds, he will be the first person…
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ family is supporting him amid his sex trafficking arrest. According to TMZ, the disgraced hip-hop mogul, who is currently being held behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, NY, received a visit from his twin daughters, Jessie and D’Lila, and his mom, Janice Combs, last…
Stephen Hubbard, 72, was detained in eastern Ukraine in April 2022 and accused of fighting for Ukraine. A Russian court has jailed a United States citizen for six years and 10 months after convicting him in a closed-door trial of fighting for Ukraine as a mercenary. Investigators said Stephen Hubbard,…
Sean “Diddy” Combs, seen here in 2012, won’t get “special treatment” behind bars, according to a former inmate. Briquet-Gorassini-Gouhier-Guibbaud-Orban-Wyters/ABACA/Shutterstock Sean “Diddy” Combs isn’t getting VIP treatment in jail while being held without bail as he awaits trial for his sex trafficking case, according to a former inmate. “Married at First…
Kara-Murza defends prisoner swaps, saying it’s crucial to secure the release of more political detainees in Russia. Western governments and Russia’s exiled opposition should begin laying the groundwork for Russia’s democratic transition after President Vladimir Putin eventually leaves office, Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian opposition politician, has said. Seven weeks after…
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