US grand jury indicts actor for alleged hate attack hoax
Chicago grand jury on Friday indicted American actor Jussie Smollett on 16 felony counts after allegedly lying to police about being the victim of a racist, homophobic hate crime. Police say Smollett — who gained fame on Fox musical drama “Empire” — staged the attack in a bid to gain publicity and a bigger paycheck. […]
MMA fighter McGregor arrested in Florida after fan’s phone smashed
Conor McGregor was arrested in Miami Beach on Monday after a fan said the Irish mixed martial arts fighter smashed his phone and then walked off with the shattered remains, police records show. McGregor, 30, was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami on suspicion of robbery and criminal mischief, according to […]
EU suspending Boeing 737 Max planes after Ethiopian Airlines crash
The European Union (EU) closed its airspace to Boeing 737 MAX planes on Tuesday, joining similar action by nations across the globe following a second deadly accident in just five months. Fleets of the best-selling workhorse plane were also grounded by airlines as safety concerns swirled, sending Boeing shares tumbling another seven per cent in […]
1.5 metric tons of cocaine seized in New York
NEW YORK: The US authorities have seized nearly 1.5 metric tons of cocaine with a street value of $77 million. Sixty bundles of the white powder weighing 3,200 pounds were found in a container at the port on February 28, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said. No arrests have been made in the case, which […]
Brextension: UK lawmakers vote to seek delay of EU departure
Britain’s Parliament voted on Thursday to seek a delay of the country’s departure from the European Union, a move that will likely avert a chaotic withdrawal on the scheduled exit date of March 29. With Brexit due in 15 days and no divorce deal yet approved, the House of Commons voted 412-202 to ask the […]
Saudi Arabia rejects international Khashoggi killing probe
Saudi Arabia on Thursday reiterated its rejection of calls for an international, independent investigation into the murder of journalist, insisting it was well equipped to bring the perpetrators to justice. The head of a Saudi delegation speaking before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva insisted that his country was taking all the “measures required […]
Many dead in New Zealand mosque shooting
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A witness says many people have been killed in a mass shooting at the Masjid Al Noor mosque in the New Zealand city of Christchurch. Police have not described the scale of the Friday shooting but urged people in central Christchurch to stay indoors. New Zealand media also said a […]
Two Top Lieutenants of Indian PM’s Modi Unwell Months Before Election
The president of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, Amit Shah, said on Wednesday that he was being treated for swine flu, the second member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s inner circle to be unwell this week. Shah is charged with crafting the strategy for Modi’s re-election bid in a vote that must be held by […]
#MeToo: Director Raju Hirani denies sexual assault allegations
Bollywood director Rajkumar Hirani has denied allegations that he sexually assaulted a subordinate over a period of six months in 2018. It quoted an unnamed woman, nearly 30 years younger than Hirani, who alleged the 56-year-old director sexually assaulted her on more than one occasion. In a statement late on Sunday, Hirani denied all allegations. […]
Muslim man fined £170 for saying ‘Allahu Akbar’ in public in Switzerland
Switzerland police fined £178 to a Muslim man for saying ‘Allahu Akbar’ publicly because passerby could have mistaken him for a terrorists. The man explained in the account that he had used the phrase after spotting a friend while walking through Schaffhausen, northern Switzerland, in May last year. The man Orhan told that he thought nothing […]
