Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said he bears responsibility for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year by Saudi operatives “because it happened under my watch”, according to a PBS documentary to be broadcast next week. Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s de facto ruler, has not spoken publicly about the killing inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The CIA and […]
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Three policemen booked for allegedly torturing mentally unstable man to death
FAISALABAD: Three police officials were booked in a murder case on Monday for allegedly torturing viral ATM thief Salahuddin Ayubi to death. The FIR was registered on a complaint of Ayubi’s father against City A-Division’s Station House Officer Mehmoodul Hassan and investigation officers Sub-Inspector Shafaat Ali and Assistant Sub-Inspector Matloob Hussain under Sections 302 (punishment for murder) […]
US Navy SEAL acquitted of murder in killing of captive in Iraq
A US Navy SEAL was acquitted Tuesday of murder in the killing of a wounded Daesh captive under his care in Iraq in 2017. The verdict was met with an outpouring of emotion as the military jury also cleared Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher of attempted murder in the shootings of two civilians and all […]
Suspected jihadists back in dock over murder of two Scandinavian women
A street vendor, a plumber and a carpenter are among two dozen jihadist suspects who return to a Moroccan court Thursday, charged in connection with the brutal murder of two Scandinavian hikers. Danish student Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, and 28-year-old Norwegian Maren Ueland had their throats slit before they were beheaded in December at an […]
Trial for murder of Scandinavian hikers to open in Morocco
Two dozen suspects are set to go on trial in Morocco Thursday for offences linked to the gruesome murder of two young Scandinavian hikers late last year that shocked the North African country. Danish student Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, and 28-year-old Norwegian Maren Ueland had their throats slit before they were beheaded in December at […]
Iqra Aziz condemns Asmat Junejo’s rape and murder
Actress Iqra Aziz is disgusted at the sexual assault incident revealed in Karachi. Asmat Junejo, who was previously reported to have been killed after being administered a wrong injection at Korangi Hospital was later revealed to have been sexually assaulted. Asmat Junejo was sexually assaulted by two people while she was kept in the Tubercolosis […]
22-year-old raped and murdered by hospital staff
A girl was raped and then murdered in a government hospital in Korangi, Karachi. The 22-year-old girl named Ismat, went to the hospital to get her toothache treated. She was injected to unconsciousness, raped, and then murdered. Earlier, she was given a wrong injection for her toothache. As a result, her relatives protested. This sparked […]
Hatred of journalists turning to violence, watchdog warns
Hatred of journalists whipped up by populist and authoritarian leaders is degenerating into violence across the world, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warned Thursday. And the number of countries where journalists can work safely is plummeting, its annual World Press Freedom Index revealed. Political leaders’ hostility towards the media “has incited increasingly frequent acts […]
Vietnam woman in Kim brother’s murder to be freed on May 3
A Vietnamese woman accused of killing the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will walk free on May 3, her lawyer said Saturday. Following diplomatic pressure from the Vietnamese government, Malaysian prosecutors had dropped the murder charge against Doan Thi Huong on April 1. Subsequently, the 30-year-old former hair salon worker pleaded guilty […]
Murder in the first world
Prosperity, security, justice, higher education and civil liberty are those lucrative incentives, offered by the “First World” that impel the people of the third world countries to say farewell to their homeland and settle in a foreign country for good, hoping if such there breath, go, mark them well! It is the irony of fate […]