French authorities grounded a flight from the United Arab Emirates to Nicaragua carrying 303 Indian passengers after receiving a tip that it could be carrying victims of human trafficking, prosecutors said Friday.Special investigators are questioning all those aboard and two people are in custody pending further examination, the Paris prosecutor’s…

The Police of the Czech Republic released bodycam footage on Friday showing the moment officers arrested a suspect they say admitted to being “inspired” by the Prague mass shooter and “wanted to buy a gun and also kill.” The development comes as police say they have boosted security at schools and…

The United Nations Security Council voted Friday to approve a United Arab Emirates-sponsored resolution demanding a humanitarian pause in the Israel-Hamas war.A vote on the resolution was previously scheduled for 5 p.m. Monday, but was delayed to try to avoid another veto by the United States. The resolution passed Friday, in…

The widow of murdered Saudi journalist and dissident Jamal Khashoggi has been granted political asylum in the U.S., according to reports. Hanan Elatr feared for her safety and came to the U.S. in August 2020, when she applied for asylum following the death of her husband two years earlier. Khashoggi, an…

A prolific child serial killer sentenced in England, hundreds of dead bodies recovered from a Christian cult in Kenya, and a violent takedown of El Chapo’s son in Mexico were among some of the most notable crime stories from around the world this year.Four Americans were kidnapped in Mexico by…

An accident in a coal mine in China’s northeastern Heilongjiang province left 12 people dead and 13 injured, state broadcaster CCTV reported Thursday.The coal workers were in a mining cart underground that ran off the tracks, according to state media reports.OVER 100 DEAD, MANY MORE INJURED IN CHINA’S DEADLIEST EARTHQUAKE…

The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has released images of the church compound that Christian leaders allege was bombed by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa published a letter last week alleging two Christian women were shot, and a convent was bombed by the IDF on Saturday at…

Aydin Coban, a Dutch man convicted of charges related to the online extortion and harassment of Canadian teen Amanda Todd, has had his sentence reduced from 13 years to six.Todd’s suicide in 2012 drew attention to cyberbullying, as she posted a video on YouTube detailing her harassment by a stranger.In…

The leader of Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels is now warning that “any American targeting of our country will be targeted by us” as the U.S. is leading a multinational effort to protect commercial ships from being attacked by the Houthis in the Red Sea. The fiery rhetoric from Abdel-Malek al-Houthi comes…

A shooting at Charles University in the Czech Republic’s capital of Prague on Thursday has left at least 15 people dead and around two dozen injured, officials say.Police said during a press conference that the suspect in the mass killing, who is dead, was a student at the university and…