Thirty arrests made and two officers injured as teargas and water cannon deployed against violent protesters
Dutch police have used teargas and a water cannon to disperse violent anti-immigration protesters in The Hague on Saturday, a local government spokesperson has said.
Thirty people have been arrested and two police officers were injured. Authorities did not rule out additional arrests in the coming days as they review camera footage.
Continue reading...If they don’t agree to limits, including restricting movement within building, Pentagon press passes will be revoked
The US military has issued new media restrictions demanding that journalists pledge not to gather any information – including unclassified documents – that has not been authorized for release or else risk revocation of their press passes.
In a memo issued Thursday, the Pentagon stated that “it remains committed to transparency to promote accountability and public trust”. However, using an abbreviation for the recently rebranded Department of War headed by the Trump administration’s Pete Hegseth, the memo added: “DoW information must be approved for public release by an appropriate authorizing official before it is released, even if it is unclassified.”
Continue reading...Barbie Reynolds, 76, and husband Peter, 80, were released after being held without charge for nearly eight months
A British couple who were detained without charge for nearly eight months by the Taliban in Afghanistan have arrived in the UK.
Barbie Reynolds, 76, and her husband Peter, 80, were released on Friday, having been arrested as they travelled to their home in Bamyan province, central Afghanistan, in February.
Continue reading...Event comes a week after the largest far-right event in decades took place in London
Anti-immigration protesters have clashed with anti-racist counter-protesters in tense scenes in Glasgow this afternoon, a week after the largest far-right event in decades took place in London.
The statue of Scottish statesman Donald Dewar, father of the Holyrood parliament, was surrounded by union flags bearing the words: “Stop the boats” and “Unite the kingdom”.
Continue reading...Police say the ABC10 building was occupied when shots were fired into the lobby but ‘no one was injured’
Police have arrested a man suspected of shooting into the lobby of Sacramento’s ABC affiliate on Friday.
Though the shooting occurred just a day after protesters gathered outside to the station to condemn ABC’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talkshow, Sacramento police said the motive in the case remained under investigation, with it not being immediately clear whether the gunfire was targeted or random.
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