Yemen’s Houthis warn Israel of naval attacks over Gaza blockade
Rebel group say they will resume naval attacks against Israel if it fails to lift the blockade on Gaza within four days.
Is Trump reining in Musk after a cabinet showdown with secretaries?
The president intervenes in a cost-cutting row after a reported clash at the White House.
Is Trump reining in Musk after a cabinet showdown with secretaries?
The president intervenes in a cost-cutting row after a reported clash at the White House.
Diagnosed with arthritis at 24, she set out to hike… and change an unequal society
Joshuanette Francis strives to create a brighter future for people with physical challenges in Antigua.
Why Ireland’s politicians say St Patrick’s Washington trip makes a difference
Politicians from the island of Ireland are visiting Washington DC this week - but it's not without controversy.
Trump says Ukraine ‘more difficult’ to deal with than Russia
It may be 'easier dealing with' Moscow than Kyiv, the US president told reporters in the White House.
Actor Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa died of natural causes one week apart
The 95-year-old actor's Alzheimer's means it is "quite possible" he was unaware of his wife's death, say officials.
Double murderer is first US inmate executed by firing squad in 15 years
Brad Sigmon, who battered his ex's parents to death, said in his last statement it was wrong to take "eye for an eye".
Actor Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa died of natural causes one week apart
The 95-year-old actor's Alzheimer's means it is "quite possible" he was unaware of his wife's death, say officials.
Who’s doing the dishes? Bollywood film and government data have the same answer
Data from India's second Time Use Survey shows that women still do far more domestic work than men.
Dolly Parton releases new song honouring late husband Carl Thomas Dean
The pair were married for 60 years before Dean died earlier this week.
Woman kidnapped as a toddler in the US 25 years ago found alive in Mexico
Andrea Michelle Reyes was two when her mother took her from her father in Connecticut and fled the country
A woman who was abducted in Connecticut as a toddler has been found alive 25 years later in Mexico.
Andrea Michelle Reyes was two years old when she was taken by her mother, Rosa Tenorio, in October 1999, according to a news release from the New Haven police department. Tenorio did not have legal custody of Reyes, who was in the care of her father at the time of the kidnapping, police said.
Continue reading...Syrian security forces accused of executing dozens of Alawites
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 162 civilians were executed in a coastal region linked to ousted president Bashar al-Assad.
Syrian security forces accused of executing dozens of Alawites
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Right says 162 civilians were executed in a coastal region linked to ousted president Bashar al-Assad.
Scores killed as Syrian forces seek to crush Alawite insurgency – Reuters
- Scores killed as Syrian forces seek to crush Alawite insurgency Reuters
- Clashes in Syria between government forces and Assad loyalists kill more than 200 The Associated Press
- Syrian Forces Battle Insurgents in Serious Test for New Government The Wall Street Journal
- More Than 140 Killed in Clashes Between Syrian Forces and Assad Loyalists The New York Times
- Scores killed as Assad loyalists clash with Syrian security forces Financial Times
Party drug MDMA may have protected survivors of Nova attack from trauma, study suggests
Neuroscientists in Israel find signs that the drug helped festival survivors in the attack and the aftermath.
Party drug MDMA may have protected survivors of Nova attack from trauma, study suggests
Neuroscientists in Israel find signs that the drug helped festival survivors in the attack and the aftermath.
Syrian security forces execute 125 civilians in battle against Assad loyalists
Fighting in Latakia is marked escalation by Bashar al-Assad loyalists against Syria’s new Islamist-led government
About 125 civilians have been executed by government security forces in north-west Syria during a rolling two-day battle with loyalists to the ousted Assad regime, a Syrian war monitor reported on Friday.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR), a human rights monitor considered independent and credible, documented “large-scale field executions of men and young adults, without any clear distinction between civilians and combatants”, in north-west Syria.
Continue reading...Multiple people face charges in hazing death of Southern University student
Man surrenders to police and two more arrests expected in Caleb Wilson’s death after Omega Psi Phi fraternity ritual
Multiple people are facing criminal charges in the recent death of a 20-year-old student at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, that evidently occurred amid a fraternity hazing, authorities have said.
Caleb McCray, 23, surrendered to police in Louisiana’s capital city on Thursday on counts of manslaughter as well as criminal hazing in the 27 February death of 20-year-old Caleb Wilson, a mechanical engineering student at Southern as well as a member of its famed Human Jukebox marching band.
Continue reading...South Carolina conducts first US firing squad execution in 15 years: ‘Barbaric’
Brad Sigmon, 67, was shot dead by prison staff despite outcry over ‘cruel’ method and calls for clemency
The US has conducted its first execution by firing squad in 15 years, with South Carolina prison officials shooting to death Brad Sigmon, 67, on Friday evening, despite widespread concerns about the safety and cruelty of this method.
Sigmon was the oldest person to be executed in the state’s history and his death was part of a series of rapid killings the state has pursued in the last six months as it revives capital punishment. There had been growing calls for clemency, but minutes before Sigmon was killed, the state’s Republican governor, Henry McMaster, announced he would not be intervening.
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