A bus carrying dozens of Indian pilgrims drove off a highway in Nepal, leaving several injured and missing
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A bus carrying dozens of Indian pilgrims drove off a highway in Nepal, leaving several injured and missing.
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Twentytwo13Major child abuse case gets Malaysian King’s attention, police to probe CEO of company allegedly linked to charity homes
Malaysia’s King, Sultan Ibrahim, has instructed police to conduct a thorough investigation into the alleged criminal, and child abuse cases, linked to Global Ikhwan Service and Business Holdings (GISBH).
- The Independent
Father of Miss Switzerland finalist found her decapitated head hidden in a bin bag
Kristina Joksimovic was strangled and dismembered at her home near Basel
- SWNS
"Police brutality" allegation after shocking video of arrest emerges
Police officers have been accused of "brutality" after a shocking video emerged of a man in his underwear being tackled to the ground and "punched in the face." An onlooker and her family were waiting for a table outside a restaurant in Charlotte, North Carolina on Saturday, September 14, when she witnesses the troubling encounter. A video shows the man in his underwear and sunglasses standing on the sidewalk - before he is tackled from behind by a cop. Two more officers join in "repeatedly punching" the man "in the face and kneeing" him.
- NextShark
US pastor released from Chinese prison after nearly 2 decades
David Lin, a pastor from California, was freed from a Chinese prison after nearly 20 years, the State Department announced on Sunday. About Lin and his case: Lin, now 68, was involved in China’s underground house church movement, which was often targeted by Chinese authorities. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom noted that those in China who “participate in and lead house churches often face intimidation, harassment, arrest and harsh sentences.”
- The Independent
Divers hunting for clues on how Mike Lynch’s superyacht sank make discovery
The video equipment recovered could show if the crews left doors open on the Bayesian superyacht, which might have allowed the vessel to flood
- The Telegraph
Inside the ‘Freak Off’ orgies at the centre of the sex charges against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
In 2014, Sean “Diddy” Combs beamed in a black gown and mortar board as he was awarded an honorary degree by Howard University.
- The Independent
50 Cent mocks P Diddy after 1000 lube bottles seized in FBI arrest
The rapper has been a longtime critic of the embattled music mogul
- CNN
Titan submersible sent its final message 6 seconds before contact was lost, investigators say at US Coast Guard hearing
The Titan submersible sent its final message just six seconds before it lost contact with the surface during its ill-fated dive to the Titanic, according to a US Coast Guard body probing the vessel’s implosion in June 2023, which killed all five people on board.
- People
Infant Found with 50 Rat Bites Nearly Died from Blood Loss. His Father Was Just Convicted
The 6-month-old child is "permanently disfigured" from the injuries, according to authorities
- BBC
Kidnapped and trafficked twice - a sex worker's life in Sierra Leone
BBC Africa Eye focuses on the horrors of the lives of sex workers in the West African state.
- HuffPost UK
I Just Learned Why We Say 'Spill The Beans' And I Would Never Have Guessed
I'll never hear it the same way again.
- AFP News
Taiwan company says exploding Hezbollah pagers made by Hungary partner
Taiwanese company Gold Apollo said Wednesday that the pagers used by Hezbollah members that simultaneously exploded and killed at least nine people were made by a Hungarian partner.Gold Apollo head Hsu Ching-kuang denied the report, saying the pagers were "100 percent not" made in Taiwan, and not from his company.
- People
2 Sets of Twin Boys Died Alone in House Fire While Their Mother Went Shopping: Prosecutors
The boys' mom, 29-year-old Deveca Rose, denies four counts of manslaughter
- People
She Killed Her Husband and Impersonated Him on Facebook. It Was How She Hid the Body That Led to Arrest
Laurie Leigh Shaver, 41, of Fla., was found guilty of second-degree murder with a firearm for killing her husband, Michael Douglas Shaver, 36, in 2015, authorities said
- BBC
Sean 'Diddy' Combs denied bail in sex-trafficking case
The musician allegedly plied victims with drugs to keep them “obedient” in days-long parties called "Freak Offs".
- People
Waffle House Customer Accused of Killing Teen Employee After Getting Angry While Food Was Being Prepared
Florwer Carlin Lizano, Jr., 38, a convicted felon who is now charged with first-degree murder, remains at large, police tell PEOPLE
- Associated Press
4 people could face the death penalty after drug arrests on Bali
Indonesian authorities said Tuesday that they have arrested six people on drug charges on the tourist island of Bali since July. Two Thai nationals, Rachanon Jongseeha, 33, and his girlfriend Woranawan Wongsuwan, 31, were arrested upon arrival at Bali's Ngurah Rai airport on Sept. 8, with 1.9 kilograms (4.1 pounds) of methamphetamines mixed with ecstasy powder packed in 108 sachets of a fruit-flavored collagen drink, and 20 pills of the party drug ecstasy, according to provincial anti-narcotics chief Rudy Ahmad Sudrajat.
- Sky News
Hull grooming gang: Alleged victims complain after police officers diverted to deal with summer riots
Two young women who claim to have been repeatedly raped as part of an organised child sexual abuse ring have complained to Humberside Police after being told officers from their investigation have been diverted to deal with cases from the summer riots. Anna and Sarah - not their real names - were teenagers when Sky News first interviewed them in the summer of 2021. Now young women, they are still waiting for justice and say sometimes, when in town, they still see the men who abused them as children.
- BBC
'All good here': Titan sub's last messages before implosion
Two-week public inquiry sees last communication before deep-sea disaster near wreck of Titanic last year.
- SWNS
Black family's funeral interrupted and branded "gang meeting" by neighbour
This is the moment an African-American family coming together for a funeral was harassed and told they looked like a "gang meeting". DeSean Robinson, 38, was spending the day with her extended family on August 3 in Monroe, Louisiana, USA, after the funeral of her grandfather. And while the group were gathering outside her uncle's home, a disgruntled neighbour came out to complain that their cars were blocking his driveway. Shocking video shows the neighbour becoming irritable with the family. He can be heard branding the gathering as a "gang meeting" and threatening to call the police.