A court in the Netherlands, which is considering the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane over Ukraine in 2014, announced that the verdict will be issued on November 17. The flight machine MH 17 was knocked down over territory controlled by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.more
Following the attack on Salman Rushdie, sales of his book 'The Satanic Verses', for which a fatwa was imposed on him, are rapidly increasing. On Amazon's online shop in France, the novel was today at number one in terms of sales, reports BFMTV.more
Salman Rushdie's agent has said "the news is not good" after the author was stabbed at an event in New York state. He was attacked on stage, and is now on a ventilator and unable to speak, Andrew Wylie said in a statement, adding that the author, 75, may lose one eye.more
Among the documents that FBI agents searched for during a search of Donald Trump's property were those related to nuclear weapons, the Washington Post reported, citing sources known to the investigation. The newspaper did not say whether the agents found the documents they were looking for.more
A Ryanair steward who admitted drinking on duty will be sentenced at a crown court because it is an "unusual case". Sam Thompson, 26, from Cheshunt, in Hertfordshire, had pleaded guilty to performing an aviation function as a member of cabin crew while his ability to do so was impaired by drink.more
A former Twitter manager accused of spying for Saudi Arabia has been found guilty of six counts, including acting as an agent of a foreign state and attempting to conceal payments from an official with ties to the Saudi royal family, Reuters news agency reported.more
In Spain, police are investigating the needle stabbing of young women at mass entertainment events. Since the beginning of July, 60 stabbing complaints have been received in 10 of the 17 regions of the country. Security forces want to determine if women are injected with drugs for the purpose of stunning and sexual exploitation, or if the purpose is to cause social unrest.more
Police should have the ability to track suspicious rail passengers through analysing bank and oyster card journey data, a chief constable has said.more
A woman in north London says she feels victimised after dozens of tourists turned up at her home when her private address was placed on the Booking.com accommodation website.more
In approx. 38 percent. cases that were referred to the State Commission for Pedophilia, the indicated perpetrator was a family member. the majority, however, were unrelated to the victim, with the clergy being the largest group among them, according to the Commission's second report. The greatest number of reports of crimes came from the parents of the victims.more
A man who broke into Windsor Castle grounds with a crossbow on Christmas Day was charged and will be brought to trial on August 17, London Metropolitan Police said yesterday.more
In Spain, the plague of stinging women is increasing at entertainment events. Only in the second half of July, the police confirmed over 30 such incidents in various regions of the country. Investigators suspect that the reason for the stabbing of women, usually in the arm or thigh, is sexual aggression.more
Drastic scenes of agony and torment of animals were revealed by activists of the German organization for the protection of animal rights, Soko Tierschutz, who for several days recorded films in one of the German slaughterhouses. The seemingly idyllic rural slaughterhouse in Schleswig-Holstein violated a number of laws. After the case was reported to the prosecutor's office, it was decided to closemore
A McDonald’s branch will no longer serve kids without an adult after 5pm in a bid to avoid staff getting harassed. The fast food restaurant on Church Street in Liverpool introduced the ban because too many employees were ‘subjected to verbal and physical abuse’. more
More than £22,000 has been raised for a 100-year-old Polish veteran of Squadron 300, Second Lieutenant Jan Stangryciuk, who was robbed at his home in London, the fundraising organiser, the British Poles portal, has announced.more
In the first six months of this year, the Netherlands has seen the most cars stolen in 20 years, the National Automobile Crime Information Center (LIV) reported. The report shows that the most common deaths are older vehicles without an alarm system.more
Dutch monarch Wilhelm-Alexander pardoned famous TV presenter Frank Masmeijer, who was serving a nine-year sentence for cocaine smuggling. "Hundreds of officers are working to fight drug smuggling, what the hell is going on here?" - outrages Jan Struijs, head of the Dutch Police Association.more
A suspected paedophile has been evicted from a Travelodge where he had been living among guests with children for three months, according to reports.
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