Headlines
  • A bill amending a 2021 law that targeted the LGBTQ+ community and was passed by nationalist former leader Viktor Orban was approved by Hungary's parliament on Tuesday.
  • The latest attack on Saudi Arabia's King Khalid International Airport resulted in one fatality and eleven injuries.
  • Residents of Riyadh have been given the all-clear by Saudi Arabia's civil defense agency after the military's announcement that incoming missiles fired toward the capital by the Houthis in Yemen had been shot down.
  • Iran's alleged involvement in a security alert outside a UK/US airbase in southern England last month led the British government to summon the ambassador and announce sanctions against two people.
  • In a sophisticated overnight cyberattack, hackers commandeered refrigeration systems throughout France, spoiling stock at major chains and forcing hundreds of supermarkets to discard perishable goods on Monday.
  • According to a transcript and audio recording of the calls made on the nite of Christa Pike's botched execution, 911 callers reported that she was unconscious and had difficulty breathing an hour after receiving two fatal injections of the sedative pentobarbital.
  • An "incident involving a roller coaster" at a Six Flags theme park in Georgia resulted in one fatality and multiple injuries, according to the authorities.

Author: crimeandmoreworld - News Desk

January 31, 2019

UNICEF Supports Efforts to End Detention...

At the Tapachula migration station, which holds close to 1,000 men, women and children, Escudero spoke with mothers and young women kept at the station while their asylum claims or deportation orders are processed

Venezuela Oil Sanctions, Amnesty Promise, Undermine...

The U.S. imposed oil sanctions on Venezuela announced this week are part of a larger strategy to both pressure and entice the country’s military to help oust socialist President Nicolas Maduro

January 30, 2019

Spain Became the Main Route For...

According to a new report by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), Spain became the main route for refugees and migrants to seek entry to Europe in 2018, and the death toll for people crossing the Western Mediterranean to reach the country has increased four-fold in a year

January 29, 2019

UNICEF: Children Living in Conflict Affected...

UNICEF said while 2019 marked the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, more countries are embroiled in internal or international conflict than at any other time in the past three decades, threatening the safety and wellbeing of millions of children

What Makes Moscow’s Sidewalks So Crooked?

Muscovites are getting angry about their new sidewalks. Much of the city center’s walkways are being renewed, but the stone tiling has already become badly uneven in many areas

US Announces Sanctions on Venezuela’s State-Owned...

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, PdVSA, in an increased effort to pressure Nicolás Maduro to relinquish power to Juan Guaidó, now recognized by the U.S. and a number of other nations as the country’s legitimate president

January 28, 2019

A ‘School For Superheroes’ For Sick...

Ukraine says it will ensure children in major regional hospitals receive an education from September 2019. Some 2,000 children are currently educated in hospitals, but one group, which runs a “School For Superheroes” in a Kyiv hospital, says 10,000 hospitalized children need schooling

Afghan Book Bike Tour Gets Kids...

27-year-old Afghan man has begun a quest to improve children’s literacy by getting on his bike and handing out free books to young people across the country

January 27, 2019

Shooter Captured

Police have arrested Dakota Theriot who allegedly gunned down five people including his Parents and girlfriend.

Divisions Among Security Council Members States...

UN political chief Rosemary DiCarlo said the protracted crisis in Venezuela has had a grave impact on the population, with high levels of political polarization, growing humanitarian needs and serious human rights concerns

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