2 h. ago Afghan woman, 22, 'faces death by stoning' after being arrested for teaching girls taekwondo, activists fear

Khadija Ahmadzada, 22, was arrested by Taliban'morality' forces on January 10 after they discovered she was defying the ban on women playing sport.

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9 d. ago Woman, 35, beaten to death over witchcraft allegations between feuding neighbours

A woman has allegedly been beaten to death with bricks, stones and iron rods as part of an ongoing feud between neighbours over claims of witchcraft

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1 week ago US protester arrested after TV interview says she was targeted due to Venezuela trip

Jessica Plichta faces misdemeanor charges, which locals say is a tactic of Grand Rapids, Michigan, police to suppress protestsJessica Plichta was arrested on 3 January after a live interview with a local news station about a Grand Rapids, Michigan, protest against the Trump administration’s seizure of Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s president, in an attack with a reported death toll of 100. The clip went immediately viral, racking up millions of views across social media. While the headlines focused on Plichta’s age (22) and that she’s a preschool teacher, Plichta believes the reason for her arrest – seemingly the only one among roughly 200 protesters – went beyond the day’s events.Plichta, who recently co-founded local group Grand Rapids Opponents of War, which helped organize Saturday’s protest, had visited the Venezuelan capital of Caracas just last month, amid the Trump administration’s blockade. She was a part of a delegation to the International People’s Assembly for Sovereignty a...

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2 w. ago Preschool teacher arrested after TV interview criticizing Trump for recent attacks against Venezuela

This is the moment a preschool teacher was arrested on camera after criticizing Trump for recent attacks against Venezuela.

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2 w. ago Afghan migrant, 25, faces jail after sexually assaulting woman who fell asleep while eating pizza he bought her

The victim told a court she woke up on a bench near LondonBridge station to find Abid Sherzad touching her intimately.

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3 w. ago Afghan man, 20, ‘attacks 5 with crowbar’ in UK hospital leaving woman covered in blood ‘after being denied appointment’

AN Afghan man allegedly attacked five people with a crowbar in a hospital after reportedly being denied an appointment. Officers and emergency services scrambled to the scene at Newton Community Hospital in Newton-Le-Willows, Merseyside, just after noon today. Police said in a statement that the man was believed to have attended the hospital to request...

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3 w. ago Teacher, 36, arrested after 'explicit and repulsive' text messages with student, 12, exposed

Sydnee Graf was arrested by police earlier this month, charged with sending disgusting texts to a 12-year-old pupil detailing some horrific acts they would have gotten up to

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3 w. ago Twisted teacher, 36, arrested after ‘sending preteen student sexual messages’ during remote learning class

A SICKO teacher has been arrested for allegedly sending explicit sexual texts to her young student. The elementary school maths teacher was busted by police as she was allegedly driving to pick to victim up from his home after a day of virtual learning. Sydnee Graf, 36, allegedly sent the boy, who was under the...

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