16 h. ago African nation plans to reintroduce death penalty for serious crimes

The country had abolished capital punishment in 2018

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22 h. ago Burkina Faso plans to restore death penalty for treason, terrorism, espionage

Burkina Faso's Council of Ministers has adopted a bill to restore the death penalty for treason, terrorism, and espionage

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23 h. ago Another country reintroduces voluntary military service with new plan to counter Russia

The move comes as Germany commits billions of euros to modernising its military equipment

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62 h. ago ‘Green River Killer’ who butchered up to 80 people is ‘near death’ in prison: report

Gary Ridgway, aka the Green River Killer, pleaded guilty in 2001 in a deal to avoid the death penalty

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66 h. ago British man facing death penalty in Bali over claims he smuggled 1kg of cocaine in his backpack

Kial Robinson, 29, appeared in court over drug smuggling charges

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3 d. ago Brit ‘drug smuggler’ told he faces DEATH for ‘bringing £300k

A BRIT faces the death penalty, accused of smuggling 1.3 kg of cocaine worth £300,000 into Bali. Landscape gardener Kial Garth Robinson, 29, of Littlehampton, West Sussex, appeared in court today charged with three counts of importing more than one kilo of cocaine into Indonesia on September 3. Indonesian prosecutor Made Dipa Umbara told the...

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3 d. ago Brit facing possible death penalty in Bali jokes 'give them a smile and a big thumbs up!' as he arrives in court accused of smuggling cocaine

Kial Robinson, 29,from Chichester, in West Sussex, appeared to smirk as he arrived in court wearing the distinctive orange Indonesian prison uniform.

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7 d. ago This African nation built its development on diamonds. Now it's crashing down

Diamonds helped transform Botswana from one of the world’s poorest nations into one of Africa’s success stories

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8 d. ago Death row inmate released on bail after nearly 30 years in prison

Jimmie Duncan was convicted of murdering his then-girlfriend’s 23-month-old daughter in 1998

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8 d. ago National Guard members ‘fighting for lives’ after DC shooting as death penalty floated for suspect: Live updates

Trump and Bondi raged at the shooting of two Guard members in the nation’s capital on Thanksgiving eve

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9 d. ago South Africa hits back at ‘punitive’ Trump move to bar it from G20 meeting in Florida

Diplomatic row worsens after US president says member state will not be invited to 2026 summitDonald Trump has said that South Africa will not be invited to G20 events in the United States when it presides over the forum next year, a measure the African nation described as “punitive”.The US president repeated widely discredited claims that South Africa is “killing white people”, extending a diplomatic row between the countries after the US boycotted the summit in Johannesburg last weekend. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Louisiana death row inmate released on bail after decades behind bars

A Louisiana man who spent nearly three decades on death row is out on bail

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1 week ago Prosecutors say comments shouldn’t affect Luigi Mangione’s death penalty case

Mangione, 27, has pleaded not guilty to state and federal murder charges

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2 w. ago Federal prosecutors say Bondi’s comments shouldn’t affect Luigi Mangione’s death penalty case

Federal prosecutors say Luigi Mangione’s death penalty case in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson should carry on unimpeded

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2 w. ago Trump breaks down his ‘punishable by death’ threat to ‘seditious’ Democrats for Fox News host

Trump was asked about his ultimate punishment comments, which set off a firestorm of concern, by host Brian Kilmeade on his radio show Friday

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2 w. ago Elissa Slotkin ‘refuses to be intimidated’ after Trump threatens her and fellow Dems with death penalty over troop video

Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, has been given around-the-clock security over the incident

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2 w. ago Democrats targeted in Trump’s death penalty threat disappointed over Republican reaction: Live updates

Democrat lawmakers told the military to refuse illegal orders in a video released Tuesday

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2 w. ago Mike Johnson serves up word salad when asked about Trump’s call for Congress members to face death penalty

Johnson criticizes Democrats after the president says Democrats committed “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR’ that is ‘punishable by DEATH’

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2 w. ago Trump threatens political opponents with death penalty as questions linger over Epstein files release — Live

Despite calling it a Democrat 'hoax,' President Donald Trump signed the Epstein Transparency Act Wednesday night after it passed in Congress

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2 w. ago ‘An impossibility made possible’: how tiny Curaçao made World Cup history

Caribbean island team are the smallest to reach tournament after appointing wily coach and drawing on diasporaThe delay in Dick Advocaat becoming Curaçao’s head coach might have been ominous but instead was the foundation for glory. Frustrated by the national federation’s financial problems, he deferred starting until January 2024, when the issues were resolved and players paid, paving the way for a historic World Cup qualifying campaign.Curaçao will be the smallest nation – by land area and population – to play at the 2026 World Cup after their 0-0 draw in Jamaica on Wednesday. The Caribbean island has a population of 156,000, sinking the previous record holders Iceland, which has about 400,000 inhabitants. Last month Cape Verde were confirmed as surprise tournament debutants but the African nation is almost 10 times bigger by area than the former Dutch colony, indicating the level of achievement by Advocaat and his squad. Continue reading...

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