22 h. ago North Texas men indicted over bizarre scheme to sail to Haitian island, kill all the men and enslave the women and children

Their outlandish plan allegedly involved enlisting an army of homeless mercenaries, officials said

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22 h. ago Serbia president 'involved in sick human safaris where tourists paid to be snipers'

A shocking letter to prosecutors has claimed Serbia's current president took part in 'human safaris' where innocent civilians were allegedly shot by rich foreigners for a £70,000 weekend trip

Politics

25 h. ago US men indicted for alleged coup plot to kill and rape people on Haitian island

Texans planned to utilize unhoused US people to take over Gonâve and fulfill ‘rape fantasies’, justice department saysThe Department of Justice has alleged that two Texas men plotted a murderous coup d’etat on the island of Gonâve, the largest in Haiti, “for the purpose of carrying out their rape fantasies”.The two men, 21-year-old Gavin Rivers Weisenburg and 20-year-old Tanner Christopher Thomas, have been accused of plotting to take the island by force, utilizing the homeless population of Washington DC, then killing all the men on the island and “using the women and children as sex slaves”, according to an announcement by the US attorney’s office of the eastern district of Texas on Thursday. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Israeli airstrikes kill 33 people in Gaza in escalation of post

Medical officials say 17 people killed in Khan Younis area and 16 in strikes on Gaza CityIsraeli attacks in Gaza have killed 33 people and injured many more, according to medical officials, in one of the most serious escalations of violence since the US-backed ceasefire came into effect last month.Officials at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis said they received the bodies of 17 people, including five women and five children, after four Israeli airstrikes targeted tents sheltering displaced people. In Gaza City, medical officials said two airstrikes killed 16 people, including seven children and three women. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Sudan massacres 'so appalling they can be seen from space', warns Foreign Secretary

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper described how satellite images show bodies piled high and sand stained by pools of blood after Sudanese city of el-Fasher fell to paramilitaries

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4 d. ago 'Sarajevo 'human safari' hunters must HANG': Massacre survivors demand death penalty for tourists who paid to shoot civilians during 1990s siege

More than 11,000 civilians were killed during the 1992 to 1995 siege, when Bosnian Serb forces surrounded Sarajevo and fired on the city from the hills above it.

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4 d. ago Investigation launched into reports of ‘sniper tourism’ during siege of Sarajevo

Around 11,000 civilians were killed by shelling and sniper fire

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5 d. ago Chief prosecutor reassures Scots sex abuse victims after Supreme Court judgment

Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC has said that sex abuse of women and children was “the single greatest challenge our justice system faces”.

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5 d. ago Rape victims in Scotland will be protected when giving evidence, says lord advocate

Supreme court ruled ‘rape shield’ laws to limit intrusive cross-examination may breach men’s right to fair trialScotland’s most senior law officer has moved to reassure victims of sexual abuse that they will be protected after a supreme court ruling warned that Scottish laws designed to limit intrusive cross-examination could be breaching men’s right to a fair trial.In a strongly worded statement, the lord advocate, Dorothy Bain KC, said: “I would like to make clear that I understand sexual abuse inflicted upon women and children to be the single greatest challenge our justice system faces. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago The TRUTH behind Sarajevo's 'human safaris': Shocking testimonies of men who watched 'elite, wealthy hunters' shoot civilians after paying huge sums for a chance to murder women and children

Prosecutors in Milan have opened an investigation into Italian tourists who allegedly paid £70,000 to shoot innocent people in 'human safari' hunting trips to Sarajevo, with extra charged to kill children.

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7 d. ago Death row inmate has life spared but then is found unresponsive in his cell

Tremane Wood was hours away from being executed by lethal injection when he was given a reprieve by governor Kevin Stitt - but was later found unconscious in his cell

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7 d. ago Death row inmate found unresponsive in his cell hours after his life was spared in last

Death row inmate Tremane Wood, 46, was discovered unresponsive in his cell just hours after learning he was granted a last-minute reprieve from execution.

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8 d. ago Member of US Congress vows to find Americans who participated in ‘human safari’ in besieged Sarajevo

Foreigners would allegedly pay up to £88,000 to shoot at unarmed civilians

Politics

8 d. ago 'I still can't believe I'm alive': Sudanese civilians recount their flight from El Fasher – video

The Guardian has geolocated eyewitness accounts of the capture of the Sudanese city of El Fasher by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces group and the ethnically-targeted massacres that took place in the immediate aftermath. Journalists are unable to access the area and have limited access to information. Guardian reporter Kaamil Ahmed explains how - when combined with satellite imagery and videos posted by RSF fighters - the testimonies provide us with the clearest picture yet of the horrific events that unfolded Continue reading...

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8 d. ago 'She wore a hijab to hide bruises from her father's beatings': The catalogue of blunders and missed opportunities that sealed Sara Sharif's fate

A harrowing safeguarding review today revealed how Sara's father was well-known for violence against women and children years before she was born.

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9 d. ago Sniper tourists’ allegedly paid £70,000 to shoot civilians in ‘human safaris’

The snipers were considered the most feared element of life under siege in Sarajevo as they would pick off people on the streets at random, including small children

Economics

9 d. ago Eddie Murphy's 10 children and the five women he shares them with

Eddie Murphy is a father of 10 children who he shares with five different women - here's everything you need to know about the comedian's family life

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9 d. ago Tourists 'paid £70,000 to shoot people in human safari hunting trip' during war

Shocking case in Italian courts claims rich foreigners took weekend trips to Bosnia to kill innocent civilians and children during the conflict, which saw more than 11,000 killed by snipers and shelling between 1992 and 1996

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1 week ago Dire warnings over aid and hunger following RSF’s capture of Sudanese city

Fears rise for displaced civilians as UN reports deteriorating situation and MSF warns of ‘staggering’ malnutritionThere are grave fears for civilians who survived the capture of El Fasher by a Sudanese paramilitary group last month, as the UN warned relief operations were on the brink of collapse and an aid group said malnutrition in displacement camps had reached “staggering” levels.The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) captured El Fasher – the capital of North Darfur state and the last urban centre outside of its grasp in the wider Darfur region – on 26 October. Survivor accounts and video and satellite evidence suggest more than 1,500 people were killed in ethnically targeted massacres in the immediate aftermath. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 'I fell for loving husband then discovered 10 secret children by 7 women'

Mary Turner Thomson was cruelly duped by Will Jordan - a man posing as a CIA agent, who married her bigamously, stole her money, and lived multiple secret lives with different women

Society