Month September 2023

Commercial building blaze south of Benin’s capital kills at least 35 people

A fire in a commercial building south of Benin’s capital has killed at least 35 people, authorities said, as they started an investigation. The gutted and burned ruins of a building in Seme-Podji, 6 miles south of the capital Porto-Novo,… Continue Reading →

Mexican president addresses town isolation due to drug cartel turf battles in Chiapas

Drug cartel turf battles cut off a series of towns in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas, near the Guatemala border, Mexico’s president acknowledged Monday. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that the cartels have cut off electrical power in… Continue Reading →

UN says Russian troops torturing Ukrainians to death, reveals 1 survivor suffered shocks for ‘an eternity’

A U.N. commission tasked with investigating the behavior of Russian troops in Ukraine revealed Monday that Putin’s forces are “committing war crimes” and torturing people to death, including speaking with as survivor who said they suffered electric shocks for what “felt… Continue Reading →

Russia puts International Criminal Court president on wanted list: reports

Russia has added Piotr Hofmanski, the president of the International Criminal Court (ICC), to its wanted list months after the organization issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin on alleged war crimes in Ukraine, according to reports. A notice in… Continue Reading →

Locals in Hawaii return to sites of homes wrecked by August’s Lahaina wildfire

From just outside the burn zone in Lahaina, Jes Claydon can see the ruins of the rental home where she lived for 13 years and raised three children. Little remains recognizable beyond the jars of sea glass that stood outside… Continue Reading →

Man arrested after fight with father-in-law takes gruesome, deadly turn

An American man was arrested by Indonesian authorities after allegedly “beheading” his father-in-law after a fight over the family business. Arthur Leigh Welohr, a 35-year-old man from San Francisco, was arrested in Banjar, West Java, Indonesia, in connection to the… Continue Reading →

Chairman of Hong Kong Journalist Association found guilty of obstructing police

The chairman of Hong Kong’s leading journalist group was found guilty of obstructing a police officer on Monday in a court case that sparked concerns about the city’s declining press freedom. Ronson Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association… Continue Reading →

Convicted Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, who was Italy’s No. 1 fugitive for years, dies in hospital

Matteo Messina Denaro, a convicted mastermind of some of the Sicilian Mafia’s most heinous slayings, died on Monday in a hospital prison ward, several months after being captured as Italy’s No. 1 fugitive and following decades on the run, Italian… Continue Reading →

First US-made Abrams tanks arrive in Ukraine months ahead of schedule

The first American-made Abrams tanks arrived in Ukraine months ahead of schedule, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Monday. The tanks arrived in Ukraine in time to assist with the country’s ongoing counteroffensive against Russian forces, an effort whose window is… Continue Reading →

Thousands of Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh as Azerbaijan reclaims separatist region

Thousands of Armenians streamed out of Nagorno-Karabakh after the Azerbaijani military reclaimed full control of the breakaway region while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Azerbaijan Monday in a show of support to its ally. The Azerbaijani military routed Armenian… Continue Reading →

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