Police detain man in relation to Cologne Cathedral threats
Frankfurt, Germany Reuters German police said on Tuesday they had taken into custody a person in connection with a possible attack planned against Cologne Cathedral. Police on Saturday said they were heightening security at the cathedral following indications of a possible attack on New Year’s Eve and in the wake of government warnings in recent […]
After arrest in SNP funding probe, Scotland’s Sturgeon says “I am innocent”
London, UKReuters Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Sunday she was innocent after being arrested and held for more than seven hours as part of a police probe into the fate of funds for her pro-independence Scottish National Party. The police investigation is looking at what happened to more £600,000 in funding raised […]
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan arrested, stirring nationwide violence
Updated: 8:20am, 10th May, 2023 (AEST)Islamabad, PakistanReuters Pakistan’s anti-corruption agency arrested former Prime Minister Imran Khan at Islamabad High Court on Tuesday, threatening fresh turmoil in the nuclear-armed country as clashes erupted between Khan supporters and police, killing at least one protester. Khan’s arrest comes a day after the powerful military rebuked him for repeatedly […]
Several wounded in clashes as Pakistan police try to arrest ex-PM Khan
Lahore, Pakistan Reuters Pakistani police and supporters of Imran Khan fought pitched battles outside the former Prime Minister’s home in Lahore on Tuesday, wounding several on both sides, ahead of his expected arrest, a government spokesman and witnesses said. Police hit Khan supporters in baton charges and lobbed tear gas canisters, some of which landed […]
“He was one of us” – Mourners stunned by shooting death of beloved Los Angeles bishop as arrest made
Last updated: 5pm (AEST)Hacienda Heights, California, USRNS The suspect arrested in Saturday’s shooting of Roman Catholic Bishop David G O’Connell is Carlos Medina, the husband of the bishop’s housekeeper, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna. The sheriff made the announcement at a press conference Monday afternoon with a visibly distraught Archbishop José H […]
Bolsonaro’s ex-justice minister Torres arrested in Brazilian capital
Brasilia, BrazilReuters Brazil’s former Justice Minister Anderson Torres, who was in charge of public security in Brasilia during the invasion of government buildings a week ago, was arrested in Brasilia on Saturday on suspicion of “omission” and “connivance”. Torres was arrested after returning to Brazil on Saturday. He had been on vacation in Florida, the […]
Supporters gather at home of Pakistan’s former PM Khan, aiming to foil arrest
Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters Hundreds of supporters of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, gathered on Monday outside his hilltop mansion in the capital, vowing to prevent his arrest on anti-terrorism accusations, officials of his political party said. The move follows a police case filed against Khan on Saturday for threatening government officials in a public […]
Updated: Haiti police arrest suspect in President’s assassination
Updated: 2.30pm (AEST)Port-au-Prince, HaitiReuters Haitian police said on Sunday they had arrested one of the suspected masterminds in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, a Haitian man whom authorities accused of hiring mercenaries to oust and replace Moise. Moise was shot dead early on Wednesday at his Port-au-Prince home by what Haitian authorities describe as a […]
Russian monk charged with inciting suicidal acts in sermons
Moscow, RussiaAP Russian riot police stormed into a monastery Tuesday to detain a rebel monk who has castigated the Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church leadership and denied the existence of the coronavirus. In the overnight showdown, police clashed with the priest’s supporters at the Sredneuralsk monastery outside Yekaterinburg in the Ural Mountains. In this […]
Florida pastor arrested for refusing to halt worship amid outbreak
RNS A Florida pastor was arrested by a local sheriff on Monday after he refused to stop holding worship services at his church despite regulations banning large in-person gatherings that could further the spread of the novel coronavirus. For weeks, Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne of the River at Tampa Bay Church has defied local regulations designed […]