UK teen pleads not guilty over murder of Southport girls Posted on 19/12/2024 The attack at a Taylor Swift dance event in the quiet seaside town of Southport left three young girls dead. (EPA Images pic) LONDON: A British teenager today had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf to charges of murdering three young girls in a knife attack in northern England in July, a crime that horrified the nation and was followed by days of nationwide rioting. Axel Rudakubana, 18, did not speak when asked when asked at Liverpool crown court if he was guilty or not guilty of killing the girls aged between six and nine who were at a Taylor Swift dance event in Southport. Not guilty pleas were also entered over charges of 10 attempted murders, producing the deadly poison ricin and the possession of an Al-Qaeda training manual. He is due to go on trial in January. British-born Rudakubana was arrested shortly after the attack on the summer vacation event for children in the quiet seaside town north of Liverpool. Police have said the incident was not being treated as terrorist-related. Large disturbances broke out in the town after false reports spread on social media that the suspected killer was a radical Islamist migrant. The disturbances spread across Britain with attacks on mosques and hotels housing asylum seekers, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer blaming the riots on far-right thuggery. News
Death toll from Cyclone Chido in Mayotte could climb to ‘hundreds or thousands’ Posted on 16/12/2024 Rescue workers clear an area in Mayotte, a French territory in the Indian Ocean, after Cyclone Chido caused extensive damage. (AP pic) PARIS: Several hundred people and possibly even thousands may have been killed when the most powerful cyclone in nearly a century hit the French Indian Ocean archipelago of… Read More
Israeli probe finds troops’ presence led to killing of six Gaza hostages Posted on 25/12/2024 Families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza gather outside the district court in Tel Aviv to call for a hostages deal. (EPA Images pic) JERUSALEM: The Israeli army said on Tuesday it had concluded that military operations in southern Gaza likely led to the killing by Hamas of six… Read More
Explained: Why the RCI on Batu Puteh is suggesting a criminal probe against Dr Mahathir Posted on 07/12/2024 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 7 — The Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge found that the decision not to proceed with the revision application on the sovereignty of Batu Puteh at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), and the interpretation of the sovereignty of… Read More