The Union Flag flaps in the wind outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Oct 24, 2022. (PHOTO / AP) British spies unlawfully retained people's intercepted data over almost five years, a tribunal said on Monday in a ruling that blamed “widespread corporate failure” at the domestic intelligence agency MI5 and the interior ministry. The […]
This Sept 6, 2022 photo shows the city view of Vladivostok, Russia. (ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO JR / XINHUA) MOSCOW — The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said Thursday it had initiated a criminal case against a US citizen over espionage. "The Russian Federal Security Service initiated a criminal case against a US citizen on the grounds […]
A volunteer wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as a precaution against the spread of bird flu observes an injured rescued bird at a temporary shelter in Ahmedabad on January 13, 2021. (SAM PANTHAKY / AFP) QUITO — Ecuador reported its first case of human transmission of bird flu in a 9-year-old girl, the Health Ministry […]
The building of the Swiss Federal Criminal Court is seen in Bellinzona, southern Switzerland, on March 7, 2022. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) BELLINZONA, Switzerland – A Liberian man convicted of 22 counts of war crimes including rape, murder and an act of cannibalism is seeking to overturn the judgment at an appeal trial opening in […]
Former Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina leaves the courtroom after being found guilty of a corruption case during his administration, at the judicial building, in Guatemala City, Guatemala Dec 7, 2022. (LUIS ECHEVERRIA / REUTERS) GUATEMALA CITY – A Guatemalan court on Wednesday sentenced both former President Otto Perez and his vice-president, Roxana Baldetti, to […]
Onlookers await the arrival of the military parade on Mannerheimintie Street in Helsinki on June 4, 2022 as the country celebrates the Flag Day of the Finnish Defence Forces. (ALESSANDRO RAMPAZZO / AFP) HELSINKI – Three journalists from Finland's largest daily are expected to appear in a Helsinki court on Thursday, suspected of publishing classified […]
This 2003 electron microscope image shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions (left) obtained from a sample of human skin associated. (CYNTHIA S. GOLDSMITH, RUSSELL REGNE / CDC via AP) BERLIN – Germany recorded its first case of monkeypox in a child, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases said on Tuesday. The 4-year-old infected girl […]
A mural of Australia's Julian Assange is seen in a laneway in Melbourne on Jan 5, 2021. (PHOTO / AFP) LONDON – WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange has appealed to the High Court in London to block his extradition to the United States to face criminal charges, his brother said on Friday, the latest step in […]
