‘Jail for maybe up to 3 years’: Canadian journalist on murders of two Indians in Toronto within a week

Canadian journalist Daniel Bordman said the murderers of the two Indians found dead in Canada, if caught, will be put in jail for maybe up to three years before being let out to rampage the streets again. Shivank Avasthi, a student at the University of Toronto Scarborough, was shot dead near his university campus. The […]

US student in London murders Chinese girlfriend who gave cleanliness instructions before sex

A wealthy American student at Goldsmiths in London, Joshua Michals, has been convicted of murdering his girlfriend Zhe Wang, inside her London apartment with a knife after she accused him of giving him a sexually transmitted infection. The murder took place in 2024 when Michals went to Wang’s flat to end the fight they were […]

New Zealand: ‘Suitcase murders’ mother sentenced to life

Hakyung Lee stands in the dock at the High Court in Auckland (AP image) A New Zealand woman who killed her two young children and hid their bodies in suitcases was sentenced on Wednesday to life imprisonment.South Korean-born New Zealand citizen Hakyung Lee, 45, was convicted earlier this year of murdering her children, aged eight […]

15 serving army officers jailed for ‘atrocities’ during Hasina tenure

DHAKA: Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Wednesday sent 15 serving army officers to jail to face trial on charges of enforced disappearances, murders and custodial tortures during former PM Sheikh Hasina’s tenure. The officers were taken into custody by the army on Oct 11 after a special tribunal ordered their arrest in cases of […]

‘Governor didn’t ask’: Donald Trump explains why flags stayed up after Minnesota lawmakers’ murders; blame put on Tim Walz

Flags not lowered for murdered Minnesota lawmakers; Trump blames governor Tim Walz US President Donald Trump said Monday he would have lowered US flags to half-staff after the assassination of Minnesota Democratic state lawmaker Melissa Hortman if governor Tim Walz had requested it. Although, at the time, he dismissed reaching out to Walz as a […]

‘Capital, capital punishment’: Trump pushes death penalty for Washington, DC murders — but city has rejected it for 40 years

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that his administration will seek the death penalty in all murder cases in Washington, DC, a move that could collide with longstanding city law and resistance from juries.“Anybody murders something in the capital, capital punishment. Capital, capital punishment,” Trump declared during a Cabinet meeting. “It’ll be a crime […]

‘Continue to pose an unreasonable risk’: Erik Menendez denied parole after nearly 36 years in prison for parents’ murders; misconduct behind bars cited

Erik Menendez appears before the parole board via teleconference (Picture credit: AP) California parole commissioners have denied Erik Menendez’s request for release, saying his misconduct behind bars showed he remains a risk to public safety.The 54-year-old, who, along with his brother Lyle, murdered their parents Jose and Kitty Menendez, in 1989, faced his first parole […]

Idaho student murders: Kohberger kept women’s IDs as keepsakes; prosecutors detail eerie glovebox discovery

Bryan Kohberger, the man convicted of brutally murdering four University of Idaho students, had bizarre keepsakes belonging to women he knew before the massacre, a new report has revealed. According to KIMA, citing Latah County prosecutors, investigators discovered two ID badges stashed inside the glove compartment of Kohberger’s car following his arrest in December 2022. […]

Devil’s Den murders row: Former teacher a ‘monster’; tickled little girls and gave ‘lot of special treatment’

A former primary school teacher accused of brutally murdering a married couple in front of their two daughters at Devil’s Den State Park in Arkansas had previously displayed alarming behaviour towards young girls at a school in Texas, a concerned parent has claimed.Andrew James McGann, 28, is accused of stabbing Clinton David Brink, 43, and […]

Tennessee murders: Four family members killed, baby abandoned; manhunt launched for armed suspect

29-year-old suspect Austin Robert Drummond (Image credits: X @ThingstheVille) A statewide manhunt is underway in Tennessee for 29-year-old Austin Robert Drummond, who is accused of killing four members of a family and leaving their baby alive, abandoning it in a stranger’s yard. The victims- 21-year-old James M. Wilson, 38-year-old Cortney Rose, 20-year-old Adrianna Williams, and […]