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‘Rape, violence, terrorism’: US suddenly updates travel advisory for India, asks women not to travel alone

US updates its travel advisory for India on June 16. The US State Department has issued a sudden level-2 travel warning to India, which urges travelers to “exercise increased caution”. The advisory was issued on June 16 “due to crime and terrorism,” it said, adding that some areas have increased risk. “Rape is one of […]

Colombia rocked by bombings, shootings in southwest: 7 killed, 28 injured; fears rise of return to 90s-style guerrilla violence

A wave of 24 coordinated bombings and gun attacks killed at least 7 people and injured 28 others in southwestern Colombia on Tuesday, as authorities blamed dissident guerrilla fighters for what security experts are calling a “well-coordinated offensive.”Police posts, municipal buildings, and civilian areas in Cali — Colombia’s third-largest city — and nearby towns including […]

‘Stop fanning the flames’: Gavin Newsom blames Trump admin for inciting violence in Los Angeles; says National Guard deployed without consulting governor

California’s Gavin Newsom tears into Trump admin for deploying National Guard to LA without his nod, says move is meant to ‘fan the flames’ of immigration unrest.Taking to X, Newsom wrote, “Donald Trump has manufactured a crisis and is inflaming conditions. If he can’t solve it, we will. To the bad actors fueling Trump’s flames, […]

North Carolina launches week of action to secure firearms to combat gun theft and violence

(Screen grab from X @NCPublicSafety) North Carolina department of public safety (NCDPS) is observing SAFE (secure all firearms effectively) week of action from June 1–7, an initiative focused on promoting safe firearm storage across the state. The campaign includes local events and educational outreach to help prevent gun thefts and firearm-related injuries.In Asheville, NCDPS is […]

Indian-origin man pleads guilty to marriage fraud in West Virginia; he claimed domestic violence to get green card

Indian man, Akaash Prakash Makwana, admits to marriage fraud in West Virginia, US. 29-year-old Aakash Prakash Makwana, an Indian citizen, has pleaded guilty to a marriage fraud which also involved identity theft — as part of a scheme to evade US immigration laws. US Justice Department said Makwana arrived in the US on a J-1 […]

Six soldiers killed in explosive attack amid ongoing drug cartel violence in Mexico

Six soldiers were killed and two others were injured after an explosive device tore through their armoured vehicle in Mexico’s violence-hit Michoacan state, a military report cited by AFP said.The blast occurred late Tuesday near a small town in the western region, where drug cartels have long battled for territory. The explosion was so powerful […]

Tigers, jaguars and elephants are the latest to flee cartel violence in Mexico’s Sinaloa | World News

CULIACAN: A pack of veterinarians clambered over hefty metal crates on Tuesday morning, loading them one by one onto a fleet of semi-trucks. Among the cargo: tigers, monkeys, jaguars, elephants and lions – all fleeing the latest wave of cartel violence eclipsing the northern Mexican city of Culiacan. For years, exotic pets of cartel members […]

Survivors fight to heal from rampant sexual violence in war-torn Sudan

Representative Image (AI-generated) When a fighter from Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) stormed into Aisha’s family home in Khartoum and gave her a grim ultimatum — marry him or watch her father die — she didn’t think twice.She signed away her freedom, “terrified for my father’s life,” she told AFP.For a year, the 22-year-old […]

Startling admission by Diddy’s attorney: Domestic violence not sex-trafficking, so what if he likes baby oil

Diddy’s attorney on Monday said loving kinky sex, using baby oil for sex does not make him a criminal. P Diddy’s lawyer Teny Geragos made a shocking admission in the court on Monday and said that the music mogul committed domestic violence, for which he is ready to take full responsibility.But domestic violence is not […]