Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has been reported to be in a critical condition after being hospitalised under guard for the past five days with a heart condition.The reports say she is fighting for her life and describe her as being between life and death while still in custody.The immediate concern is her health while detained, with the hospitalisation taking place under guard rather than in an independent medical setting.No further official details on her treatment or condition were provided in the supplied reports.The case is drawing attention because Mohammadi is one of Iran's best-known human rights... [Continue Reading]
A grand jury in Washington has added a new assault charge to the case against a California man accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump at a gala in the capital.The indictment, unsealed on Tuesday, also keeps in place attempted-assassination and firearms counts.Prosecutors say Cole Tomas Allen, 31, is accused of assaulting a US officer or employee with a deadly weapon.Court documents say the new charge relates to a Secret Service officer who was shot but not seriously wounded during the incident at the White House Correspondents Dinner on 25 April.Allen was previously charged last week by criminal complaint and... [Continue Reading]
An Israeli court has rejected an appeal by two activists detained after a Gaza-bound aid flotilla was intercepted in international waters, leaving an earlier decision to extend their detention in place.The ruling concerns Spanish national of Palestinian origin Saif Abu Keshek and Brazilian Thiago de Avila, who were seized by Israeli forces last week and brought to Israel for questioning.Their lawyers said the Beersheva district court denied the appeal on Wednesday.The United Nations has separately called for their immediate and unconditional release, and urged an investigation into what it described as disturbing accounts of severe mistreatment.The UN rights office said... [Continue Reading]
Two people have been killed and three others critically injured after a driver ploughed into a busy shopping area in the centre of Leipzig, in eastern Germany.Police say the incident happened on Monday afternoon and are treating it as a suspected deliberate ramming.Authorities say the driver was a 33-year-old German citizen born in the Leipzig area.He was detained inside the vehicle and remains in police custody for questioning.Police said the man drove from Augustusplatz along Grimmaische Strasse into the city's central pedestrianised shopping area.Saxony's interior minister, Armin Schuster, said investigators believe the suspect acted alone, while police chief René Demmler... [Continue Reading]
Two people have been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life after a memorial wall in Golders Green, north London, was damaged on 27 April.The Metropolitan Police said a 46-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman were detained on Monday morning in Romford as part of a counter-terror policing investigation.Both remain in custody at a London police station.Police said officers were also searching an address in Romford.Commander Helen Flanagan said the force was committed to protecting vulnerable communities in the capital.The wall had been used to display photos of protesters killed by the Iranian government during a crackdown... [Continue Reading]
Iran's judiciary has announced the execution of Mehrab Abdollahzadeh, saying he was arrested during the 2022 protest movement.The movement began after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while she was in morality police custody.The judiciary said the execution was carried out on Sunday.No further details were given in the supplied material about the charges against Abdollahzadeh, the location of the execution, or whether his family or lawyers had been informed.The announcement adds to the continuing fallout from the 2022 unrest.The case is significant because it links a new state execution to the protests that followed Amini's death, which became a... [Continue Reading]
Two activists from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla have appeared before an Israeli court after being brought to Israel for questioning, according to the rights group representing them.Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek and Brazilian Thiago Avila were taken to Ashkelon after Israeli forces intercepted a flotilla of more than 50 vessels in international waters off Greece early on Thursday.Israel said it had removed about 175 activists in the operation, with two taken to Israel for interrogation.The court appearance came as the state sought to extend their detention by four days, Adalah said.The group said its lawyers had met the two men... [Continue Reading]
A man has been charged with attempted murder after stabbing two Jewish men in Golders Green, north London.Essa Suleiman, 45, is accused of attacking Shloime Rand, 34, and Moshe Shine, 76, and remains in custody.Both men suffered serious injuries and were treated in hospital.The Metropolitan Police have declared the incident a terrorist attack.Suleiman, born in Somalia and now a British citizen, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court facing two counts of attempted murder and one count of possession of a bladed article in a public place.He has also been charged with attempted murder related to a separate incident in Southwark,... [Continue Reading]
Violence broke out in Alice Springs, Australia, following the arrest of a man suspected of murdering a five-year-old girl.Jefferson Lewis was taken into custody late on Thursday night after being found unconscious and reportedly attacked by members of the local community.The girl, identified as Kumanjayi Little Baby for cultural reasons, was found dead earlier on Thursday.She had last been seen on Saturday night at an Aboriginal town camp near Alice Springs.Following Lewis's arrest, around 400 Aboriginal people gathered outside the town hospital where he was being treated.The crowd threw projectiles and chanted for "payback," a term referring to traditional punishment... [Continue Reading]
Three teenagers have been sentenced to between five and seven years in custody for the manslaughter of Alexander Cashford on a beach in Kent.The sentencing took place at the Old Bailey on April 30, 2026.The victim, 49-year-old Alexander Cashford, was lured to Leysdown-on-Sea by the teenagers after a chance encounter at an arcade.The group believed Cashford was a paedophile and attacked him violently.Cashford suffered more than 30 external injuries after being chased and struck with rocks and a bottle.Despite attempts to flee, he was found lying face down in the mud.The attack was described by the Crown Prosecution Service as... [Continue Reading]
Newly surfaced body-worn camera footage shows a woman being forcibly pinned down during an arrest in Northamptonshire, contradicting police claims that no such video existed.The footage was shared exclusively with the BBC and depicts officers deploying metal spikes in front of Nadine Buzzard-Quashie's car before forcing her to the ground.Buzzard-Quashie alleges her face was pushed into stinging nettles during the incident.The Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police, Ivan Balhatchet, was found guilty of contempt of court in November and fined £50,000 for failing to release the body-worn videos to Buzzard-Quashie.The police had previously denied the existence of the footage in court.Buzzard-Quashie,... [Continue Reading]
The United States Department of Justice has charged Rubén Rocha Moya, the governor of Mexico's Sinaloa state, along with nine other current and former officials, for alleged involvement with the Sinaloa drug cartel.The indictment was unsealed on April 30, 2026, in a Manhattan federal court.The charges include conspiracy to import narcotics into the United States, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and election interference.Prosecutors allege that Rocha Moya and others conspired with cartel leaders to import large quantities of narcotics in exchange for political support and bribes.The indictment further alleges that cartel operatives aided Rocha Moya's 2021 election campaign... [Continue Reading]