Descrease article font size Increase article font size A 40-year-old Colombian man has been arrested after attempting to smuggle 19 cocaine capsules under his wig at an airport. The drug-in-a-rug scheme went down earlier this month, when police discovered the drugs, worth almost C$14,000, at Rafael Nunez International Airport in Cartagena. According to multiple reports, … Read more
By Staff The Associated Press Posted February 22, 2025 1:56 pm Updated February 22, 2025 2:41 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A knife attack on Saturday in eastern France left one person dead and at least two others wounded, authorities said, in violence labeled as Islamic extremism by … Read more
A court in Argentina dropped charges of criminal negligence against three of the five people indicted in connection with the death of Liam Payne, the former One Direction singer who fell from a third-floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires last October, according to a ruling obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday. In its decision … Read more
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 20, 2025 3:22 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Pakistani national from Ontario wanted in the U.S. on terror-related charges for allegedly targeting Jewish institutions in New York City has agreed to be extradited. During a brief Superior Court hearing today in … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Pope Francis on Tuesday said he had accepted the resignation of a Canadian bishop who has been named in a class-action lawsuit against the church that alleges sexual assault. The pope did not give a reason for replacing Jean-Pierre Blais, the 75-year-old bishop of Baie-Comeau in the … Read more
Austrian authorities said Sunday the stabbing of six people that left a 14-year-old boy dead was carried out by a man with possible connections to the Islamic State group who appeared to have acted alone. The suspect, a 23-year-old Syrian, was arrested after the attack, which took place on Saturday afternoon in the center of … Read more
A bartender was arrested in Vietnam Friday for allegedly making a deadly homemade limoncello that led to the death of a British woman and her fiancé in December. According to local reports, the provincial police agency pressed charges against the 46-year-old bartender, identified as Le Tan Gia, for violating food safety regulations. Officers said that … Read more
Wounded and bleeding, Salim Karim Iskef managed to video-call his fiancée to tell her he loved her one last time before he died this week in what was Sweden’s deadliest mass shooting, The 28-year-old asked Kareen Alia to look after his mother and herself before the call ended. There was no answer when she called … Read more
RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme says a federal move to list organized crime cartels as terrorist entities to fight fentanyl trafficking would give the Mounties more tools to pursue charges and enforce the law. In an interview Thursday, Duheme also said he sees value in the government’s plan to appoint a national fentanyl czar, as it … Read more
Five people were shot at an adult education centre in Sweden on Tuesday, police said. The conditions of the victims weren’t immediately clear. The Swedish news agency TT reported, without providing its sources, that the perpetrator died by suicide. Police didn’t immediately confirm that reporting, but were due to hold a news conference. The adult … Read more