Malaysia’s top court refused Friday to review its 2022 decision to uphold former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s conviction for graft and 12-year jail sentence, saying he was “the author of his own misfortune.” A five-member Federal Court bench unanimously rejected his final appeal in August in a case linked to …
Read More »Russia, Indonesia sign extradition treaty to combat crime
Indonesia and Russia signed an extradition agreement on Friday which they said will help combat transnational crime and be a turning point in their relations. The treaty — Indonesia’s first extradition agreement with a European country — was signed by Indonesian Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly and Russian …
Read More »Russia expels Estonian diplomat from Moscow following similar actions by Estonia
Russia is expelling an Estonian diplomat from Moscow in a tit for tat move following a similar action by Tallinn, Estonia’s foreign ministry said Friday. Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry had summoned Estonia’s charge d’affaires, who heads the European Union country’s mission in Moscow, to protest the expulsion this month …
Read More »6 bodies found near New York, Quebec border
The Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service said late Thursday it was investigating the discovery of six bodies in a marshy area of Quebec near Canada’s border with New York state. Police said they were awaiting the results of post-mortem and toxicology tests to determine the cause of death. They said they …
Read More »2 foreign nationals die in small plane crash in Croatia
close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for March 31 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. A small plane crashed on Friday in northern Croatia, killing two people on board, authorities said. The plane crashed around 12:30 p.m. during takeoff at the airport …
Read More »2 more Canadian migrants found dead at border, death toll rises to 8
The bodies of two more migrants who died trying to cross from Canada into the United States, were found Friday, bringing the death toll to eight, including two children, police in the Mohawk Territory of Akwesasne said. The bodies of six people, described as members of two families of Romanian …
Read More »Mexican president deflects blame to US for mass-casualty fire at migrant detention center
Mexico’s president promised to visit hospitals treating injured migrants in the border city of Ciudad Juarez Friday, where 39 men died in a immigration detention center fire late Monday. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he was personally devastated by Monday’s tragedy. But it appears he will bring little new …
Read More »‘Just Stop Oil’ protestors who stormed British Grand Prix track avoid prison time
Six climate change activists who stormed the track at last year’s British Grand Prix Formula 1 race in one of a series of disruptive protests against fossil fuels were spared prison sentences Friday. Five of the activists had to be dragged from the track as cars passed by during the …
Read More »2 Swiss regional trains derail in storm, leaving over a dozen injured
Two regional trains in Switzerland derailed in separate incidents, injuring more than a dozen people Friday after a storm brought high winds and strong rains to the small Alpine nation, police said. The incidents occurred at Lüscherz and Büren zum Hof, near the western city of Bern, police said. In …
Read More »Shadow war heats up as senior Iranian military adviser killed in alleged Israeli airstrike in Syria
An advisor to Iran’s main military branch in Syria was killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike Thursday night in Damascus, Syria, as fighting between Tehran-backed forces and the U.S. and Israel have escalated in recent weeks. The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRCG) threatened to avenge the advisor identified as …
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