| Latest crime news headlines from Yahoo India News. Find top stories, videos, pictures & in-depth coverage on crime news from national news section.
| Australia detains 7 young citizens suspected of seeking to join militants | | Thursday, August 20, 2015 3:06 AM | |
| | By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian authorities have detained seven young nationals as they were attempting to fly to the Middle East, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Thursday, over suspicions they wanted to join Islamist militant groups. "We have stopped at the airport, seven young Australians who were planning to travel to the Middle East it seems to join terrorist groups over there," Abbott told reporters in Canberra. Australia is on high alert for attacks by radicalised Muslims, including home-grown militants returning from fighting in the Middle East, having raised its threat level to "high" and unleashed a series of high-profile raids in cities. |
| Thai police seek Interpol help to track bomb suspect | | Thursday, August 20, 2015 3:05 AM | |
|  By Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has asked Interpol for help in tracking down the man they believe planted a bomb in Bangkok that killed 20 people, sending the international police organisation an image of the suspected bomber. "We sent a request for assistance," deputy national police spokesman Kissana Phathancharoen told Reuters. There has been no claim of responsibility and police have not determined a motive for the worst ever bomb attack in Thailand.
|
| More racial unrest in St. Louis after police kill black suspect | | Thursday, August 20, 2015 2:41 AM | |
| | St. Louis police fatally shot a black teenager who they say pointed a gun at them on Wednesday and arrested three protesters, recalling racial tensions sparked by the killing of an unarmed African-American teen in nearby Ferguson, Missouri, a year ago. St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson said the shooting took place in the late morning as officers were carrying out a search warrant and two young black men ran out the back door of the targeted house. Officers ordered the pair to stop in the alley behind the house. |
| Blast near Cairo state security building wounds six - security sources | | Thursday, August 20, 2015 2:40 AM | |
| | By Ahmed, Mohamed and Hassan CAIRO (Reuters) - At least six people were wounded early on Thursday in a car bombing near a state security building and courthouse in a Cairo suburb, security sources said. Comments on Twitter indicated the blast was heard in several parts of the Egyptian capital. Shopkeeper Mohamed Ali said he saw a man park a vehicle that exploded after he stepped away from it. |
| Brazil Senate passes austerity bill in win for Rousseff | | Thursday, August 20, 2015 1:13 AM | |
|  Brazil's Senate approved a bill to roll back payroll tax breaks on Wednesday that is a key measure in President Dilma Rousseff's efforts to reduce a gaping fiscal deficit and restore confidence in her government's accounts. The Senate voted 45-27 to pass the bill. It was received from the lower house with no changes, so it will go to Rousseff to be signed into law without delay.
|
| Hacker's Ashley Madison data dump threatens marriages, reputations | |  By Josephine Mason and Alastair Sharp TORONTO (Reuters) - Love lives and reputations may be at risk after the release of customer data from infidelity website Ashley Madison, an unprecedented breach of privacy likely to rattle users' attitudes towards the Internet. Hackers dumped a big cache of data containing millions of email addresses for U.S. government officials, UK civil servants and high-level executives at European and North America corporations late on Tuesday, the latest cyber attack to raise concerns about Internet security and data protection. The hacker attack has been a big blow to Toronto-based assignation website firm Avid Life Media, which owns Ashley Madison and has indefinitely postponed the adultery site's IPO plans.
|
| Stung by Jared Fogle sex scandal, Subway seeks space from spokesman | |  By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sandwich chain Subway for more than 15 years tied its fortunes to spokesman Jared Fogle and his outsized, 60-inch waist jeans. Fogle was a college student when he lost 245 pounds eating Subway sandwiches and exercising. In 2008, Subway and Fogle celebrated the 10th anniversary of his weight loss with a "Tour de Pants." Now, the 37,000-unit global chain has cut ties with Fogle.
|
| Firm that vetted Snowden reaches $30 million settlement with U.S | |  United States Investigations Services Inc, the private firm that vetted former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, has agreed to a settlement worth at least $30 million, resolving U.S. claims connected to its background investigations. The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday that the settlement with USIS and its parent company, Altegrity Inc [AGRTY.UL], will resolve claims that the firm failed to perform quality control reviews in connection with its background investigations.
|
| Fresh racial unrest in St. Louis after police shoot black suspect | | | Police fatally shot a black man they say pointed a gun at them in St. Louis on Wednesday, drawing angry crowds and recalling the racial tensions sparked by the killing of an unarmed African-American teen in nearby Ferguson, Missouri, just over a year ago. St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson said the shooting took place as officers were issuing a search warrant in a crime-ridden neighbourhood, when two young black men ran out the back door of the targeted house. Police officers ordered the men to stop in the alley behind the house and one suspect pointed a gun at officers who then fired approximately four times, killing him, Dotson said. |
|
No comments:
Post a Comment