Latest crime news headlines from Yahoo India News. Find top stories, videos, pictures & in-depth coverage on crime news from national news section.
| Inquiry finds Syrian government forces responsible for third gas attack |
| Saturday, October 22, 2016 1:07 AM | |
|
 By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - An international inquiry found Syrian government forces responsible for a third toxic gas attack, according to a confidential report submitted to the U.N. Security Council on Friday, setting the stage for a showdown between Russia and western council members over how to respond. The fourth report from the 13-month-long inquiry by the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the global chemical weapons watchdog, blamed Syrian government forces for a toxic gas attack in Qmenas in Idlib governorate on March 16, 2015, according to a text of the report seen by Reuters. The third report by the inquiry in August blamed the Syrian government for two chlorine attacks - in Talmenes on April 21, 2014 and Sarmin on March 16, 2015 - and said Islamic State militants had used sulfur mustard gas.
|
| French police stage fifth night of protest, Hollande pledges meeting |
| Saturday, October 22, 2016 12:04 AM | |
|
 French police staged protests in Paris and other cities for a fifth night on Friday, in a movement showing no sign of abating despite President Francois Hollande's government attempts to defuse tensions just months before a presidential election. Speaking from a European Council meeting in Brussels, Hollande said he would meet police representatives at his office early next week to hear their grievances.
|
| U.S. to seek ex-HSBC executive's extradition from Britain |
|
| By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States will seek the extradition from Britain of a former HSBC Holdings Plc executive accused of participating in a fraudulent scheme involving a $3.5 billion currency transaction, prosecutors said on Friday. In a letter filed in federal court in Brooklyn, prosecutors said the U.S. government will initiate formal proceedings to seek Stuart Scott's extradition after learning he did not wish to come to the United States voluntarily to face the charges. |
| Mexico arrests ex-police chief linked to student disappearances |
|
 Mexico has arrested a former police chief at the heart of an investigation into the disappearance and likely massacre of 43 trainee teachers in the southwestern city of Iguala two years ago, security officials said on Friday. Felipe Flores was chief of police in Iguala when the students disappeared on the night of September 26, 2014. Flores, who had been a fugitive for two years, was arrested while visiting his wife in Iguala, national security commissioner Renato Sales told a news conference.
|
| South Africa to quit troubled U.N. war crimes court |
|
 By Joe Brock PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa said on Friday it was quitting the International Criminal Court (ICC) because membership conflicted with diplomatic immunity laws, dealing a new blow to the struggling court and angering the political opposition. Pretoria last year announced its intention to leave after the ICC criticised it for disregarding an ICC order to arrest Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who is accused of genocide and war crimes, when he visited South Africa. Bashir has denied the accusations.
|
| London City airport declared safe after 'chemical incident' |
|
| By Stephen Addison LONDON (Reuters) - London City airport was declared safe on Friday after hundreds of passengers had to be evacuated and two were taken to hospital with breathing difficulties in an incident that police suspect was caused by CS gas. The airport was briefly closed as police and firefighters in protective equipment swept the terminal building of the airport with chemical detectors after several people were taken ill, some of them coughing violently. "Two complete sweeps of the airport building were carried out jointly by firefighters and police officers ..," the fire brigade said. |
No comments:
Post a Comment