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Thousands of people marched in the Russian far eastern city of Khabarovsk on Saturday for the third weekend in a row, protesting at President Vladimir Putin’s handling of a regional political crisis that has sparked demonstrations. Residents of the city, around 3,800 miles and seven time zones east of Moscow, are unhappy about the July […]

A Malaysian court sentenced former Prime Minister Najib Razak to serve 12 years in prison on Tuesday after finding him guilty in the first of several corruption trials linked to the multibillion-dollar looting of the 1MDB state investment fund that brought down his government two years ago. Najib, 67, was calm and stone-faced as he […]

A man charged with killing his family at their Florida home has claimed that his wife is the one who killed their three children and then herself. Anthony Todt, 44, made the claim in a 27-page letter written from the Osceola County Jail and dated June 19 to his father in Massachusetts, the Orlando Sentinel […]

A federal judge has ruled that Connecticut officials cannot keep court proceedings and documents secret for teenagers charged with the most serious crimes — a decision that will reopen Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel’s murder case to the public. U.S. District Judge Michael Shea in Hartford ruled Friday that a state law approved last year — […]

A second night of unrest hit Virginia yesterday, amid a continuing backlash against President Donald Trump’s use of armed federal agents to crack down on demonstrators in Portland. Fires burned in Virginia’s capital city Richmond, as windows were smashed and 16 arrests were made, according to police, who branded the scenes ‘riots’. Pictures showed protesters […]

Four teenagers have been arrested after a 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death and another was found with serious injuries in south Manchester. Officers were called to the scene in Moss Side at about 7.15pm on Sunday. There, emergency services found a 17-year-old boy who was pronounced dead at the scene. Another boy, 16, was […]

A former X Factor contestant described as ‘pure evil’ for his ‘calm and calculated’ sex attacks on nine women over a 22-year period has been jailed for life. Serial rapist Phillip Blackwell had taped some of his victims’ eyes shut and filmed himself attacking young women after launching his first assault in 1997. Warwick Crown […]