There were 762 murders in Chicago in 2016. It was the deadliest year in nearly two decades. The number alone doesn’t tell the entire story of Chicago’s bloodshed. There’s another statistic that points to a disturbing trend the city is facing: a surge. There was more than a 50% increase in murders in just one …
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After issuing orders to demolish their home and rounding them up in detention centers, Israel now plans to revoke the Jerusalem residency of the relatives of the man who ran a truck into a group of Israeli soldiers at a settlement near Jerusalem on Sunday, killing four and injuring more than a dozen others. The …
Violence claimed the lives of at least 6,878 civilian Iraqis last year, the United Nations said on Monday, as the Iraqi government struggles to maintain security nationwide and to dislodge Daesh terrorists from areas under their control. The U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq, known as UNAMI, said its numbers “have to be considered as the …
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A 10-year-old girl was infected with a sexually transmitted disease before she was allegedly raped, murdered and dismembered by her mother’s boyfriend. A newly released autopsy report revealed Victoria Martens died from strangulation and was suffering from human papillomavirus (HPV). Pathologists say this is evidence she suffered sexual abuse, before a death which has shaken …
Myanmar is to investigate police officers who were filmed beating Rohingya villagers, an unusual admission that security forces may have carried out abuses against the Muslim minority. The office of Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s de facto leader, said action would be taken after the a user called Rohingya Blogger posted the video on …
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In the chaos following U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban refugees and immigrants, a five-year-old boy was detained for hours at Washington Dulles International Airport. On Saturday, the boy, who is a U.S. citizen from Maryland, was travelling from Iran to Washington, D.C. with a family member to meet his mother, who is …
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Chief Negotiator of the Syrian Opposition Riyad Hijab wrote in an open letter to Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, that the Assad regime and its supporters have violated the truce 399 times since it took effect on December 30, killing at least 271 people. Hijab called for the UN and its member …
Israel will not release the bodies of Hamas militants killed in attacks on Israelis but would instead bury them, the government said. The decision by the security cabinet followed the release on Saturday by the Palestinian group of video footage showing a mock birthday party for Israeli soldier Oron Shaul, believed by the army to …
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At least 10 Yemeni women and children have been killed in the first US military operation in the country authorised by President Donald Trump, medics and local media have said. The US military said it killed 14 members of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Sunday’s dawn raid in the southern province of al-Bayda …
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A senior official from the UK’s National Union of Students has been covertly filmed conspiring to oust the organisation’s president Malia Bouattia as part of a sting involving the Israeli embassy. An undercover Al-Jazeera reporter – known only as Robin – posed as a political activist with links to the now disgraced Israeli diplomat Shai …
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