CHICAGO, MILLAT+(APP/AFP) – A disturbing video circulated on social media Wednesday showing a young Chicago man apparently tied up and being assaulted by four people. Chicago police said they had arrested the suspects seen on the Facebook Live video attacking and taunting the duct-taped man, while yelling racially-charged obscenities. The man, who was described as […]
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Four arrested after video shows assault of Chicago man
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Tsunami warning after 7.2-magnitude quake off Fiji
SYDNEY, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – A shallow 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Fiji on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, triggering a local tsunami warning. The quake hit at a depth of 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) some 221 kilometres from Nadi and 283 kilometres from the Fijian capital Suva.
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Dubai arrests Indian businessman for alleged fraud
DUBAI, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – The Indian owner of a Dubai-based foreign exchange trading firm who had promised to double investors’ money has been arrested in the emirate for suspected fraud, a newspaper reported Tuesday. Sydney Lemos, 36, from Goa, had been arrested on December 21, The National reported, saying he was behind the failed investment scheme […]
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Germany plans security overhaul after Berlin attack
BERLIN, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Germany’s interior minister Tuesday outlined plans for an overhaul of the country’s security apparatus, seeking greater federal powers on domestic intelligence and the enforcement of migrant expulsions in the wake of the Berlin truck attack. The minister, Thomas de Maiziere, also called for wider oversight for federal police as well as for […]
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Nigeria attacks S.Africa police after ‘barbaric’ death
LAGOS, MILLAT+(APP/AFP) – Nigeria has urged “urgent” diplomatic action after one of its citizens died in a violent confrontation with South African police, in what they called a “barbaric” and “extra-judicial” killing. The incident involves Nigerian man Victor Tochukwu Nnadi, who was allegedly choked as he lay handcuffed on a main street on Thursday. Photos […]
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Indian minister blames ‘western dress’ for sex attacks
BANGALORE, India, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – An Indian minister faced a severe backlash Tuesday after he criticised women for dressing “like westerners” at a New Year’s eve celebration where a mob allegedly carriedout a series of sex assaults. Although police have yet to charge anyone in connection with the violence on Saturday night in Bangalore, local media […]