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☆ Ede: Hostage situation unfolds at Dutch cafe in central town
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Jessie Gretener | Joshua Berlinger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A hostage situation involving several people is underway in the central Dutch town of Ede, according to local authorities. The hostages are being held at a cafe in the center of town. The incident triggered authorities to evacuate about 150 homes in the area, local police said. Three hostages were released Saturday morning, but the situation remains ongoing, provincial police said. Ede Mayor Rene Verhulst called the incident a “terrible situation” and said his thoughts and concerns were with those affected.

Persons: CNN —, De Telegraaf, Rene Verhulst Organizations: CNN, NOS, Ede, Authorities Locations: Ede

☆ Four survive charter jet crash in Afghanistan but condition of two others unclear, Russia says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Two Taliban provincial officials said four survivors were now with Taliban administration officials who had reached the remote, mountainous site of the crash. The Taliban administration’s top spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said the pilot of the plane was among four who had survived. The Russian-registered charter plane with six people on board disappeared from radar screens over Afghanistan a day earlier, Russian aviation authority Rosaviatsia said on Sunday, after Afghan police said they had received reports of a crash. The pilot then reported that one engine had stopped, and then that the second one had also stopped, SHOT reported. Afghanistan police had received reports of a plane crash in a remote, mountainous region of Badakhshan in Afghanistan’s far north, a provincial police spokesperson said on Sunday.

Persons: Zabiullah Mujahid, ”, Rosaviatsia, “, Zabihullah Amiri Organizations: CNN, Taliban, Thailand’s Utapao, Dassault Aviation, Falcon, Reuters, Russia’s, Athletic Locations: Moscow, Afghanistan, Islamic, Thailand’s, Pattaya, India, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Russian, Indian, Thailand’s Pattaya, Bangkok, “, Russia, Badakhshan, Afghanistan’s, Fayzabad

☆ Crash reported as Russian charter flight with 6 people disappears over Afghanistan
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Russian aviation authorities said in a statement the plane was a charter ambulance flight traveling from India, via Uzbekistan to Moscow on a French-made Dassault Falcon 10 jet manufactured in 1978. Police in northern Afghanistan received reports of a plane crash in Badakhshan province, a provincial police spokesperson said on Sunday. India's civil aviation authority said that the plane crash was not a scheduled commercial flight or an Indian chartered aircraft and that "more details are awaited." The Afghan provincial police spokesperson said in a statement the crash had taken place overnight in a remote, mountainous region of Badakhshan in Afghanistan's far north. He said there were no confirmed details on the type of plane, cause of the crash or casualties.

Persons: OMER ABRAR Organizations: Getty Images, Dassault Falcon, Police, Afghan Locations: Fayzabad, Badakhshan province, AFP, Afghanistan, Russian, India, Uzbekistan, Moscow, Indian, Badakhshan, Afghanistan's

☆ Circus lion captured after hours on the loose near Rome
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Sharon Braithwaite | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A lion that escaped from a circus in the Italian town of Ladispoli, near Rome, on Saturday has been recaptured after several hours on the loose, the local mayor has announced. ET) on Saturday, Ladispoli mayor Alessandro Grando announced on his Facebook page that the lion had been caught. The animal had been on the loose for at least 5 hours, causing concern and confusion among local residents. ET) when it was announced the lion had escaped from the circus and that the animal was immediately tracked down within the adjacent waterway. Residents of Ladispoli, a seaside town near Rome, were told to stay home yesterday after Kimba the lion escaped from the circus before the animal was sedated and captured.

Persons: Ladispoli, Alessandro Grando, ” Grando, Grando, Sonia Logre Organizations: CNN, State Police, Fire Department, Health Authority, Circus, “, Law Enforcement, Italian, RAI, Residents, Getty, Organization Locations: Italian, Ladispoli, Rome, “, AFP

☆ South Korea opposition leader ends 24-day hunger strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Lee Jae-myung, leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, speaks at campaign rally while campaigning for the presidential election in Seoul, South Korea March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSEOUL, Sept 23 (Reuters) - South Korea's opposition leader ended a 24-day hunger strike on Saturday, a party spokesperson said, two days after parliament voted to let prosecutors serve an arrest warrant against him for alleged bribery. Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, will maintain a schedule including court attendance while hospitalised for the time being, the spokesman told reporters. Lee, who lost South Korea's presidential election to conservative Yoon Suk Yeol last year, has denied wrongdoing, calling the allegations "fiction" and a "political conspiracy". South Korea is to hold parliamentary elections in April.

Persons: Lee Jae, myung, Kim Hong, Lee, . Lee, Yoon Suk Yeol, Joyce Lee, William Mallard Organizations: South Korea's Democratic Party, REUTERS, Rights, Democratic Party of Korea, Prosecutors, South, Police, Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police, Thomson Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Rights SEOUL, North Korea, Gyeonggi Province, Seongnam, ., Lee's

Seoul, South Korea CNN —South Korean police have arrested two people and questioned more than a dozen American soldiers on suspicion of smuggling and distributing synthetic cannabis after raiding two US army bases. Two people – a South Korean and a Filipino – were arrested for alleged drug distribution. Jung Yeon-je/AFP/Getty ImagesRecreational use of cannabis is illegal in South Korea, where drugs are a social and cultural taboo and users face harsh penalties. Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial PoliceThe soldier, who is among those questioned, sold the drug to a Filipino distributor, who then sold it to a South Korean distributor and other US soldiers, the release alleged. During the raid, police seized 80 milliliters of synthetic cannabis, 27 electronic cigarette devices and nearly $13,000 in cash allegedly earned from drug sales, the release said.

Persons: Camp Casey, Camp Humphreys, Jung Yeon, Camp Humphries Organizations: South Korea CNN — South, Wednesday . Police, United, US Army Criminal Investigation Division, Police, CNN, United States Forces, Getty, Nambu Provincial Police, US Army Criminal Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Camp Humphreys, United States, Korean, United States Forces Korea, Camp, Pyeongtaek

☆ Alexandra Paul, Olympic Figure Skater From Canada, Is Killed in Car Crash
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Michael Levenson | More About Michael Levenson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Alexandra Paul, a figure skater from Canada who competed in the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, was killed in a car crash last week in which her infant son was injured, officials said. Ms. Paul, 31, was traveling with her son on a county road in Melancthon Township in rural Ontario on Tuesday, when a tractor-trailer crashed into a line of cars that had stopped in a construction zone, according to the police and a statement from the Olympic Games. The Ontario Provincial Police said in a statement that officers responded at 3:10 p.m. to a report of a serious crash involving seven vehicles in Melancthon, about 65 miles northwest of Toronto. Several passenger vehicles had stopped in a construction zone when a tractor-trailer entered the zone and crashed into the rear of the line of vehicles, the police said.

Persons: Alexandra Paul, Paul Organizations: Olympic Games, Ontario Provincial Police Locations: Canada, Sochi, Russia, Melancthon Township, Ontario, Melancthon, Toronto

☆ North Korean hackers target U.S.-South Korea military drills, police say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Ju-Min Park | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SEOUL, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Suspected North Korean hackers have targeted a joint U.S.-South Korea military exercise being held this week though classified information has not been compromised, South Korean police said on Sunday. South Korean and U.S. forces will on Monday begin 11-day Ulchi Freedom Guardian summer exercises to improve their ability to respond to North Korea's evolving nuclear and missile threats. North Korea objects to such exercises saying they are preparations by the U.S. and its South Korean ally for an invasion of it. North Korea has previously denied any role in cyberattacks. At that time, South Korea accused North Korea of being behind that cyberattack.

Persons: Josh Smith, Robert Birsel Organizations: Guardian, U.S, South, Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency, South Korean, Thomson Locations: SEOUL, U.S, Korea, North Korea, Korean, South Korea, Gyeonggi, cyberattacks

The two Christians were accused of blasphemy, he said, adding they and family members had fled their homes. Blasphemy is punishable by death in Pakistan and though no one has ever been executed for it, numerous accused people have been lynched by outraged crowds. A Christian leader, Akmal Bhatti, said the crowd had "torched" at least five churches and looted valuables from houses that had been abandoned by their owners. Several social media posts showed some churches, houses and belongings on fire as police stood by. The mob was made up of thousands of people led by local clerics, mainly from an Islamist political party called Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP), a government source said.

Persons: Naveed Ahmad, Shakil Masih, Usman Anwar, Anwar ul Haq Kakar, Akmal Bhatti, Asif Shahzad, Angus MacSwan, Nick Macfie Organizations: Reuters, REUTERS, REUTERS Acquire, Caretaker, Thomson Locations: LAHORE, Pakistan, Jaranwala, Faisalabad, Islamabad

☆ ISIS Affiliate Claims Responsibility for Deadly Attack at Rally in Pakistan
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Christina Goldbaum | More About Christina Goldbaum | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Islamic State affiliate in South Asia claimed responsibility on Monday for a suicide bombing in northwest Pakistan that killed dozens of people and injured about 200 more, in the latest bloody sign of the deteriorating security situation in the country. The death toll from the explosion on Sunday, which targeted a political rally in the Bajaur district near Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan, rose to at least 54 people, Shaukat Abbas, a senior officer at the provincial police’s counterterrorism department, said on Monday. The Islamic State affiliate, known as the Islamic State Khorasan, or ISIS-K, claimed on Monday that a suicide bomber had carried out the attack, characterizing it as part of the group’s war against democracy as a system of government, according to the SITE Intelligence Group. The blast was among the deadliest terrorist attacks in months in Pakistan, where some militant groups operating along the border with Afghanistan have become more active over the past year. The rise in violence represents a grim shift: Since 2014, when security forces carried out a major military operation to flush militants out of Pakistan, the country has experienced relative calm.

Persons: Shaukat Abbas Organizations: Islamic State, SITE Intelligence Group Locations: South Asia, Pakistan, Bajaur, Pakistan’s, Afghanistan, State Khorasan

[1/2] Rescue workers and other people transport an injured person to the hospital, after a blast in Bajaur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan July 30, 2023. Rescue 1122/Handout via REUTERSDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan, July 30 (Reuters) - At least 40 people were killed and over 130 injured when a suicide bomber set off explosives at a political rally in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, police said. The provincial police chief Akhtar Hayat told Reuters the explosion was caused by a suicide bomb. "The JUI-F organised a workers convention in Khar town of Bajaur in which 40 people lost their lives and more than 130 were injured," Khan said. Pakistan has seen a resurgence of attacks by Islamist militants since last year when a ceasefire between the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Islamabad broke down.

Persons: DERA ISMAIL, Fazl, Akhtar Hayat, Nazir Khan, Khan, Zabihullah Mujahid, Shehbaz Sharif, Saud Mehsud, Dera Ismail Khan, Jibran Ahmad, Nilutpal, Gibran Peshimam, Andrew Cawthorne, Christina Fincher Organizations: Sunday, Ulema, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Bajaur district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Bajaur, Afghanistan, Peshawar, Khar, Taliban Pakistan, Islamabad, Islamic State

CNN —At least 12 people were killed and 121 injured in an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in southern Thailand. The incident – in the village of Mu No – reduced the warehouse and surrounding area to rubble, drone footage showed. At least two of the victims were children, including a four-year-old boy and a eight-month-old baby girl, according to state run Radio Thailand. Kriya Tehtani/APThe cause of the explosion is under investigation but initial reports suggested there had been a welding error. When there was a flood, I still could survive but now I really have nothing left.”Fireworks accidents are not uncommon in Thailand.

Persons: Anuruth Imarb, “, ”, Samsueya Chuenchompoo, Chiang Mai Organizations: CNN, Radio Thailand, “, Provincial Police, AFP Locations: Thailand, Mu

☆ Nation River Lady: Woman is identified nearly 5 decades after she was found floating in river, Canadian police say
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Zenebou Sylla | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Canadian police have identified a woman known as the “Nation River Lady,” nearly five decades after she went missing and was found dead floating in a river in Ontario, police said. Police say Langford, 48, became known as the “Nation River Lady,” after the Nation River in eastern Ontario where her remains were found on May 3, 1975. In March 2022, her remains were repatriated to the US followed by a memorial service and burial, the release says. Rodney Nichols, 81, was criminally charged with Langford’s murder at the Ontario Court of Justice late last year, the release states. “Detected members of our local crime unit in the criminal investigation branch have always believed this case was solvable, that we would one day identify the person who became known as the Nation River Lady,” Kearns said.

Persons: ”, Jewell “ Lalla ” Langford, Langford, John, Jane, men’s neckties, Rodney Nichols, Daniel Nadeau, Branch, Jewell Langford’s, Nichols, Langford “, Janice Mulcock, “, Marty Kearns, ” Kearns Organizations: CNN, Canadian, Ontario Provincial Police, Police, Centre of Forensic Sciences, Ontario, Justice, OPP’s, ” Police, Ontario Police Department, Facebook, American Businesswomen’s Association, OPP Investigations Locations: Ontario, Montréal, Toronto, Hollywood , Florida, Jackson , Tennessee

☆ South Korean woman accused of killing two newborns, keeping them in freezer for years
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Gawon Bae | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Seoul, South Korea CNN —Police in South Korea say they have requested an arrest warrant for a woman accused of killing two of her newborns and keeping their bodies in her freezer for years. The newborns were only a day old when they died, the official added. Police allege she strangled the girl the day after giving birth, and put the body in the freezer of her home. She is accused of doing the same to her fifth child, a boy born in November 2019. The woman is due to attend an arrest warrant hearing on Friday.

Organizations: South Korea CNN — Police, Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police, CNN, Police, government’s, Audit, Suwon City Hal Locations: Seoul, South Korea

CNN —Nearly 80 primary school students, mostly girls, are suspected to have been poisoned over the weekend and taken to hospital in Afghanistan’s Sangcharak district, Mohammad Rahmani, the head of Education Department in the northern Sar-e-Pul province, told CNN. “After reaching school in the morning, the students suddenly started feeling dizzy, headache, and nausea,” Rahmani said. A doctor at Sar-i-Pul hospital confirmed to CNN that some of the girls were admitted to hospital and he believes they were poisoned based on their symptoms. Following international pressure, the Taliban kept primary schools open for girls until around the age of 12, Reuters reported. In 2012, more than 170 women and girls were hospitalized after drinking apparently poisoned well water at a school.

Persons: Mohammad Rahmani, Rahmani, ” Rahmani, schoolgirls Organizations: CNN, Education Department, Reuters Locations: Afghanistan’s Sangcharak, Pul, Afghanistan

☆ 4 children dead after getting caught in tide while fishing in Quebec, police say
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Celina Tebor | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Four children were found unresponsive on a beach in Quebec Saturday morning and later pronounced dead after a group of people on a fishing trip got caught in the tide, police said. A spokesperson for the Quebec provincial police told CNN that emergency responders were called at 2 a.m. on Saturday to Portneuf-sur-Mer, a riverside municipality on the northern shore. Eleven people went missing after leaving by foot for a fishing trip and being caught by the tide, the spokesperson said. A man in his 30s is still missing, according to Quebec provincial police, and a search for him with divers, boats, and helicopters is ongoing. Quebec provincial police are investigating the circumstances of the incident, the spokesperson said.

Organizations: CNN, Quebec, Police, police Locations: Quebec

☆ Two dead, nine injured after being struck by van in Canada's Quebec
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Nia Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

March 13 (Reuters) - Two people were killed and nine injured after being struck by a van on Monday in the Canadian town of Amqui, Quebec, provincial police said. Police spokeswoman Hélène St-Pierre said the circumstances of the collision were still being investigated and the driver of the van, a 38-year-old man, was under arrest. A man in his 70s and another man in his 60s were killed, St-Pierre said. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Twitter that his heart was with the people of Amqui. "As we learn more about the tragic events that have taken place, I'm keeping everyone affected in my thoughts," he said.

The area, part of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, is a hotbed for fighters of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an umbrella organisation of Sunni Islamist groups. A TTP spokesman, Muhammad Khurasani, told Reuters its main target was Pakistan's military, but the police were standing in the way. "Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa pays a greater price for that" because of its exposure to the Islamist militants, he said. The TTP ended the ceasefire in November 2022, and regrouped militants restarted attacks in Pakistan soon after. Reporting by Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam and Jibran Ahmad in Bara, Pakistan; additional reporting by Saud Mehsud in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan; editing by David Crawshaw.

☆ Pakistan mosque attacker wore police uniform, breached security - police chief
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

ISLAMABAD, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Pakistani police have identified the suicide bomber who attacked a mosque in Peshawar this week, the provincial police chief said on Thursday, adding that the attacker had breached security by wearing a police uniform. The attack, which took place on Monday in a heavily fortified area called Police Lines, killed more than 100 people, all but three of them policemen. Moazzam Jah Ansari, police chief of Khyber Pashtunkhwa province where Peshawar is located, told reporters the bomber was part of a "network" and had driven a motorcycle into the area. Reporting by Asif Shahzad, writing by Sudipto Ganguly; editing by Miral FahmyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

[1/5] Daughter of Irfan Khan, a police officer, who along with other police officers was killed, weeps during a protest by police officers to condemn the suicide blast in a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Fayaz AzizPESHAWAR, Pakistan, Feb 2 (Reuters) - The suicide bomber who killed more than 100 people at a mosque in a police compound in the Pakistan city of Peshawar this week wore a police uniform and entered the high security area on a motorbike, a provincial police chief said on Thursday. Ansari said the CCTV footage showed the bomber, wearing a helmet and a mask, riding his motorbike through the main checkpoint of Police Lines. He then parked his bike, asked directions to the mosque and walked there, Ansari added. All but three of those killed were police officers, making it the worst attack on Pakistani security forces in recent history.

☆ Winter storm causes havoc across Canada, disrupts holiday travel
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] People arrive at terminal 3 during a winter storm at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada December 23, 2022. The storm was expected to affect about two-thirds of all Canadians as it moves across Canada's two most populous provinces, Ontario and Quebec, toward Atlantic Canada, said Environment Canada meteorologist Steve Flisfeder. Winter storms have increased in frequency and intensity over the past 70 years, according to the U.S. Canada's second-largest carrier WestJet Airlines proactively cancelled all its flights at airports in Toronto, Ottawa and the province of Quebec, citing bad weather. Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Ottawa and Rod Nickel in Winnipeg; Editing by Josie KaoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

The "Freedom Convoy" demonstrations against public health measures including vaccine mandates paralyzed Ottawa and blocked some border crossings for weeks in January and February. "I am absolutely, absolutely serene and confident that I made the right choice in agreeing with the invocation," Trudeau told the commission. Civil liberties advocates have argued Canada was not justified in using the Emergencies Act, saying police could have cleared the blockades using existing powers. Trudeau said he would not have invoked the emergency powers if anyone had convinced him the situation could have been resolved without them. "We kept hearing there was a plan.... (but it) was not even in the most generous of characterizations a plan," Trudeau said in response to questions from a commission lawyer.

☆ Covid curbs set off rare unrest in Chinese city of Guangzhou
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

BEIJING — Crowds of people in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou crashed through Covid barriers and marched down streets in chaotic scenes on Monday night, according to videos posted online, in a show of public resentment over coronavirus curbs. Neither the Guangzhou city government nor the Guangdong provincial police responded to Reuters’ requests for comment. Monday night’s scenes from Guangzhou were the latest outpouring of frustration over Covid curbs that have brought frequent lockdowns and enforced quarantines under a signature policy of President Xi Jinping that China argues saves lives. Last month, a Covid outbreak at a massive Foxconn plant that makes Apple iPhones in Zhengzhou set off chaos, with many workers fleeing, including by climbing fences, hobbling production. “It would become a testing point regarding the government’s determination to push for the relaxation of Covid control measures,” they said.

CNN —Several passengers on board a commercial flight operated by Precision Air which crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania on Sunday have been rescued, the airline and local officials said. Boats with emergency response personnel were deployed to the crash site at Africa’s largest lake near Bukoba airport. The flight had taken off from Tanzania’s commercial capital of Dar es Salaam but was “involved in an accident as it was approaching Bukoba airport and crash landed in Lake Victoria,” the carrier said. Video circulating on social media taken by onlookers on the shores of Lake Victoria showed the aircraft submerged in the water with emergency responders coordinating rescue efforts from nearby boats. “I have received with sadness the information of the crash of the Precision Air flight at Lake Victoria, in the Kagera region,” President Samoa Suluhu wrote on Twitter Sunday.

☆ Pakistan's ex-premier Imran Khan set to march on Islamabad to demand snap polls
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Mubasher Bukhari | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

LAHORE, Pakistan Oct 28 (Reuters) - Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan gathered hundreds of supporters in the eastern city of Lahore on Friday to join a caravan of cars and trucks heading for the capital Islamabad to pressure the government into calling snap polls. Khan plans to lead the motorised caravan slowly northwards up the Grand Trunk Road to Islamabad, drawing more support along the way before entering the capital in a week. DONE THIS BEFOREThe growing crowd of Khan supporters in Lahore chanted slogans including “Imran Tere Jannisar, Beshumar, Beshumar", meaning "Imran, countless people are willing to give their life for you". As Khan's supporters assembled in Lahore, large numbers of police were deployed along the 260-kilometres (160-mile) route to Islamabad. Having once been regarded as close to the generals, Khan has accused the military of supporting his opponents move to oust him.

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