The US Department of Justice has charged five people accused of working with Russian intelligence services to organise attacks and planned killings in the United States and Europe. The charges, unsealed on Tuesday, allege that members of the Russian Intelligence Services Network paid or attempted to pay people to surveil and target individuals seen as…
Alex Saab, a former Venezuelan minister and ally of Nicolás Maduro, has pleaded guilty to a US money laundering conspiracy and agreed to forfeit $195 million. Saab entered the guilty plea on Tuesday before a federal judge in Miami, Florida. Under the agreement, he will also cooperate with US prosecutors and faces a maximum sentence…
Three people have died after a helicopter crashed between two commercial buildings in Los Angeles, fire authorities said. The aircraft crashed in the Chatsworth neighbourhood shortly before 19:00 local time on Tuesday, near Lurline Avenue and Nordhoff Street. Los Angeles Fire Department spokespersons said the helicopter came down between two commercial buildings. One person was…
An Afghan woman with legal permanent residency in the United States has been deported in the first case ever heard by the Alien Terrorist Removal Court. The court is a secretive tribunal created in 1996 that had never been used until proceedings began in July. Nazira Haji Zada who had been living in Fort Worth,…
A 22-year-old Singaporean man has admitted leading a criminal network that stole $245 million in bitcoin and spent the proceeds on a lavish lifestyle. Malone Lam has pleaded guilty in the United States to racketeering conspiracy over one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts on record. He admitted to working with a group of associates to…
An Amazon Air cargo plane overshot the runway while attempting to land at Miami International Airport on Sunday afternoon, killing five people and seriously injuring five others. The crash also triggered a major emergency response that grounded all flights at one of the country’s busiest international airports. The Boeing 767-300, operated by charter company 21…
An E. coli outbreak linked to frozen blueberries has grown to 17 confirmed cases, with six people hospitalised so far. Five additional infections were recorded in the latest federal update from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Two of the six hospitalisations were included in the…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has mounted a public counter to Donald Trump’s executive order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America, unveiling a large sign on Canada’s shoreline. The sign bears the words: “Lake Ontario. Now and Always.” Standing before the new sign, Ford was direct. “Long before President Trump, this lake was called Lake Ontario….
US President Donald Trump has announced what he described as a “historic” agreement. One that would give the United States control over more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s proven oil reserves. Trump said the deal would more than double US oil reserves, increase the country’s oil supply and help reduce petrol prices for American…
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America. Further escalating tensions with Canada amid a worsening trade dispute between the two countries. Trump has repeatedly floated the idea of changing the name of the Great Lake, which is shared by the US and Canada. On Thursday,…
