DAMASCUS (AP) — A close adviser to Syrian President Bashar Assad has died after a car accident left her hospitalized for four days, the president’s office said Friday in a statement. Luna al-Shibl, a former journalist, had worked as the director of Assad’s political and media offices and as a special adviser to the president. […]
Politicians using refugees as “political scapegoats or footballs” must be reminded they are people in need of empathy and compassion, Bridgerton actor Adjoa Andoh has said. Famous for most recently starring as Lady Danbury in the Netflix hit series, the actor is lending her voice to a short film made to highlight the plight facing […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Critics of a new Louisiana law, which makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet (7.6 meters) of a police officer under certain circumstances, fear that the measure could hinder the public’s ability to film officers — a tool that has increasingly been used to hold police accountable. Under […]
A British man accused of assisting the Hong Kong intelligence service has died in unexplained circumstances in a park in England. Matthew Trickett (37), of Maidenhead, Berkshire, was also accused of foreign interference and had appeared alongside Chi Leung (Peter) Wai (38), and Chung Biu Yuen (63), at a London court last week. Police said […]
DeKalb County police are searching for a man who vanished from a family gathering last month. Shonell Boisselle said she las saw her husband, Shondell “Max” Boisselle, 34, on April 28 at a family gathering on North Goddard Road. A family member told Boisselle that her husband left the party around 2:30 a.m. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV […]
[In the player above, watch previous FOX 8 I-Team coverage on an explosive Cleveland police commission meeting in June 2023.] CLEVELAND (WJW) — The FOX 8 I-Team has learned plans have changed for a big crowd planning to attend a meet-and-greet “mixer” Friday evening at Cleveland City Hall. The event has been postponed. This week, […]
A woman and her adult son have been identified as the people who were found shot to death last week in a home in Lino Lakes. The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office identified them Monday as Nancy Jo Kruse, 67, and Jimmy Ray Kruse, 46. Police were sent to the home about 4:30 p.m. on April […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The leader of Yemen’s branch of al-Qaida is dead, the militant group announced late Sunday, without giving details. Khalid al-Batarfi had a $5 million bounty on his head from the U.S. government over leading the group al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula over years that saw him imprisoned, freed in […]
In Wilmington, we see dead people. Not only is there a thriving “ghost tour” industry, but those tours sometimes go into stories of Wilmingtonians who died or were buried under unusual circumstances: Samuel Jocelyn, supposedly buried alive at the cemetery at Fourth and Market streets; or Nancy Adams Martin, the young woman who died at […]
The heir of top Putin crony Igor Sechin died suddenly at the age of 35 earlier this month and his death was apparently kept secret from the public. Ivan Sechin, the son of Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin, had been working at the oil giant alongside his father since 2014, and was awarded the For Merit […]
Britain’s Queen Camilla has described King Charles as doing “extremely well under the circumstances” following his cancer diagnosis, as she celebrated the work of charities. Camilla said her husband, who has undergone his first bout of cancer treatment earlier this week, was “very touched” by all the messages of support he has been receiving from […]
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Five Israeli hostages killed in Hamas captivity were recovered from an underground tunnel network in the northern Gaza Strip, the military said on Sunday, showing footage of a white-tiled bathroom and work room linked by dark concrete-lined passages. The publication left open the question of how they had died, […]