Month: August 2018

Stabbing suspect in Germany was slated for deportation - court BERLIN (Reuters) - One of two immigrants arrested for the fatal stabbing of a German man could have been deported in mid-2016, a German court said on Friday, news that risks fuelling far-right outrage about a case that has already sparked violent xenophobic protests. Candles and flowers are seen at the crime scene where a German man was stabbed in Chemnitz, Germany, August 31, 2018. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke The court in Chemnitz, the eastern city where the stabbing took place, said…

Journalists arrested over alleged theft of documents on Northern Ireland killings BELFAST (Reuters) - Two journalists were arrested on Friday over the suspected theft of documents from Northern Ireland’s police ombudsman that were used in a documentary that alleged police collusion in the 1994 murder of six soccer fans. The two were later released on bail, police said, and the documentary makers secured a temporary court order to stop police examining documents and material seized in raids on Friday. The 2017 documentary “No Stone Unturned” named a Protestant paramilitary gunman…

University of North Carolina to relocate toppled Confederate statue (Reuters) - The University of North Carolina will seek a “safe, legal and alternative location” for a Civil War Confederate soldier statue that was toppled last week on campus and criticized as a symbol of the South’s legacy of slavery. FILE PHOTO: Police and protesters surround the toppled statue of a Confederate soldier nicknamed Silent Sam on the University of North Carolina campus after a demonstration for its removal in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S. August 20, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake/File Photo…

Guatemala not renewing mandate of U.N. anti-corruption body GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales said on Friday his government had decided not to renew the mandate of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), a U.N.-backed anti-corruption body that has targeted him and his predecessor. “We have officially notified the Secretary General of the United Nations that we will not renew the mandate of the CICIG,” Morales told a news conference. Morales has had a tumultuous relationship with the CICIG, which attempted to have him impeached for…

California couple plead not guilty to torturing their 13 children LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Southern California couple accused of beating, shackling and starving their 13 children as captives in the family’s home pleaded not guilty on Friday to dozens of charges of torture, false imprisonment and abuse. FILE PHOTO: The home of David Allen and Louise Anna Turpin in Perris, California, U.S., January 15, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo David and Louise Turpin, who were arraigned in Riverside County Superior Court, could face life in prison if convicted on all…